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Startup Toolkit – Free & paid tools to every Startup need

startup-toolkit# 1. Website Creation tools

 

Free Web Hosting

  1. 000webhost.com
  2. Biz.nf
  3. AwardSpace
  4. Byethost
  5. BestHostingPro

 

Shared Hosting

  1. HostGator
  2. InMotion
  3. iPage
  4. FatCow
  5. Arvixe

 

VPS Hosting

  1. Liquid Web
  2. WiredTree
  3. InMotion
  4. Future Hosting
  5. ServInt

 

Dedicated Hosting

  1. Liquid Web
  2. SoftLayer
  3. InMotion
  4. ServInt
  5. SingleHop

 

Managed WordPress Hosting

  1. WP engine
  2. Synthesis
  3. Page.ly

 

Domain Registrars

  1. Namecheap
  2. Datazion.com
  3. GoDaddy.com
  4. Name.com
  5. Gandi
  6. Hover

 

FTP Clients

  1. FileZilla (Free)
  2. Free FTP (Free)
  3. Cyberduck (Free)
  4. Transmit (Paid)

 

HTML Editors

  1. KompoZer (Free)
  2. Adobe Dreamweaver (Free Trial / Paid)
  3. SeaMonkey (Free)
  4. CoffeeCup The HTML Editor (Paid)

Pre-Launch Page

  1. Launch Effect (Free)
  2. LaunchRock (Free)
  3. LaunchSoon (Paid)
  4. LaunchPad (Free)
  5. Launcher (Free)

 

# 2. Website Tools

 

Website Report Generator

  1. WooRank
  2. HubSpot’s Marketing Grader
  3. SEMrush
  4. Lipperhey
Domain Parking
  1. Sedo (Paid)
  2. NameDrive (Paid)
  3. Noomle (Free)

 

Whois Info Finder

  1. DomainTools
  2. GoDaddy
  3. Who.is

 

Find New Domain Names

  1. DomainHole
  2. Domainr
  3. DomainGroovy
  4. DomainsBot
  5. NameStation
  6. NameNinja

 

Find Expired Domains

  1. JustDropped
  2. FreshDrop
  3. Expired Domain Names
  4. LuckyRegister
  5. DigestDomains
  6. RegisterCompass
Monitor Website Uptime
  1. Pingdom (Free / Paid)
  2. DownNotifier (Free)
  3. Monitor.Us (Free)
  4. StatusCake (Free / Paid)
  5. Uptime Robot

 

Website Speed Test

  1. Pingdom
  2. GTmetrix
  3. WebPagetest
Traffic Monitoring
  1. Google Analytics (Free)
  2. Clicky (Free / Paid)
  3. Piwik (Free)
  4. Woopra (Free / Paid)
  5. Chartbeat (Free Trial / Paid)
Heatmap and Click Tracking Tools
  1. Crazy Egg (Paid)
  2. ClickTale (Free / Paid)
  3. ClickHeat (Free)
  4. Reinvigorate (Paid)
  5. Clickdensity (Free Trial / Paid)

 

Split Testing

  1. Google Analytics (Free)
  2. Unbounce (Paid)
  3. Optimizely (Paid)
  4. Visual Web Site Optimizer (Free Trial / Paid)

 

DDoS Protection Service

  1. CloudFlare (Free / Paid)
  2. VistNet (Paid)
Check Duplicate/Plagiarism Content
  1. Copyscape
  2. Plagiarism
  3. Plagium
  4. CopyGator
  5. DOC Cop

 

# 3. Audio related

 

Audio Editors

  1. Audacity (Free)
  2. Music Editor (Free)
  3. MAGIX Music Maker (Paid)

 

Audio Players

  1. SoundCloud (Free)
  2. iRadeo (Free / Paid)
  3. Zanorg Player (Free)
  4. WPaudio (Free)

 

Royalty Free Music

  1. AudioJungle (Free / Paid)
  2. Soungle (Free)
  3. Freesound (Free)
  4. The Music Bakery (Paid)
  5. iStock Audio (Free / Paid)
  6. Beatsuite (Paid)

 

# 4. Video related

Video Editors
  1. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 (Free Trial / Paid)
  2. Final Cut Pro X (Free Trial / Paid)
  3. Sony Vegas ( Free Trial / Paid)
  4. PowerDirector 11 (Free Trial / Paid)
  5. Windows Movie Maker (Free)6. Virtual Dub (Free)

 

Screen Recorders

  1. Camtasia Studio (Free Trial / Paid)
  2. Jing (Free)
  3. CamStudio (Free)
  4. HyperCam (Free)

 

Video Streaming/Embedding

  1. YouTube (Free)
  2. Vimeo (Free / Paid)
  3. Viddler (Paid)
  4. Metacafe (Free)

 

Video Players

  1. Video.js (Free)
  2. EasyVideoSuite (Paid)
  3. JW Player (Free / Paid)
  4. SublimeVideo (Free)
  5. FlareVideo (Free)

 

Animated/Explainer Videos

  1. Epipheo Studios (Price Varies)
  2. IdeaRocket (Price Varies)
  3. Lumeo.Inc. (Price Varies)
  4. Simple Story Videos (Price Varies)
  5. Explainers (Price Varies)
  6. DemoDuck (Price varies)
  7. The Explainers (Price Varies)

 

# 5. Graphics

 

Graphic Editors

  1. GIMP (Free)
  2. Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Free Trial / Paid)
  3. Pixelmator (Paid)
  4. PixBuilder Studio (Free)
Screen Capture
  1. Jing (Free)
  2. Snagit (Free / Paid)
  3. Clarify (Free)
  4. 7capture (Free)5. PicPick (Free)

 

Stock Images

  1. Shutterstock (Paid)
  2. iStockphoto (Paid)
  3. Depositphotos (Paid)
  4. Alamy (Paid)
  5. Flickr (Free)
  6. Everystockphoto (Free)
  7. Freerange Stock (Free)

 

Find New Color Schemes

  1. Adobe Kuler (Free)
  2. COLOURlovers (Free)
  3. Color Scheme Designer (Free)
Photoshop Files
  1. PremiumPixels (Free)
  2. Pixeden (Paid)
  3. Freebies Press (Free)
  4. PSDGraphics (Free)
  5. FreePSDFiles.net (Free)6. 365psd (Free)

 

# 6. WordPress

Website Cache Plugin
  1. WP Super Cache (Free)
  2. W3 Total Cache (Free)
  3. Quick Cache (Free)

 

On Page SEO Plugin

  1. WordPress SEO by Yoast (Free)
  2. All in One SEO Pack (Free)
  3. SEOPressor (Paid)

 

Backup Plugins

  1. BackupBuddy (Paid)
  2. BackWPup (Free)
  3. PressBackup (Free / Paid)

 

WordPress Themes

  1. Elegant Themes
  2. ThemeForest
  3. StudioPress
  4. WooThemes
  5. ThemeZilla

 

Premium WordPress Frameworks

  1. Thesis
  2. Headway
  3. Genesis Framework
  4. PageLines

 

Free WordPress Frameworks

  1. Toolbox
  2. Reverie
  3. Gantry
  4. Whiteboard
  5. Roots

 

Sales-Page Themes

  1. Profits Theme (Paid)
  2. Optimize Press (Paid)
  3. Premise (Paid)
  4. Authority Pro (Paid)

 

CDN Networks

  1. CloudFlare (Free / Paid)
  2. Amazon CloudFront (Paid)
  3. CacheFly (Paid)
  4. MaxCDN (Paid)
  5. CoralCDN (Free)

 

Membership Plugins

  1. s2Member (Free / Paid)
  2. WishList Member (Paid)
  3. WordPress eMember (Paid)
  4. Digital Access Pass (Paid)
  5. Magic Members (Paid)

 

CMS & Blogging systems

1. WordPress

2. Joomla

3.Drupal

4.Habari

5.Movable Type

# 7. Business and Marketing

Autoresponders1. AWeber (Paid)2. GetResponse (Free Trial / Paid)3. iContact (Paid)4. Constant Contact (Free Trial / Paid)5. ActiveCampaign (Free / Paid)

 

Buying and Selling Websites

1. Flippa

2. SitePoint Market

3. DigitalPoint Forum

4. WebsiteBroker

5. BuySellWebsite
CPA Networks

1. PeerFly

2. MaxBounty

3. Clickbooth

4. Neverblue

 

Outsourcing / Freelancing portals

1. Elance2. Guru

3. oDesk

4. Freelancer

5. GetACoder

6. Task Army

7. Fiverr

8. Microworkers

9. 99designs

10. 99Copywriters

Internet Marketing Forums
1. WarriorForum2. V7N3. ABestWeb4. Tycoon Talk5. Digital Point Forums 

Places To Advertise

1. Google AdWords

2. Bing Ads

3. 7Search

4. Facebook Advertising

5. Stumbleupon Paid Discovery

6. AdRoll

 

Affiliate Networks

1. Amazon Associates2. ClickBank

3. Commission Junction (CJ)

4. AdsMain
Business Plan Creation

1. Enloop (Free / Paid)2. PlanHQ (Paid)

3. Plan Cruncher (Free)

 

# 8. Product Creation

 

Buy Now Button Creators

1. Ultimate Belcher Button

2. Graphic Creator

 

Project Management

1. Basecamp (Free Trial / Paid)

2. Action Method (Free / Paid)

3. Producteev (Free / Paid)

4. Teambox (Free / Paid)

5. Sprint.ly (Free Trial / Paid)

6. Freedcamp (Free)

7. Trello (Free)

 

Writing

1. Q10

2. ZenWriter

3. FocusWriter

4. iA  Writer

5. Writemonkey

 

Webinar Service

1. GoToWebinar (Free Trial / Paid)

2. AnyMeeting (Free / Paid)

3. TokBox (Free / Paid)

4. MeetingBurner (Free / Paid)

5. Google+ Hangouts (Free)

 

Infographics

1. Visual.ly

2. Daily Infographic

3. Visual Loop

4. Marketing Infographics

 

Mindmap

1. Mindjet MindManager (Paid)2. MindMeister (Free Trial / Paid)

3. iMindMap (Free Trial / Paid)

4. MyThoughts (Free Trial / Paid)

 

Find New Niches

1. Dummies Store

2. Google Trends

3. Amazon

4. Barnes&Noble

5. Wordtracker

6. Search.com

7. Trendsmap

 

Design Book Cover

1. Cover Action Pro (Paid)2. eCover Suite Elite (Paid)

3. Product Shot Pro (Paid)

4. My eCover Maker (Free / Paid)

5. PSD Covers (Free)

 

DMCA Protection

1. DMCA Pro

2. DMCA

3. Distil

4. Onsist

 

# 9. Payment and Shopping Cart

 

Payment Processors

1. PayPal

2. 2Checkout

3. ClickBank

4. CCNow

5. FastSpring
Merchant Account

1. Authorize.Net

2. Chase Paymentech

3. Charge.com

4. Merchant Express

5. Instabill

6. GoCardless
Product Delivery Systems

1. E-junkie (Free Trial / Paid)

2. FetchApp (Free / Paid)

3. DPD: Digital Product Delivery (Free Trial / Paid)

4. Digital Delivery App (Free Trial / Paid)

5. Pulley (Paid)

6. Sellfy (Free To Signup)

 

All-in-one Sales and Marketing Systems

1. Infusionsoft2. 1ShoppingCart

3. Nanacast

4. Base

5. Premium Web Cart

 

# 10. Customer Support & Feedback

Customer Support

1. Desk.com (Free Trial / Paid)

2. Zendesk (Free Trial / Paid)

3. Intercom (Free / Paid)

4. Tender Support (Free Trial / Paid)

5. UserVoice (Free / Paid)

6. osTicket (Free)

7. Hesk (Free)

 

Live Chat Support

1. Live Chat (Free Trial / Paid)

2. Olark (Free / Paid)

3. Zopim (Free / Paid)

4. ClickDesk (Free / Paid)

5. Kayako Engage (Free Trial / Paid)
Online Survey

1. SurveyMonkey (Free / Paid)

2. Get Satisfaction (Paid)

3. Aytm Market Research (Free / Paid)

4. Google Consumer Surveys (Paid)

5. SoGoSurvey (Free /Paid)

6. Survey Expression (Free I Paid)

7. Survs (Free I Paid)

 

Social Media Management

1. HootSuite

2. Summer

3. Tigerlily

4. Buffer

5. Curalate

6. SocialOomph

7. Twitterfeed

8. TweetDeck

 

URL Shorteners

1. TinyURL

2. Bitly

3. Ow.ly

4. Google URL Shortener

5. Cligs

6. Shortn.me
Password Managers

1. 1Password (Paid)2. RoboForm (Free Trial / Paid)

3. KeePass (Free)

4. LastPass (Free)

 

Create Invoices

1. Invoicera (Free / Paid)2. Ballpark (Free Trial / Paid)

3. Paydirt (Paid)

4. CurdBee (Free / Paid)

5. Invoiceable (Free)

6. Invoice App (Free)

 

QR Code Generator1. QRStuff

2. QRstyler

3. QRHacker

4. QR Code generator

 

Password Generators

1. Password Generator

2. PassMaker

 

Cloud Storage Services

1. Dropbox2. Google Drive

3. Amazon Cloud Drive

4. iCloud

5. SkyDrive

6. Otixo

 

Time Management Apps

1. Focus booster (Free)

2. The Action Machine (Paid)

3. Klokwork (Free / Paid)

4. RescueTime (Free / Paid)

5. Toggl (Free / Paid)

 

To-Do Apps

1. Evernote

2. Catch

3. Wunderlist

4. Any.DO

 

Expense Tracking

1. PocketSmith (Free / Paid)

2. MergePay (Free)

3. Spendful (Free)

 

File Compression

1. 7-Zip (Free)

2. WinRAR (Free Trial / Paid)

3. BetterZip 2 (Paid)

4. PeaZip (Free)

5. Hamster ZIP Archiver (Free)

 

VPN Service

1. PureVPN (Paid)

2. StrongVPN (Paid)

3. VyprVPN (Paid)

4. Hide My Ass (Paid)

 

 

# Others

 

1. Find a business.org

2. Venngage

3. Geckoboard

4. lubenda

5. Swydo

 


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