Dotster is a provider of domain names, hosting, email, and online business solutions. They also happen to offer a website builder. So far that’s the impression I get about their website builder upon first glance, like this is an afterthought product that they “have” to offer since all their competitors do as well. They advertise “start building your website today” on their home page, but if you click that photo, you are directed to their hosting page, not their website builder page. But anyway…
Industry Specific?
Like most website builder tools, this tool isn’t industry specific. Sadly, I don’t see a template gallery or live examples of sites made with their builder.
Pricing
Dotster website builder is currently $6.75 a month.
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Mobile?
Guess what? There’s no mention of whether a mobile site is part of the builder or not.
In What Browser Does the Website Builder Work?
They don’t say specifically. Most don’t mention this, so we’re going to assume their product works in the most recent version of the IE, FF, and Chrome. If anyone finds out otherwise, please let me know.
Search Engine Optimization?
They don’t say.
Blog Features?
Dotster has a blogging ability.
Ease of Use
They say they are drag and drop. There’s no examples of their templates or their admin side or a video showing how the tool works, so there’s no real way to tell much about this tool.
Use Your Own URL?
Yes. You can use your own domain with this tool.
My Initial Impression
I was trying to save the best website builder reviews for last. This was clearly a letdown. Sorry about that. But yeah, this is standard for providers that offer lots of tools. The builder is an afterthought. The information about the tool is super sparse. Totally par for the course. Who knows, this could actually be a decent tool, but Dotster clearly doesn’t feel it is all that important to share its features with us, so who knows what we get when we buy their service. Fingers crossed for the next review(s). I have some good things in store next, so I’ll see you soon with what I think will be super awesome website builders. Can’t wait!
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