Local Businessman creates free website builder
Born from an interest to find an easier way to build and update websites, local entrepreneur Miguel Gurchuran was inspired to create a free, state-of-the-art responsive and user friendly website builder.
Sites.gy is a simple, no coding needed, visually stimulating and engaging alternative to costly websites. It offers e-commerce stores and blogging options with stock images and animation effects; that allow the builder to display products and services to potential customers in just a few clicks.
In an interview with Sunday Times Magazine, Miguel stated that he has been involved in the IT community for over 22 years, but never liked building websites as it was “too complicated to design, slice and code”.
Six months ago, when his wife told him to update their businesses’ websites (five in total), Miguel thought to himself there has to be a simpler way than just buying a template and hosting.
“I found out that a new way was to use web builders. I was so happy I was able to do my all my websites in one week using a builder. So I leveraged the technology for what I thought Guyana needs and decided to teach the business community how to build websites for themselves. We worked with a very professional team and sites.gy was created,” he recalled.
Now, Miguel aims to give local businesses global exposure and create entrepreneurship opportunities for Guyanese youths.
As a network administrator for 17 years, Miguel brings a wealth of knowledge and experience behind sites.gy. Also the owner of EMTEC, a print, marketing and automated for business solutions provider, and Java Coffee Bar, he is the epitome of entrepreneurship and wants to create similar opportunities for everyone.
Explaining how sites.gy works, Miguel said that any content added will automatically adjust itself to any device, such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones and even Google glass and smart-watches. Additionally, the website builder creates income opportunities for anyone with a computer, internet and basic design skills. Its “drag and drop” feature is impressive and easy to learn.
What’s so amazing about sites.gy is that it is free to build with unlimited hosting and unlimited bandwidth. Premium accounts are available at a cost, where domain registration, payment processing and live tech support are added to each website created.
Sites.gy was launched about three weeks ago and it already has over 220 signups from all over the world. From an art gallery in Germany to a music artist in Colombia, businesses and entrepreneurs are utilising the free website’s offerings.
Miguel disclosed that the number of signups is increasing every day and they have no yet begun to market their Sites Certified Web Designers, specialists who we are still training.
He added that a workshop will soon be held to train over 150 Guyanese business men and women to equip them with an online presence.
“I want to give ‘webtrepreneurs’ the ability to launch a business in their spare time and work for the entire world. I want to also give businesses the chance to sell their goods and services not only locally, but to anyone and anywhere online. We are not just a web builder; we are educators and an e-commerce solution. Hence, we will be launching an App Builder within the next few months,” the IT professional mentioned.
For more information, visit sites.gy on Facebook.
