Along with providing hosting services, BlueHost also offers many specials and promotional offers on products and services that Webmasters would be interested in. It is most likely that BlueHost receives some commission or advertising fee for displaying these offers to their customers. However some of them are quite good offers. I have chosen a few of these BlueHost extras to feature below.
All the offers are available when you login to your Cpanel once you sign up. Below is a screenshot of the promotion and offers section on the homepage of Cpanel.
Google Adwords Promotion
Bluehost has partnered with Google Adwords to give their customers a free $50 credit for new accounts with Adwords. However when you sign up for Google Adwords you will be charged a $5 activation fee. Unforutantely I already have an account with Google Adwords so was unable to avail the offer, however if you haven't signed up with Adwords I certainly recommend you sign up and get the $50 free credit and see if you can make adwords for your business/website.
Yahoo Search Marketing
Much like the Google offer, BlueHost has partnered with Yahoo search marketing to offer a $50 free credit to new accounts of Yahoo search marketing. As with adwords, Yahoo has a non-refundable $5 setup fee.
Dynamic Payment Solutions
BlueHost has partnered with Dynamic Payment Solutions (DPS) to offer a payment processing gateway at discounted rates. DPS is offering a free merchant account ( no setup fee) and free shopping cart. On their website they say that the shopping cart they are offering is worth $150. Bluehost customers will receive a rate of 2.10% on transactions along with a per transaction fee of 30 cents. In addition to this there is a monthly gateway fee of $15 and a monthly statement fee of $10. They also have a monthly minimum of $15. Although the free setup looks good, overall the transaction costs seem high.
Boxed Art Templates
Bluehost has also negotiated a 5% discount for BlueHost customers on all website template purchases from Boxed Art.
BlueHost Site Screenshot (http://www.bluehost.com)
