{"id":7662,"date":"2012-08-21T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharefaithblog.wpengine.com\/?p=7662"},"modified":"2017-10-27T13:59:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T20:59:06","slug":"pay-for-deal-church-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/pay-for-deal-church-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting What You Pay For:  How to Get The Best Deal on a Church Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly are you paying for when you purchase a church website? You write a check, sign it, and send it to your church website company, but what is all that money doing? Where is it going? More importantly, <em>what are you getting for what you&#8217;re paying?<\/em> Here at Sharefaith, we believing in being transparent about fees, charges, and money. So, without further ado, here is the breakdown of what you pay, what it covers, and what you get when you buy a church website from Sharefaith. In other words, here&#8217;s the DL on the best church website deal on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/faith\/planSelection.do?product=websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharefaith Membership<\/a>: \u00a0Starting Point for Church Website<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong> \u00a0A membership with Sharefaith lasts one year, and gives you access to the world&#8217;s largest single collection of church worship resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you get: \u00a0<\/strong>You get unlimited access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/church-powerpoint-templates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerPoints<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/christian-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worship videos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/christian-backgrounds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worship backgrounds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/church-bulletin-covers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">church bulletins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/flyer-templates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">church flyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/newsletter-templates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">church newsletters<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/faith\/browse.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clipart<\/a> are all part of the package. Downloads are limitless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much it costs:<\/strong> \u00a0Typical cost is $49\/m or $499\/yr. New members get a 15% discount their first month or year!<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/faith\/planSelection.do?product=websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Sharefaith now.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hosting Plan: \u00a0Essential for Getting Your Website on the Internet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong> \u00a0Every website needs to be hosted. Hosting is what puts your website live on the Internet for everyone to see. Without hosting, there is no website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you get:<\/strong> \u00a0Sharefaith&#8217;s hosting is provided by a company devoted exclusively to hosting Christian websites. This provides peace of mind that your church website does not share server space with illicit or questionable websites. Hosting is secure and reliable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much it costs: \u00a0<\/strong>Hosting is completely free and included in a Sharefaith Website!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Domain Name: \u00a0The Address of your Church Website<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong> \u00a0A domain name is the church&#8217;s Internet address. For example, Sharefaith&#8217;s address is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sharefaith.com<\/a>. Your church address will be something like www.myreallygreatchurch.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you get:<\/strong> \u00a0Sharefaith church websites allow you to use your existing domain name if you have one, and transfer it to a Sharefaith site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much it costs: \u00a0<\/strong>Purchasing a new domain name or transferring your old one costs $18.99.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/church-websites.html#signUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start your church website now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/category\/church-websites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more information about Sharefaith church websites.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly are you paying for when you purchase a church website? You write a check, sign it, and send it to your church website company, but what is all that money doing? Where is it going? More importantly, what are you getting for what you&#8217;re paying? Here at Sharefaith, we believing in being transparent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1066],"tags":[1659,1106],"class_list":{"0":"post-7662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-churchwebsites","8":"tag-best-church-website-deal","9":"tag-best-church-websites"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogrouting.sharefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/churchwebsitecosts.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Getting What You Pay For: How to Get The Best Deal on a Church Website - Sharefaith Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sharefaithblog.wpengine.com\/2012\/08\/pay-for-deal-church-website\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting What You Pay For: How to Get The Best Deal on a Church Website - Sharefaith Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What exactly are you paying for when you purchase a church website? 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