world that your site is built on someone else's "charity". There goes your credibility.

3. Future expandability issues: you may not be able to expand and/or improve your site in future when you need to, which hopefully you will.

4. Inflexible: Not easy, if at all possible, to customize

5. From my personal experience two words: Not good.

Option #3: Affiliate Website

These usually come with affiliate promotional packages. MLM and brochure sites also fall in this category.

Advantages:

1. Usually, but not always, free.

2. Ready with sales letter and/or content

3. May be hosted free on company's servers

4. Professionally designed in most cases

Disadvantages:

1. You have no control over content or design and you cannot change it.

2. If any room is left for your own content it's usually very limited

3. Your looks exactly like thousands of others all over the web.

Option #4: WYSIWYG html Editor

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) html editor is software that allows you to see your as you build it: sort of like a word processor with more features.

Advantages:

1. Simplicity and speed: With a good builder, you can build a in a few hours.

2. You don't need to learn html.

3. Some WYSIWYG html editors allow choice of building your site from scratch. This not only gives your a unique look, but you a sense of accomplishment as well.

4. You can expand, improve and edit your as you go along and as necessary.

5. Future expandability not an issue unless your site out-grows the WYSIWYG (in that case, congratulations!)

Disadvantages:

1. With some WYSIWYG editors, pages and buttons may not be customizable.

2. May only work best with the particular software maker's hosting.

3. They can be prone to errors.

4. There's a learning curve, usually longer with increased features.

5. Some WYSIWYG editors are plain frustrating, even agonizing, to work with.

So, what is the best option for building your when on a budget and short on time?

To create a without spending a lot of money and time, a WYSIWYG editor would be the best option. But, pick the wrong one and you're in for tears. Solution?

Go with the three Ts: tested, tried and true. The following two WYSIWYG editors have consistently given users excellent results, without costing an arm and a leg.

1. 123 WYSIWYG

2. SiteBuildIt!

Created by leading internet marketers who know first-hand the frustrations of building a professional website, the above builders are top choices. With either one, you can get your up and running in a very short time, with great results.

Both the above builders have free trials, so why not try one today?
About the author: David Kamau, webmaster of http://www.mercantilec entral.com, has built several websites using WYSIWYG website builders, some with good and others with not so good results.

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