Although the allure of owning your own domain is severely tempting, in all practicality you should really opt to own a blog instead, especially when you are just starting out on the web.

WHY BLOG?
1. It is more cost-friendly: it's FREE and capable of generating money (Details in future posts).
2. It provides an easy-to-work-in and learning environment.
3. It is virtually RISK-FREE.
4. It is flexible.
5. It is almost the same as owning your own domain.

COST FRIENDLY:
Everyone knows that having your domain/website hosted by a hosting company requires payment and what for? You pay for your own domain name, the support they provide, personalized email accounts, and all that junk. You DO NOT NEED all that stuff if you are just starting out on the web and just want to earn money while learning the ropes. Everyone needs a starting point, and I believe that blogging offers a practical means to test out those traffic-gaining, revenue-making, earn-money-online programs or e-books. I mean, why start learning how to apply those concepts when you are already paying for a website when you can start doing the same on a blog that is absolutely FREE. You can even earn money online while you are doing this! (Details will be given in future posts)

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:
Would you risk applying those traffic-gaining, revenue-making, earn-money-online concepts to your website, which has your reputation and MONEY on the line, to fail miserably just because you DID NOT have enough experience applying them? If you are planning to open up an online store, you of course need to know how to gain online presence so as to be able to bring potential customers to your site. With this said, you go online and start searching and buying those traffic-guaranteeing programs or books and all those tips on how to get people to visit your site and buy from it. Fine, you do need to know some theories and tips on how to do all that stuff, but in the end YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY ALL THESE with some level of experience to get the BEST results. Blogging allows you to test out those said techniques and concepts and master them at no expense AT ALL, compared to testing them out on a site that you are already paying for with no guarantee of success.

RISK FREE:
As I have stated earlier, you DO NOT HAVE TO PAY for anything when you are blogging.The only thing you need to get started is an IDEA and DETERMINATION. The fact that you can earn money online while paying for virtually nothing is a sweet deal in itself, you don't even have to have a product to sell! Like I said, all you need is an IDEA and DETERMINATION.

FLEXIBLE:
When you own a blog, you can go any direction with it unlike with owning a website. When you own a website, you are almost limited to what you originally set out to do because of the expenses incurred when you change course. For example you open up an E-Store, one that sells physical goods from your own inventory of stock, then you realize nobody wants what you are selling anymore and hence you decide to change course. What do you think happens when you change course? That's right, you lose money. You lose money because your stock is still not disposed of, and you lose the "money" you paid for for the website and its software, if any. In a blog, if you no longer like what you have on the blog or no one reads it, so what? You can easily write new content or whatever it is you need at no cost at all.

ALMOST THE SAME AS OWNING YOUR OWN DOMAIN:
Why is it almost the same as owning your own domain? There's too plenty a reason for that so I might as well tell you why it is not the same. The main difference between a blog and a domain/website is that you cannot sell your goods directly on your blog. Meaning you cannot accept credit card payments and all that stuff from your blog. You can advertise them, and that's it. Not too much of a liability when you realize that you have to first master how to gain online presence in order to gain customers huh?

To summarize, Blogging allows you to test out your skills and knowledge on gaining online presence at no cost at all, and while you are doing this, you can even earn extra money online (Details will be given in future posts).

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