How to Create Your Own Professional Looking Websites Without Being a Webdesigner or Computer Nerd
Creating your own professional looking websites is not only fun it's also a great way to build your own company website, share your hobby with other passionate hobbyists or even to make money online.
But until recently, it required a lot of technical know how and extensive training or was pretty expensive - if you had your website created professionally by a web designer, it could cost as much as $1000 or more, even professional Webdesign software like Dreamweaver can sell for $400 or more.
Luckily in the last months some new Sitebuilder tools have been coming to the market, that are very easy to use, create professional looking websites and require little or no computer or programming knowledge.
We've been testing and reviewing all the major website creators and sitebuilder tools. Our criteria were ease-of-use, how professional look sites, how fast are they created and affordability.
Overall we are pleasantly surprised with the results - simple sitebuilders can replace expensive website design tools like Dreamweaver and Frontpage, and if you pick the right tool, you could well have your own professional looking website up and running in a few hours.
We reviewed 12 website builder tools - only 2 met our criteria:
- Fast & Easy Setup
- installed in a few minutes
- Easy of use - be
able to create and publish a new website in less than one hours without
any technical knowledge
- Websites look professional
- no amateurish looking sites - that's over
- Amount of premade designs
- professional looking ready-made designs for corporate, salesletter,
affiliate marketing and hobby websites
- Affordable Cost
(under $300)
Here are the results and our choice:
#1 XSitePro 2 (Our #1 Recommendation)
We've tried many web design software like Microsoft Frontpage and Adobe Dreamweaver, but didn't get the sites we wanted with reasonable effort. Those tools are great for professionals, but we spent a lot of time on creating sites, but they looked still very amateurish. That's probably our fault, but we like simple solutions. XSitePro 2 is installed in a few minutes, you chose one of 250 ready-made designs, input your text, amend some menu texts and you're done. Just upload the site with the built-in publisher with a click of a mouse button and you have a professionally looking website created in less than one hours. Very comprehensive and detailed instruction guides and videos that explain every step. XSitePro 2 support is competent and support tickets have been answered in less than 24 hours in our test. There's also a XSitePro forum where you can share your experience with other users. Pros:
Cons:
Price: XSitePro 2 is $197 Guarantee: 30 days Money-back Guarantee |
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#2 Site
Build It!
Product Review: SiteBuildIt is more than a simple webdesign tool. It's a suite of online tools for users who want to create a niche website that is optimized for getting traffic from natural search engines and can be monetized with ads or affiliate offers. You login to a website to access all your tools in one place. Pros:
Cons:
Price: Site Build It! is $299 per year for one website
Guarantee: Full Money-back Guarantee for the first 30 days of
purchase, on pro-rata basis after that |
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