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Hello I am trying to start a website where I blog and do reviews of products that are of course not my own, just for giving information. I also plan to try and find advertising sponsorship so I can earn some income through my site at the same time, as well as I want to sell a few things I have created myself on the same site. I have zero knowledge of how to build my own site, no skill when it comes to coding or even what it is, and am new to all of this but still want to do so. What should I do and who do I use as the website builder? I want one that does a lot for you easily, but to blog and add my own photos for reviews. To have the ability to accept advertising on my site for revenue, and ability to sell my own items and accept PayPal or another common trusted credit card or online pay service for payment. Please can you give me a detailed answer or advice exactly what company to use? I am not so much concerned with monthly cost as I am with upfront year being paid at once, that's a lot of money at once for me. Please help?
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Things to look as you vet hosts for ecommerce include drag-and-drop store builders, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software for safeguarding financial transactions, and email marketing plug-ins, so that you don't have to work with an outside vendor to promote your business. There's nothing wrong per se with using an unconnected marketing service, but anything that adds convenience means more time to spend on the rest of your business. For more in-depth advice on getting started selling online, you should consider our story on the 6 Factors Companies Need to Consider When Choosing a Web Host.
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Investigate e-commerce solutions — How are you planning to sell and accept payment on your website? You'll need to get that squared away before promoting your website. If you're using WordPress, we recommend Woocommerce (so much so, that we've even got hosting just for Woocommerce users). Study up on the world of e-commerce and pick an online payment gateway.
Many people have asked me about using a website builder such as Squarespace, Wix or Weebly. The problem is that these services come at a price – you'll generally have to pay between $10 and $40 a month for a single site. You'll also be limited to basic customization of the template designs they offer, which means that there's a good chance your site will look just like everyone else's site.
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Our Squarespace support experience was not great. There are tons of resources available, but that's also kinda the problem. There's too much stuff and it's not easy to find your way. We went looking for the live chat option, and unfortunately, that wasn't much better. In order to reach the live chat, we had to fill out three drop-down boxes regarding our issue. Then, it still tries to send you over to an article or email. This repeated multiple times while we were waiting in the queue. They kept trying to send "how-to" articles, instead. Finally, we got on with an agent. But even that was slow. The entire process took around twenty minutes to get a simple answer to our question. And then, how did the support rep help? By sending us another link to a how-to article.
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Just from these features it's easy to see how it's worth upgrading to unlock the best for your website. And the good news is, it won't cost you an arm and a leg! Most basic plans start from around $5 a month. Moving from a free plan to a basic plan is a really affordable way of growing your site and adding these great features to maximise your online presence.


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Freshmen Shine as Duke Beats Presbyterian 113-44
Courtesy: Associated Press
Release: 11/14/2014
Preseason All-American Jahlil Okafor scored 19 points in his debut, and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils had 30 assists in a 113-44 rout of Presbyterian on Friday night in the opening round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
"I felt comfortable from tap to finish," Okafor said. "I didn't feel uncomfortable at any point."
All four members of a heavily hyped freshman class reached double figures for Duke (1-0): Grayson Allen had 18, and Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones had 15 apiece.
Duke shot 61 percent and hit 16 3-pointers, and its assist total was three shy of the school record -- and its most since 1998 -- in the third most-lopsided victory in school history.
The huge assist total "means good basketball, and it's just a lot of fun to play that way," said Jones, who had a team-best seven assists.
"When everyone's into it, we're making extra passes. It's a lot of fun but it's also very hard to play against."
The freshmen effectively ended this one by halftime. Those four had 30 of Duke's first 40 points and the Blue Devils led 57-19 at the break.
Quinn Cook -- the only scholarship senior on Duke's roster -- had 14 points with four 3s and Rasheed Sulaimon scored 12 points.
Desean Murray had 14 points for the Blue Hose (0-1).
The Blue Devils are counting on one of the nation's top recruiting classes to replace Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood, who jumped early to the NBA after last season, and help carry them to their 12th Final Four under coach Mike Krzyzewski.
They sure didn't get much of a test from Presbyterian. Duke built a 20-point lead in fewer than 10 minutes and went up by 30 with 6 minutes before the break.
The freshmen combined to score Duke's first 12 points and an upperclassman didn't even attempt a shot until Amile Jefferson missed off the glass roughly 4 1/2 minutes in.
Okafor -- the third freshman in five years picked to The Associated Press' preseason All-America team -- was clearly the most dominant player on the floor.
His 9-of-10 shooting night included a series of dunks, layups and jumpers -- including one jump shot while falling down that pushed Duke's lead to 38-8 with 6:10 before halftime.
"We're learning how to play with him," Krzyzewski said.
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