69 + Reasons that you need a website 

  1. You want to sell products online
  2. You need an email address in the format yourname@yourdomain.com
  3. Your Facebook page does not allow you to install a blog
  4. Your Twitter profile does not allow you to place a contact form
  5. You need to display videos categorically
  6. You have a lot of images to show to your customers
  7. You want a community board installed to talk to your customers directly
  8. You need an online identity
  9. You want to rank in the search engines
  10. Your competitors have websites already
  11. You want to make money online
  12. You have got a Godaddy discount coupon to redeem
  13. You want a flash intro for your visitors
  14. You want to build a community portal
  15. Your friends have websites and now you are feeling inferior
  16. You want to block some pages of your website from search engines
  17. You want to create a phishing website (not recommended :x )
  18. You want to keep automatic backup of your website and database, not possible with free blogs
  19. You want your website to be properly viewed in mobile devices
  20. You need accreditation from the governing bodies of your industry (e.g. a school website)
  21. You are a celebrity and want to reach out to global audience
  22. You want to set up a virtual class room for distance learning students
  23. You want a website just so that you can rattle about it to those who don’t have one.
  24. You want to create resources for reciprocal link exchange
  25. I want a website because someone said it adds value to your resume!! :P
  26. I want to have a website cos I believe it is like an Online Press Pack…I can change it anytime..
  27. Your weekly tabloid is just not selling – you want to make it online
  28. I want a website because that will make everyone believe that I am Professional in my work!
  29. I can earn revenues from my website
  30. I can make a larger than life website for a small idea.
  31. I want to save trees and set up a virtual paperless office with everything on the web
  32. I can go international and have great names!!
  33. I can become the CEO and prove a great company existence
  34. I can introduce new contests so that people are motivated.
  35. With a website, definitely my idea can go viral
  36. I can use FusionCharts on my website to turn boring data into attractive charts
  37. I can have online events
  38. I can have votes
  39. I can have various language versions to go global
  40. I am a doctor and I want to connect to my patients – I want them to find my chamber timing easily, have appointments online
  41. I can post more information about my strategies, ideas, than i could have done with printing and brochures, and all…
  42. I run an NGO and I need to raise funds for my organizers online through interactive campaigns
  43. I want to learn PHP/MySQL and do a real life project for myself – what is better than starting my own database driven website?
  44. I want to create a pay-to-watch archive of movies
  45. I am a private tutor and want more students in my class
  46. I own a small scale business, can’t afford setting up a brick and mortar store in the local market – what about an online shop?
  47. I want to create a gallery of Flash Games
  48. I want to write my political views; WordPress deleted my blog for TOS violation – now I need a website
  49. I want to impress my girlfriend with a Unique Birthday Gift – what about creating a website for her?
  50. I want to open a web portal that would function as an online fashion counseling services
  51. I want to have my own online fashion & style magazine
  52. I want to have a website where I could be the wedding planner!
  53. I want to build a Daily Deal Aggregator that shows all the best deals in the cities across the globe
  54. I have started my own study abroad consultancy – need to get some registrations
  55. I want to promote small designers in my city and give them a bigger platform
  56. I wish to promote the handicraft industry that is still in darkness
  57. I wish to have an all girl portal where the girlish stuff cud be in the spotlight
  58. I wish to run a content writing service via website and tie up with the biggies in the glamour industry. In short write for them.
  59. Love to have a jazzed up look!
  60. I need to do reputation management for myself so that whenever someone searches for my name on Google, my website appears  – what about a website MyName.com
  61. I am an author, never found a publisher to get my books published – Need a website to publish my work and sell them as Ebooks
  62. I want to have my online diary, a blog is good, but I hate the blog provider’s logo always on top of the page – I need a customized WordPress blog – my own
  63. I will be able to display my products and advertise them for as long as I want to..since the website is mine, the advertisements would be free of cost!
  64. What’s a better way of connecting to people all around the world? Having a website is the best way of promoting the PR activities of a company.
  65. I want to start a domain-buy-sell business – will resell the domains after they are old and have good traffic – need websites
  66. Going to join the Franchise program of a world class investor, they will not grant my application unless I have a website – need it
  67. My family members have migrated across the globe, wish to reconnect and create an online family tree – interactive and emotional. I need a Flash website for this.
  68. 80% of the customers at my retail store asked whether we had a website.
  69. I tried to submit my articles on an article directory, they refused my submission as used free email – I need something like myname@mydomain.com
  70. I want to create an adult website – no free blog provider will allow me to do this

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