Has anyone used www.afsb.net to create a web site for their CPA or financial practice?

Question

AFSB (Accounting and Financial Site Builder) offers template based web design at a good price. It is more affordable than Accountants World.

I called their # 1-800-888-5803 and it sounds like a "small time" operation. The receptionist said "someone from that department would call me back about my web questions".

Yet, the web site looks good. If you have used this service or heard anything about it, thanks for the feedback.

Answer 1

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http://www.websites4accountants.com/



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Answer 2

This looks like you're "building your site" (just picking from options, really) on their server, and it's running on their server forever. That means that you really have no control over the site. If they don't have a generator, and a contract with a fuel supplier, one blizzard or hurricane at their location could be very bad for your business. How often do they do backups? Do they keep them off site? Do they have an off-site location? Or will you be down if their building becomes unusable? (We do full daily backups to an out-of-state duplicate of all our servers, with the capability to bring them all up at the same IP addresses as the real ones - and that's only for our own internal data.)



I prefer having my sites hosted by real web hosting companies (for a fraction of what afsb is charging) and know that the servers have 99.99%+ uptime, off-site backup and a 24/7 technical staff (not someone who'll call you back some time) that knows what it's doing. And, if the company goes under, or even starts going bad, I can relocate my site in a few minutes. It's MY site - I own everything but the hardware it sits on - and I can do what I want with it (as long as it's legal) and take it anywhere I like.



It may seem daunting to create a site without help like theirs (I wouldn't try to create my own P/L statement), but having your own site created isn't that expensive, and it could prove a lot cheaper in the long run. (A site could cost you as little as $75/year, for a backed-up, always on server, once you pay for the development. And it's what *you* want, not a choice of one of someone's templates.)

Answer 3

Take a look at: http://www.threehosts.com/ to see big difference between this service and other services on the web.

Answer 4

Afsb.net

Answer 5

Google AdSense is completely free.