Bootstrapping an Internet project
As part of our involvement with Ultra Light Startups 42SQL provided some free technical input to a new project Real Women Respond to Palin.
As a checklist, the following online resources were used to get started, and create an initial web presence. This provides a good summary of how to get started with just $20.
- Google Mail email account (initial registration communications).
- Domain Registrar for registration of the domain name (~ $10). Our recommendation is GoDaddy.
- Shared Hosting Provider for initial website hosting (~ $10).
- Google Apps the free edition, for email hosting.
- Google Analytics for website tracking.
- WordPress Blogging framework for Content delivery.
The following are more optional but were used in this instance.
- FeedBurner for a public RSS feed and statistics.
- Magnify for a public video community library.
- Ustream for live video streaming.
- PayPal for sponsor donations.
Some of these options are not ideal for the longer term, but for Day 1, a presence can be achieved for little work.
Disclaimer: 42SQL does not have any political associations, bias or opinions to the current US Presidential Election.