HowToPortal is a free online help and resource site for beginners as well as techies. A common question we often get asked is why do you offer everything for free? And it’s usually followed up with how do you make money?
So we’re creating this page to answer How is HowToPortal funded, and Why it matters to you!
Why is HowToPortal Free?
As a beginner or small business, you often don’t have a large budget to spend on tools, software, courses and training. However, these things are crucial for the success of your business.
We started HowToPortal with a single goal: create how-tos and tutorials that are easy to understand and most importantly are 100% free.
Our goal is to help small businesses compete with the big guys.
Simply put, we created HowToPortal to offer users what we wish we had when we first started out.
How Is HowToPortal Funded?
We have always believed in being honest and transparent with our audience. In our opinion, that’s the only way to build a community.
Running a popular website like HowToPortal that helps millions of users every month requires significant investment. Both on the server infrastructure part as well as on the content creation part.
Our team creates and maintains thousands of free written WordPress tutorials and hundreds of free videos tutorials.
So yes, we have to make money otherwise we would have to shut the site down. Below are two primary sources that fund HowToPortal.
Our Products
Over the years, we have created several premium online tools, services, and products to help you improve your online presence, succeed fast in your online journey, and grow your business.
When you purchase any of these products, services, and tools, it helps us fund HowToPortal.
We really appreciate everyone in the HowToPortal community who support us by using our products, services, and tools. Thank you.
Referral Fees
We earn referral fees when you buy services from companies that we recommend.
We only recommend products that we believe will add value to our readers. We thoroughly test and use all products before we recommend them. All opinions are our own, and we do not accept payments for positive reviews.
This monetization method is called affiliate marketing. The biggest brands on the internet offer affiliate programs such as Amazon, eBay, Google, etc. Many of your favorite sites use affiliate marketing to pay the bills.
The only difference is that not everyone tells their users how they make money.
Sometimes you will see banner ads, other times, you will see a special link unique to each website that track referrals such as: https://www.howtoportal.com/refer/hostgator/
When you click on these links, you are tagged with a special cookie to track the referral. If you end up buying the product, then they pay us a referral fee.
The referral fees vary for each product. For a WordPress book that you may buy at Amazon, we might earn $1. For a premium WordPress theme, we might earn $5 to $10.
Users’ Question #1 – Will it Cost Me More Money if I buy through your links?
No, absolutely not. In most cases, our deals will actually save you money.
Because HowToPortal is an authority website, a lot of vendors offer our readers exclusive discounts.
For example, if you were to purchase Managed WordPress Hosting directly from the vendors, you would normally pay $29 per month. However, if you purchase it by using our Referral Link, you will get 50% off for the first 3 months or the like.
Please check out our DEALS & OFFERS SECTION to find more deals.
Users’ Question #2 – Do You See My Personal Details?
Nope. We don’t see any personal information i.e name, email, address, credit card, etc.
The only thing we see is that an anonymous user made a purchase on so and so date and time and which product they bought.
How Can You Help Us?
Sites like HowToPortal takes a lot of investment to operate. Enough to buy a nice house in many parts of the USA.
We have a dedicated team of paid programmers, writers, and editors.
That’s why we need your help. Below are few ways you can help us:
- Purchase our Premium Products, Services, and Tools.
- If you’re thinking of buying a product, then please buy it using a HowToPortal referral link.
- If you’re using a product that we recommend, then please leave your review in the comments to help others.
- Spread the word by sharing HowToPortal tutorials, How-Tos, Products, Services, and Tools with your friends and family on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms.
Why Should You Help Us?
There are several so-called “experts” selling online training, courses, and other services for hundreds of dollars – all of which you can find for free or on discounted rates here at HowToPortal.
There are also tons of bloggers that write fake positive reviews without ever testing the product / service only because they want to make a quick referral fee.
At HowToPortal, we are a People First company. We treat our team like family, and our readers best interest is our #1 priority.
All our Tutorials and How-Tos are free because our goal at HowToPortal is to level the playing field for small businesses, so they can grow and compete with the big guys.
If you’ve found HowToPortal to be helpful, then we hope that you will help support us, so we can continue working towards our mission.
Thank you for support.
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