Free Website Builder, Accounting Software & More

Submitted by aisha on October 27, 2009 - 8:00am

So I heard on the radio the other day, an advertisement for a "Free Website Builder, Accounting Software & More for small businesses!" All for a low price of $5 per month, you even get to choose from over 2,000 website design templates. Sounds great and, in my opinion, a little too good to be true.

I decided to take a look at the site to see what it was all about and despite my skepticism, it was more than I thought it would be. They offer various up-sale items such as a shopping cart, accepting credit cards online, payroll and of course, an accounting software service, all at an additional cost. Not bad for the budget minded business. The offer is quite compelling and I am sure that we will miss out on some potential new business, BUT…

One thing we’ve come to appreciate over the years is how valuable your (and our) time really is. We have been providing website maintenance as a service for some time now because, while every website we build for a client is done so in a manner that allows for them to easily maintain it on their own, most of them frankly don’t have the time to do so. Take a few minutes to assess how much your time is worth – see if it really makes sense for you to spend it on your site, or would it be better spent doing what you do best.