Hey Bala, Do I need a website for my YouTube channel? – the question asked by my fellow reader.
If you have the same question, you came to the right place.
YouTube is the second-largest search engine in the world, next to Google. And for creators, it’s the most powerful platform to make money.
However, as a creator, we shouldn’t depend on only one income stream from YouTube.
The one who asked this question has 510K subscribers and 7.1 million views on his channel. In the meantime, he has this question for only one reason.
That is nothing but delivering his content to a vast range of audiences and improving his growth on online platforms.
Apart from the story, the website for the YouTube channel is needed for those willing to hold the audiences and improve the business revenue.
Why Do I need a Website for my YouTube channel?
The main reason for having a website for your YouTube channel is you can connect with individual subscribers through EMAIL.
Yes, from YouTube, you can’t be able to send out an email to your subscribers; instead, only through YouTube videos you get in touch with them.
So, websites help grab the audience’s mail to contact them directly in their Inbox.
Ok, what’s the use of it?
If you’re in online marketing, then you know that Email Marketing is a lucrative place to earn more revenue from the business.
Consider you have a 1 million email list vs. 1 million YouTube subscribers. You are planning to sell an ebook that costs around $10.
The Net Worth of this ebook is $10 million when they all buy it. But we know that not all the audiences will buy it.
However, let’s see whether email or YouTube subscriber lists maximize our revenue.
Generally, to sell that book on YouTube, you make a video and add the link in the description; that viewer clicks, pays, and gets.
On the other hand, in Email Marketing, all you need is to write an email.
Writing a powerful email with a direct purchase link generates more revenue than any other stream.
For example, I wrote an email to sell my Affiliate product with the below template.
The result is I received more conversion and revenue from this mail alone.
That’s the power of Email marketing, and if you need that for your YouTube channel, you need a website.
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Advantages
Some of the advantages of building a website for your channel are,
- Collect an email list of your YouTube subscribers.
- Create courses on the website to engage with viewers and increase revenue.
- Can monetize the website or blog in the future, making a separate revenue other than YouTube.
- The website represents a business, so it builds the authority and credibility of your business.
- Create YouTube videos in text format and make that as a blog posts on the website. This process helps to get more AdSense and Affiliate revenue.
Disadvantages
Even though it’s useful, as a YouTube creator, it has a few disadvantages. And those are,
- Require extra time to manage the business on the website and the YouTube channel.
- Have to spend a little more penny to create a website and buy a domain.
How Easy It’s to Create a Website
I won’t explain how to create a website for your YouTube channel in this article. Instead, I will explain what to consider to simplify your website creation process.
Cost to Start a Website for YouTube Channel
Starting a website for your channel costs around $50 to $100, including buying a domain name, hosting, and a moderate design theme.
In addition, if you hire someone to design to website means, it costs more than $1000. So, it’s always to better to use a predefined business template for cost-cutting.
For email marketing, you can use ConvertKit, which has a free version on applied conditions.
How to Buy Domain Name
A domain name is nothing but the name of your website with registration—for example, our website (www.strangershow.com). Likewise, buy a domain for your channel with your selected name (www.xyz.com).
Before that, you must confirm that someone already takes your domain or it’s still available to purchase.
How to do it?
Here, I’m using Bluehost.com to check the availability of a domain.
Note: Try to buy the domain name with .com rather than .in, .online, .net, etc., unless your target audiences are under a specific region.
From Bluehost.com itself, you can purchase the domain if it’s available. For my selected domain name, it cost me around 1300 INR, in USD, it’s $15, including privacy protection.
HOSTING
There is one step behind going LIVE for your website is selecting the hosting platform.
Hosting (a.k.a web hosting) is a server that provides space for your website to store files, images and maintain the entire application.
Where to buy web hosting?
Well, there are 100+ web hosting platforms available on the internet. But WIX.com and Bluhost.com are more than enough for YouTubers for their website creations.
The reason is both Wix.com and Bluehost.com are cheap, simple, and trustworthy.
Cost wise,
- Wix.com – $3.6/month (approximately)
- Bluehost.com – $2.95/month + Free Domain + Free SSL certificate
Trust me, it’s a one-time process and generates a recurring income for your YouTube channel.
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What to do after creating a website for a YouTube channel?
Once your website is up and running, it’s time to design the site.
Suppose you’ve chosen Bluehost.com hosting, which has integrated wordpress.com service. Wordpress.com has free website theme templates you can use and edit based on your need.
And the next one is, building an email marketing campaign. As I said before, use the ConvertKit free version for the initial stage.
That’s all you need to do on your website for the YouTube channel.
FAQ
No, it’s not free to create a website. You must pay for a few things like hosting, domain name, and other plugins if needed.
It depends on your mindset. But the channel with websites generates more revenues than without.
You can create a website easily with Bluehost or Wix.com service.
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