Here is a list of resources and tools for your website building and online business needs. I get asked to provide recommendations in the following resources all the time: Web hosting, email marketing, shopping cart companies. These are all reputable companies, and I have personally used many of them with great results. However, please do your own due diligence by checking out their websites, etc. as we all have different requirements for resources that we use.
Theme used on my blog site: Extra by Elegant Themes
Elegant themes makes the Divi theme and Extra theme (which is the blogging version of Divi) Divi and Extra makes is easy for the person who is a non designer to build a beautiful site.
Resources for Web Hosting
Hosting with GreenGeeks
https://ChristinasResources.com/greengeeks
Hosting with Site Ground
https://ChristinasResources.com/siteground
Hosting with Blue Host
https://ChristinasResources.com/bluehost
Hosting with WP Engine
(for advanced users)
https://ChristinasResources.com/wpengine
Note: We no longer recommend Hostgator or GoDaddy hosting as we have run into issues with them.
Resources for Email Marketing
The AWeber Email Marketing System
I’ve been using Aweber for email marketing for years. I love their support!
https://ChristinasResources.com/aweber
Active Campaign for Email Marketing
https://ChristinasResources.com/activecampaign
Mail Chimp
Love MailChimp for email marketing and blog broadcasting.
https://ChristinasResources.com/mailchimp
Constant Contact for Email Marketing
is limited on it’s email marketing features, but easy for beginners.
https://ChristinasResources.com/constantcontact
iContact for Email Marketing
never used it, but it’s very popular
https://ChristinasResources.com/icontact
Keap for Email Marketing
Very robust, expensive, best for high end users
https://ChristinasResources.com/infusionsoft
Ontraport for Email Marketing
https://ChristinasResources.com/ontraport
Resources for Shopping Cart/ Payment Processing
ThriveCart
https://ChristinasResources.com/thrivecart
Stripe
https://stripe.com/
PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/
Resources for WordPress Themes
https://christinasresources.com/divi
https://christinasresources.com/hestia
https://www.christinasresources.com/ashepro/
https://wordpress.org/themes/sydney/
https://christinasresources.com/spacious
*Disclosure: Some of the links in this page are affiliate links. And if clicked and purchased, we may receive a small compensation for the recommendation.