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Has anyone made their own custom website?

By Mike Nerland

Real Estate Agent with ERA The Conderman Group

October 23, 2007 02:21 AM

As I stated in my previous post, I am analyzing my current website and looking at possible alternatives. I am happy overall with my current website, but there may be better out there. One option I am looking at is designing my ovwn website using frontpage and then paying someone to host it. If anyone has any experience with this I would appreciate some feedback. Also does anyone have a hosting company they really like? Any feedback on any hosting company would be appreciated.

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Carl Martens

Geneva, IL

Check out Zowbie Consulting for both the design of and hosting of your website. Give them a call and they'll be happy to consult with you. http://www.zowbie.com/contactus.php

The company is built up of industry insiders with a strong background in marketing. They can provide a custom site or they are affiliated with many top notch vendors such as Point2 and A La Mode.

Note: Frontpage will take some time to learn, chances are you don't develop a GREAT site...pay a small fee to a company like Zowbie. Afterall, time is money and I think you'll be surprised at the fees they charge.

Oct 23, 2007 02:32 AM

Nancy Morrish

Stage Tucson! Professional Home Staging - Tucson, AZ

Stage Tucson!

Hi Mike, I created my own website because I wanted to have immediate access to it at all times. I created it knowing very little about website design and I still have much to do - it's only around 70% complete, but usable. I used the website developer "Antenna" - by Stormcloud. It's pretty easy, but having said that, you would have very different needs than I would for a website. Good Luck.

Oct 23, 2007 02:35 AM

Johnny Park

AmREDS - Bakersfield, CA

A colleague of mine has at site he made using Advance Access (http://www.advancedaccess.com/). He seems happy with the results.

If you want to visit his site it is livingbakersfield.com.

Oct 23, 2007 02:37 AM

Bill Gillhespy

16 Sunview Blvd - Fort Myers Beach, FL

Fort Myers Beach Realtor, Fort Myers Beach Agent - Homes & Condos

Mike. There are some great free/pay sites out there ( Point2 ) which provide excellent value and are highly customizable. The time and expense of developing a site probably doesn't pay off considering those available. Good luck.

Oct 23, 2007 02:37 AM

Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist

Kingsbridge Realty, Inc - Hubert, NC

Hi Mike,
I'm in the market for a new site too, just am not satisfied with what I have.

Oct 23, 2007 02:39 AM

"JT" Prevatte

Former Agent - Fayetteville, NC

I had point2 and myers and got tired of using the template sites.

Soooo....I made my own using Yahoo Site Builder (if you do a search you will find a blog post I wrote about it).

I now have COMPLETE control over my site and what goes on it and where. I couldn't be happier. My self-made site is producing more leads than the point2 ever did.

Site Builder is easy to learn and you just have to figure out what you want.

Here is a link to my site. www.MyNewNCHome.com

Oct 23, 2007 02:48 AM

Sandy Bacon

MacDoc Realty - Fredericksburg, VA

I have just customized a new website and I worked with web agent solutions. They were absolutely incredible! Please take a look at my website at www.baconbaysden.com. I am not all that tech savvy but I knew what I wanted. They helped me achieve exactly what I saw in my head. The cost was very reasonable because I got a branded and unbranded site for the price of one site with all of the customization.

Oct 23, 2007 04:00 AM