If you’re starting a blog, and you bought a domain name, you have to host it.  You can actually host your blog for free on Blogger.com.  That helps you save money every month, and your initial start-up cost is only the expense of buying the domain name.  However, some people don’t like the Blogger designs and the website and prefer another platform.  

Thus, if you need to pay for hosting but want to keep expenses low, you can use BlueFur.com.  BlueFur hosts this blog, and it has hosting plans for as low as $6.95 per month.  There are other plans that are more expensive, but if you’re starting off, the Mini Unix plan (for $6.95) is perfect.  That’s the plan I have.  (You can also get a 10% discount off any purchase by entering ”flimjoman” as the promo code at checkout.)

The Mini Unix plan includes features like 1,000 MB of disk space, a 50 GB monthly transfer limit, a 99% uptime guarantee, unmetered e-mail accounts, mailing lists, add-on domains, sub-domains, and FTP accounts.  It also offers several items free of charge, including e-mail marketing tools, website migration, and web services. 

The two most important features of the Mini Unix (and BlueFur.com in general) are:

1) Wordpress comes incorporated.  In other words, you can select Wordpress as the platform from which you operate your blog, and BlueFur.com automatically sets it up for you.

2) 24/7 customer service.  This is huge.  When I signed up, I remember calling several times with my ignorant questions, and I also received support via e-mail.  BlueFur.com is excellent in this regard, and that alone is worth choosing them to host your blog.

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