I see a lot of brick-and-mortar businesses around me that don’t bother with a website, and if they have one it’s usually ancient. It seems like most of their activity is on social media, mainly Facebook.
Do you need a website or will a Facebook page suffice?

  • CuriosTiger@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Perhaps I’m going against the grain here, but: A Facebook page is fine. The conventional wisdom is that if you’re a business, you should have a web site. And generally speaking, a web site is a good thing, but only if it’s kept up-to-date, complies with security practices etc. It’s not a zero-cost option.

    The important thing is that people can find you. Facebook is sufficient for that. It may not be “professional” and wouldn’t be sufficient for Apple or Coke or Ford, but for a small business, it’s fine IMHO.

    There are some objections raised in the comments that are valid. Facebook’s terms and conditions may be unacceptable to you. They could potentially remove your site (or all sites) for whatever reason they choose, including bad ones. But that rarely happens, and if it does, you can set up a web site at that time. The same thing goes for Yelp etc. You can cross that bridge when you get to it.

    But there are plenty of small businesses who never had a web page.