Comments on: Is Site Build It! a Scam?

By: Shaon

Shaon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:19:33 +0000

Hi,

I will be buying a SBI site soon, this is related to car test reviews etc… my friend is very much expert in this and he would be providing all the materials, reports, videos etc…

My concern is that; we are from India and he is having test drive experience in Indian market (imported cars) and middle east countries. So, what would be the scope of getting international (US, UK) visitors and make them more involved since we we dont have much information (genuine) about international market.

By: Justyna

Justyna — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:05:06 +0000

Hey Lisa,
I am new to all of this. I wrote earlier but somehow you must have not gotten my message .
I am thinking about buying Site Built It. My question is if I can sell my website down the road if I would like to. I wanna know just in case. Not that I want to sell it, but you never know. Could you let me know? Thanks a lot and keep up the good work. I am a huge fan!!! J

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:26:37 +0000

Lisa,
people say about “Site Build It” that you can not sell your website nor does the domain you register with them belong to you. Is that true? I love both your websites and I believe in what you say. Let’s say you wanted to sell your flat-stomach-exercise site today? Could you do that?
Thanks so much! J

By: Saikat

Saikat — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:13:41 +0000

Hi Wendy,

Myself also a SBIer. Let me answer your question. My answer is YES and also NO. (The answer of Alberto is partially correct but sure dont give you the right picture).

When I say YES, I say that definitely Blog can be hosted with SBI but in the sub directory. Not only Blog you can have any php, asp or any other technology hosted on your subdomain….

When I say subdomain…I mean that this is hosted outside SBI but still gets all the good features of SBI. Let me take the example of my website:

See my own domain is http://www.how2makeawebsite.com/ which is SBI domain and hosted. Now if you refer to one of my subdomain link:
http://free-flash-website-builder.how2makeawebsite.com I hosted the complete script for this on my subdomain outside SBI but did domain mapping to SBI.

This process is reasonably simple and I think I am using this to the full extent.

Wordpress Blog is the easiest thing to do. SBI goes well with Bluehost which provides this excellent domain mapping and since Bluehost have Simplescripts to install WP and 37 more scripts in just few scripts….no DB installl nothing.

When I said NO, that is to make you aware that this is an additional investment (but desireable) for someone. This don’t come by default with SBI in $299. However, the SBI manual direction is superb and you can install if you have some patience and unerstanding of the hosting control panel.

Wish you all the best.

Saikat
Saikat´s last blog … How to make a website-Free Web Design, Development Video Tutorial, Services, Softwares, ebooks

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:44:55 +0000

Thanks AlbertoPL, that definitely answers my question.

I appreciate it. Wendy
Wendy´s last blog … This new mom is sleeping again

By: AlbertoPL

AlbertoPL — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:52:38 +0000

Wendy,

I own an SBI site and I believe I can answer your question.

The answer is no. While SBI does sort of have a blog feature that you can add, it is not meant as a blogging website. You cannot incorporate anything Wordpress with SBI.

You can set up another domain and link to your blog from your SBI site, but you cannot just add a Wordpress blog to your SBI site unfortunately.

I hope this clears things up a little!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02:45 +0000

Hi Lisa – can you tell me if SBI and Wordpress are compatible? I am setting up some sites using Wordpress Thesis and am trying to understand if SBI is possible to use with these sites.

Thanks! Wendy

By: Clance

Clance — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:14:28 +0000

Hello Lisa et all.

I am new to a lot of this, and I have a few quick questions.

1) Is all of the educational content stored online? Or can you receive hard copy documents, or at least pdf downloadable documents. My problem is I work on cruise ships and with limited internet access, it may be tough to read all of the educational info on SBI.

2) About the brainstorming tool – how many times can you use it? Did I read that it was limited? What happens if you go over your limit and you still haven’t found the best idea yet?

3) All in after 1 year, is there any additional costs that I am unaware of. Call me a skeptic, but I am ok with 300, but I don’t want to have to spend much more.

Thanks in advance for the help everyone. And hey, if you are going on a cruise, let me know.

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:00:31 +0000

Yes, you can transfer it away to another registrar.

By: micah

micah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:49:54 +0000

First of all I am very impressed with your webstes and videos. You have a lot of knowledge about this subject and I think its cool that you help people. I am about to by site build it. I have a cool idea for a website, and I can’t wait to get started.

I just want to know with site build it will it enable people to upload their own videos on to my website and have a ranking system similar to youtube?

Now I dont want to be the next youtube I would just like to have a similar feature on my site.