How I Made R45

Building a website doesn’t have to be super complicated! I’m not going to lie, it takes work. If you’re interested, you can find the tools I utilized to build this site (and a few others). Anything with an asterisk (*) next to it indicates an affiliate link. If you click on one of these links, I may make a small commission at no cost to you.

Email Marketing

Website Hosting

Theme

Asset Editing

  • Audition
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

Images

Website Security

General Organization

Hardware

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