We created this resource page to display the products and services that we found useful for our business. We hope that you will find them interesting too as we did.
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Bluehost is the CHEAPEST and the BEST web hosting service provider. When we started DataShark Academy, we didn’t want to spend too much on web hosting and domain costs as they stick around for years without changing. Then we found BlueHost which was available at affordable price and has good speed with reliable customer support. If you’re also looking to start a WordPress blog for cheap, then we highly recommend BlueHost. They were one of the top web hosting companies in 2017. Also, if you sign up using my link, you will get your domain for free when you purchase a 12 month or longer blog hosting plan at $3.95 a month. That’s less $50 a year. Usually their plans start around $7.99 a month and a domain costs around $12 per year. So, practically hosting cost is just $35 a year when you include free domain in. They have been good to us and easily reachable for questions. We highly recommend using BlueHost.
Optimizilla is a free web-based photo optimization tool. At DataShark.Academy we use it optimize each and every image before uploading to our blog. On an average it reduces image file size by 50+ % without losing image quality and helps us in delivering content to our users fast. If you are starting with a blog or already have one, we highly recommend you to try this free service for gaining few extra percentage boost to your site’s speed. Here’s the link to Optimizilla.com.
Pexels is a digital library for free images. It offers royalty free and attribution free images for personal and commercial use. This website is great for anyone who doesn’t have artistic skills or doesn’t want to spend time and money in creating eye-catching banners. If so, we recommend you to try Pexels.
Canva is an online photo editing tool for creating amazing banners and much more. It’s free to join and use. In its free plan, it has lots of images, fonts, themes, icons etc to use in your designs. There are also options to buy premium images, fonts etc for $1 each. It is very affordable tool for anyone (even without artistic skills) to create amazing banners or ads for your blog. We often use it to save time when our adobe illustrator genius is on vacation or busy. We recommend you to try Canva.
The Must Haves
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If you have any question about above listed products or services, please feel free to reach us at Contact page. We hope you will find these products and services as useful as we do.
Best,
DataShark Academy
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