Members LondonSi Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 I want to make a website for my band....but don't want to pay for a bespoke design...does anyone know of any 'ready-made' services that are good quality? There's loads of options out there, but I can't work out what's good and what's not. Would be great if it allowed some kind on online sales or sales of physical CDs, and forums, that kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phait Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 Soooo you want to use a template system which looks like everything else out there and doesn't help distinguish your pride & joy (band) that you put lots of effort and heart into... okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LondonSi Posted May 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2010 You pay for it then, smartass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pjrake Posted May 31, 2010 Members Share Posted May 31, 2010 I want to make a website for my band....but don't want to pay for a bespoke design...does anyone know of any 'ready-made' services that are good quality? There's loads of options out there, but I can't work out what's good and what's not. Would be great if it allowed some kind on online sales or sales of physical CDs, and forums, that kind of thing. www.bandzoogle.com. that's what we use. they also have an online store option. -PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike I. Posted June 4, 2010 Members Share Posted June 4, 2010 I want to make a website for my band....but don't want to pay for a bespoke design...does anyone know of any 'ready-made' services that are good quality? There's loads of options out there, but I can't work out what's good and what's not.Would be great if it allowed some kind on online sales or sales of physical CDs, and forums, that kind of thing. A self-hosted Wordpress site is highly recommended. Hundreds of options available to you and plenty of great documentation as well. You can get plugins for ecommerce and membership areas for free, which along with a paypal account should get you pretty far. If you go with a packaged site for musicians, keep in mind that you're paying more for the convenience. If you're willing to DIY you can save some bucks and learn a thing or two at the same time. It's not rocket science, the online stuff has gotten a lot easier the last five years or so. Otherwise, Bandcamp looks pretty cool as another place to put your music and sell downloads without them controlling or even skimming off your pricing - at least for now. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doncorleone Posted June 7, 2010 Members Share Posted June 7, 2010 I want to make a website for my band....but don't want to pay for a bespoke design...does anyone know of any 'ready-made' services that are good quality? There's loads of options out there, but I can't work out what's good and what's not.Would be great if it allowed some kind on online sales or sales of physical CDs, and forums, that kind of thing. You could use wordpress, myspace or facebook page. wordpress and myspace needs a little bit of tweaking but other than that, its the best option. bands nowadays dont seem to bother with websites anymore, social networking sites works wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dailymixdown Posted June 7, 2010 Members Share Posted June 7, 2010 I highly recommend Wordpress. Very SEO friendly too. You should try to blog about your band as often as possible. More content you have the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Feud Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 +1 on www.bandzoogle.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danosongs Posted June 23, 2010 Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 WordPress on your own domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Asnet Posted June 28, 2010 Members Share Posted June 28, 2010 you could use this for your band site http://www.hpage.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerves76 Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 HostBaby is a great service for musicians. They have a new website builder for bands that is similar to wordpress, but much easier to use (in my experience). They also have really good tech support and phone support (a big plus for me). Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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