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Free HOA Website
Gladly offers stress-free communication for your HOA. These free tools, like our beautiful, Free HOA Websites, provide your community’s face to the world.
Beautiful
Easy to Navigate
Simple to Maintain
Your HOA is beautiful — it deserves a beautiful website. That’s why your Gladly website is completely free to use.
Your free website comes with Document Management (up to 4 folders and 10 files), and Online Payments. You can add a custom domain for $15/mo.
HOA Website Questions
Q: Is my HOA Website really free?
A: Yes! We get it. Money is tight, but you still need an awesome website for your awesome community. With Gladly, you never have to worry about your budget.
Because we received so many requests, you can now add domain hosting so that you can have your own domain (www.yourcommunity.com instead of yourcommunity.gogladly.com)
Q: How do I set it up?
A: If you’ve ever set up a blog or website template before, it’s a similar process. Add your photos, fill in your own text, and you’re done. It’s easy!
Q: Can I use my own domain?
A: Your community will be setup on yourcommunity.gogladly.com. However, you can point your current domain to your Gladly domain. In the
Q: What features are included?
A: Your Free HOA Website includes Document Management (up to 4 folders and 10 files), and Online Payments — all part of the package at no cost! How’s that for happy?
Q: Will my website be mobile ready?
A: Absolutely! Today, most people use mobile devices to surf the web. We’ve designed your Free HOA Website to be 100% mobile friendly without any extra work for you.
Q: Is my Free HOA Website secure?
A: Yes! We use Google maps and credit card information (for verification only…no charges) to ensure anyone who joins as a member actually lives in your community. And you needn’t worry about hackers with our secure servers.
Smile With Us
After you create your HOA website, read our HOA comics:
Is Your Business Too Competitive?
We all want to succeed, but sometimes we sabotage ourselves by the way we choose to do it. This is exactly what happens when — in the name of getting ahead – we are antagonistic in business.It might seem counter intuitive, but competition isn’t always about grabbing the biggest share of the pie. More often than not, there are ways to make the pie bigger for everyone. My co-founder, Burke, told me a great story that applies well here. As a former HOA portfolio manager, he maintained a friendly relationship with another company that frequently competed with him for the same business. As they got to understand the other’s business, they realized that they specialize in different areas. To this day they refer business to each other.
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Trial and Error Policies
Homeowners who aren’t happy with their HOA often cite inconsistent or changing policies as the reason. The fact is, it’s tough to create rules and policies that are perfect. You have heard the cliche “the devil’s in the details” – well in the case of HOA policies and rules this couldn’t be more true. One of the primary responsibilities of the Board is to set policies and define rules to fit the unique character of their community… Here are a few common mistakes that boards should avoid when adopting policies and rules.
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Social Media — Risk vs Reward
While HOA social media definitely has its rewards, there are many who perceive it as too big of a gamble. The drawbacks can be hard to quantify, but basically come down to the potential for misuse.From simple communication, to events, feedback and more, there’s nothing like social media for building a sense of community and keeping everyone up to date. As long as membership is verified and secure, and the above considerations are put in place, there’s no reason why social media can’t be remarkably useful in your HOA.
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