I found www.webs.com when I was searching for website builders and I found it to be one of the best website builders out there.  There were many things that I really liked about this site and that is why I am writing this review.  I hope that when you see the positives and negatives of this site you are going to be able to decide if this site is going to help you build a site that will help your business grow.

You can see here that there are many different plans that you can select from. However, I was drawn to the free plan because I was not really sure what I needed to do and how to get my site up and running. I was more willing to try it for free rather than paying for a plan that I did not understand how to use. I figured that I could upgrade later if I wanted to.

When I first logged onto this site I saw that it was free and it looked like I did not have to complete many questions in order to get started.  I liked this aspect as many website builders ask for a credit card and other personal information just to get signed up and review the different templates that you can use to create your site.  I did not want to do all of this.  I wanted to simply get signed up and begin.  I was excited about building my site and I was ready to begin my quest.

It is a little bit difficult to see here but if you look closely you can see that you are not required to complete a lot of information when it comes to setting up your account. You need your email address, a password and your date of birth. Then, you will identify the type of site that you want to create whether it be personal or professional, etc. and you will be almost ready to begin. Again, you can see that there is no reason for you to enter your credit card number.

I was completely finished entering all of the required information and setting up my account.  Then I needed to select a template.  Talk about being surprised.  I did not expect to be at that point in the process so quickly.  I was a little bit overwhelmed by this but, again, very excited.  I was really getting started at building my own site.  I felt so professional and proud of myself for doing this on my own.  I had searched for others that could create a site for me in the past only to find out that they were going to charge my hundreds of dollars.  I was about to find out if it would have been worth that much.

This is a shot of the third step in the sign up process. This step directly follows the steps above and you can see that this is where you are going to need to select the template that you would like to use for your site. You can change your template later if you'd like. I really liked this because I did not feel pressured to make a selection that I may not be happy with later. I could relax because I knew that I could make changes if I wanted to.

I made my selection for a template and then I was sent to a new page.  This page gave me all of the information that I had entered up to this point.  It also gave me a larger view of the template that I had selected so I could see what it looked like.  There was also an area for me to click on if I wanted to change anything related to the information that I had submitted so far.  Therefore, if I was not happy with the name of my website, or I wanted to change the email address I was using for my account, I could make these changes.

How many times have you viewed a website and noticed that it has several different pages attached to it?  For example, maybe it had a home page but it also had a page where you could gather contact information or where you could learn more about the owner of the business.  Most professional and business websites have different pages such as this.  I often wondered how they did that.  I was about to find out.  Once I accepted the information that I had already entered I was sent to a new page and this is where I was able to select the pages that I wanted my website to have.  Now, I was limited on the number of pages that I was allowed to have because I had selected the free plan but I was not upset about this.  This was my first website and I was learning so I was taking what I was given for free.

Once I had selected my pages and I was ready to begin I was able to being entering all of my information into the new website.  I was really taken back by the ease of this because it was not difficult at all.  It only took me a moment to look at my template and determine what I needed to do.

If you look at this shot you are going to see that if you select the home page, about us page or even the contact us page, you will just have to click on the content box and begin entering all of your text. You will also have the opportunity to change your font style and size as well as the justification for your text. This is very easy to do. You will also notice up along the top of the page that you can modify your template if you would like. So, as you work on your site, if you decide that you do not like it, you can switch to a new template and go from there. You will not lose any of your information because it will simply be moved to the new template.

When I was finally finished with my site I was able to hit the view button and review everything that I had done.  Then, when I decided that I liked it, I was able to hit the publish button and make it active.  It was totally easy and user friendly.  I never realized how much I would enjoy making a website.  Webs.com made it easy and fun.

Frequently Asked Questions about Website Builders

1.)  Is this site free and what are the package prices for this site?

This site is free but they also have packages as well and these vary in price from $7.50 a month up to almost $17.00 a month.  The basic membership, which is free, is going to give you a website that is ad supported.  Your domain name is going to be a sub domain of webs.com as well.  The enhanced package is going to be really good for business professionals and the pro package, which is the most expensive package, will be wonderful if you are going to have a site that will be getting a lot of traffic.  Each membership is going to vary in the amount of storage that you are going to have as well as the amount of emails that you can have with it as well.  Something else that you need to consider is the fact that you will want to create your own domain name because it is going to be needed to help you create a professional look and to be noticed within the internet community.  In fact, you do not want to have a sub domain as this is going to be much more difficult to rank on search engines such as google.

2.)  How good is the free package compared to the packages that you can purchase?

The free plan is great because I am able to have my website go live on the internet and I never need to pay for this.  However, if I want to have my own domain name then I would need to purchase a packaged plan from this website builder.  The starter and enhanced packages are also going to give you a voucher that you can use for google and facebook but you are not going to have this with the free plan.  This is for $50.00 and it is really nice to have if you are trying to run a small business.  But, if you are going to be going pro then you will get a $75.00 voucher for these same locations.  The amount of emails that you are going to have will also increase from zero all the way up to 15 emails as you go higher in the packages.  Overall, if you simply want your website to be live and you are going to be promoting it yourself like I am then the free package is great.

3.)  Does it come with a hosting plan?

If you are going to be using Webs to make your own website then you are going to be very happy to know that you are going to be able to create your own HTML website and you will be able to place your own files on it.  This is totally free.  You will be able to increase the way that your website works by adding in a blog, different forums or even polls for your visitors to fill out and complete.  All of this is free for life but I had to do some research in order to see how to get my own domain name.  This is not something that I was able to get with the free hosting.  In fact, this came with the professional and small business plans.

4.)  Do you get free support?

After conducting some research I found out that I did have access to a support portal with a free membership where I was able to access many different tools and webs experts.  However, if I wanted to be able to use the 24 hour, seven days a week option where I was able to speak with a live person I need to upgrade my plan to a professional or business membership.  I did not feel that I needed to do this as I was getting along just fine with my free membership and the support tools that were available to me.

5.)  What are the benefits of this website builder?

I would say that the benefits of this website builder would include the fact that it is very easy to follow and it is actually free.  You are not going to be asked to enter any credit card information and you are not going to need to worry about forgetting to cancel any free plans that you might get charged for later.  Another benefit to this site is that you will be able to change your template at a later time if you are not satisfied with the results that you are getting.  Your information will simply transfer into your new template so you do not have to worry about retyping any of the information.  This was a very nice feature.

6.)  What are the negatives of this website builder?

While there were many benefits to this site, there are also many things that I did not like.  For starters, it did not seem like there were very many templates to select from, at least not as many as there are on other website builders.  I also noticed that the templates that were available did not seem very professional like other website builders.  It seemed as though the templates were relatively plain and they were not very fancy.  Even though I found a template to use, it did take me some time and I had to use my imagination to envision a great site.  This took me some time.  Next, when I was working on my website content I wanted to select different font sizes and the font style.  There were very limited options when it came to the different sizes and font styles that I was able to choose from.  I was not happy about this because it seemed that my content did not look very professional.  It was not like typing a word document and having unlimited styles to choose from.  Another aspect of the site that I did not like was the fact that it seemed to be down a lot and it seemed that I continually had problems logging in.  Once I got in things were fine but I needed to re-enter my information several times as it would continually state that my information was incorrect.

7.)  Is webs.com flash compatible?

Yes, webs.com is flash compatible and you may want to seriously considering going this route if you are trying to make your website stand out and look great.  It is a wonderful way for small businesses to make a name for themselves and increase sales by being memorable.  I also found that it is very easy to load videos and photos on my template.

Overall, this site was relatively easy to follow and use.  I really liked the fact that it was totally free and I did not have to worry about entering a credit card number.  I did find that there were times when I wanted to enter the site in order to work on my website and I was not able to get in or the site itself would not open.  This was an issue for me and there were times when it was difficult to get my site complete.  As previously mentioned, this site did not have very many different fonts and sizes to select from and this was a disappointment.  Finally, I would not recommend this website builder if you had access to others.  If you were just starting out and needed some practice then this site would be good and yes you can publish on the internet so you would be winning in the end.  However, I would use a different site if possible.

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