Author: Colin Newcomer


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Colin Newcomer is a freelance writer and long-time Internet marketer who specializes in WordPress. He lives a life of danger, riding a scooter through the chaos of Hanoi.

Hosting is like your car's engine
Hosting

WordPress Hosting Guide: DIY To Managed WordPress Hosting (And Everything In Between)

If you want to create a WordPress site, you’re going to need some type of hosting. It’s like your car’s engine – without it, you’re not going anywhere! But when you’re staring at all those different WordPress hosting solutions, it’s tough to know exactly what you need to actually get your WordPress site up and running.

In this post, I’m going to demystify the world of WordPress hosting by explaining:

  • The bare minimum that you need to host a WordPress site (spoiler – pretty much any host can host WordPress)
  • What types of WordPress hosting are available (including fun acronyms like VPS)
  • What managed WordPress hosting is (and whether or not you need it)

Then, I’ll recommend some quality options for hosting your WordPress site, depending on your needs, knowledge, and budget. Read More

Selling With WordPress
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How to Start Selling With WordPress: 8 Options for All Needs

Looking to get started selling with WordPress?

As the world’s most popular way to build a website, WordPress spoils you for choice when it comes to options for selling products, content, time, or anything else.

If you want to create an entire eCommerce store, you have plenty of tools at your disposal. But you can also get more focused and create a simple form for one-off payments or donations. Or, you can even build a recurring revenue base and sell content with a membership plugin or eCourse platform.

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