Personally, i see these things as a distraction - I prefer things being simple.

I wouldn't feel bad. I think we like to tell ourselves we have these incredible ideas that no one else has. But in reality that's probably not true. Besides, competition is inevitable in business. If it's not you, someone else will compete

Namecheap. Very quick support, good prices, simple website and you aren't supporting a sleazy site like godaddy with stupid ads etc

well it will be for skiers and boarders. I would like to monitise in future a la nomadlist. Telegram is the cool option but its maybe an extra hurdle. (even techies i know haven't heard of it) Maybe can try telegram and slack a/b and see what people use more

looks good! Thanks

to clarify it's for a skiing website - so I would have ads for skiing holiday/ gear etc. So ads that fit the product, not random ads.

thanks for responses everyone ( i couldn't sign in before). I think I might see where my audience is from before putting ads. So if I get lots of Americans i don't want to have a UK affiliate programme ad.