Free Website
How would you like a free website? Final Records is offering a free WordPress installation service to any band, record label, magazine or any business that requests it.
Is a MySpace account enough for your band? I bet it’s the case for most bands seeing how many times I received demo packages and emails with links to MySpace band profiles.
Back a couple years ago, the story was basically the same excepts bands were using MP3.com to make their music available to their fans on the Internet.
CNET then bought MP3.com in 2003 and it led to horrible consequences for bands:
- Website addresses printed on CD booklets and stickers were made useless
- Bands lost all means to contact and promote to their fans
- This nightmare happened to more than 800 000 users and 4 million songs
What would happen to your band if MySpace closed their doors tomorrow?
I personnaly think it’s a shame and a sad thing that most bands rely on a free service to guarantee their presence on the Internet.
Yes, MySpace is great, you got hundreds or maybe thousands of fans that are friend with your band but please realize that this all could be over without prior notice.
The LEAST you should do is owning your own domain name (ie: yourbandname.com) as it looks a thousand times more professionnal, is easier to remember for everybody, you can have your own custom email addresses (ie: you@yourbandname.com) and can simply get your domain name to redirect to MySpace when your fans type your address in their Internet browser such as Internet Explorer.
I already hear most bands complaining how poor they are and all but the fact is that you can get your own domain name for less than 3 cents a day . Over a year, it’s still cheaper than a six pack of beer so you really have no excuses.
To get your domain name, I highly suggest you go with 1&1 Internet as they’re one of the oldest companies out there (12 years of business), have more than 7.70 million customers and they are always running deals.
I recently got a new domain name from them and they offered a 5 dollars cash back for registering the domain with them for 2 years, bringing the cost down to less than 2 cents a day. They are also sometimes offering two domains for the price of one. Just have a look at 1&1 Inernet website to see what promo they are actually running!
If your band wants to have it’s own website, you’ll also need a second thing which is a web hosting package so you get server space to store your files online.
Final Records is relying on HostGator to deliver excellent and super fast hosting service and you can get your own package for only 4.95$ for a month, that’s less than 17 cents a day!
At this unbelievable price you get unlimited space for your files and have no download restriction. In short, this low price comes with more than you will need for a long time so you won’t have to go through server upgrades anytime soon. Have a peek at all the features you get on HostGator website.
Once you’ve registered a domain name and secured some web space for your website, make sure to save all the confirmation emails you geo in your mailbox in a safe place as they contain all the vital information needed to set your website up.
So how does a 20ยข/day website sounds to you?
You read right, I’m not asking a single penny for this service. You only have to take your wallet out to get your own domain name and web space which you would need anyway. Here’s a rundown of what I’ll give you:
- Help you set up your server
- Change nameservers addresses on your domain name
- Set up, install and configure WordPress on your server
- Install a theme of your choice so it looks nice to your visitors
- Install all the best plugins you need
- Create up to 5 custom email addresses for you
If you would like to get a free website from Final Records, send us an email using our online contact form and ask us for a free WordPress installation. We should be able to get you running with your website the same day.
Don’t forget to enclose the information you got in the confirmation emails as we’ll need it to set everything up. We’ll then proceed to install a fresh copy of WordPress, the most powerful yet free software that will let you manage your own website with ease without the need to know how to write a single line of code.
Before you ask, yeah, Final Records’ website is powered by WordPress! 
