I first wrote about Onesheet last July back when it was still new and exciting and seemed like a good place holder until you could build a ‘real’ website. Well in the meantime, creator Brenden Mulligan has not been sitting idly by waiting for a competitor to outdo his creation. Instead, Brenden has been busy building in all the features I thought were missing from the original version. With these new features I find my self rethinking my original position from the first blog post; “while I don’t want to give the impression that creating a Onesheet excludes you from needing a website, this is a fantastic option that can take care of your web presence needs while you build a website the right way.”
Considering all the new features, I thought a new post about Onesheet was warranted. So let’s start with a biggie. Onesheet now lets you use your own domain! Obviously, this one is huge for those who want to use Onesheet as their homepage. In the previous version, users had a customized onesheet.com URL, and while this was nice, it’s not nearly as good as having your own domain. Along with having your own domain, Onesheet can now gather Google Analytics and add search engine tags, both of which are extremely valuable.
Right in line with the domain feature is the ability to remove Onesheet branding. If you sign up for the Pro version, Onesheet will remove all it’s own branding from the page. I’ve long told artists one of the big reasons they need their own website is it is the only place that has no branding other than their own. Back in the day when people still used MySpace (that’s right, back in the day) you could add banners and players and really ‘pimp’ out your MySpace page. But you could never get away from the fact that it would always say ‘MySpace’ and have the MySpace color scheme. Same deal with facebook. The page will always have that blue banner that says ‘facebook’ in the upper hand left corner. Not the case with Onesheet. The fact that the background image defines what the page will look like gives you unlimited options where branding and image are concerned. And being able to take away the Onesheet branding focuses the page 100% on you.
Onesheet also realized that many of us have more than one project or want to create specialized pages for each release. With one account you can now make multiple Onesheets so you can have one for your latest single, album, video, new band or whatever it happens to be. Not a musician or in a band? No worries, Onesheets are now available for filmmakers, actors, comedians, etc…
In addition to these features, they’ve of course continued to make new partnerships and have whole slew of new widgets you can build into your Onesheet. Onesheet now has email list signup widgets, fan funding campaign widgets, event date widgets, more video and audio widgets, etc…
One of my favorites, Onesheet added stores. They have Amazon and CD Baby store widgets that can go right on the landing page. Pretty slick, if I don’t say so myself.
All of these features lead me to rescind my original position. Onesheet has all the functionality you need to use it as your homepage. Of course, building a website provides you with more customization and can include more functionality, but it can also be quite expensive. And once you’ve paid for it you have to have the know-how to perform general upkeep on the site. Onesheet is beyond easy, and getting the pro version is just $4.99/month. I liked it before, and now I like it a lot more. But who cares if I like it, what do you guys think? Do you like the improvements made by Onesheet? Did they put in the features you were hoping for? Is Onesheet still lacking some features you’re dying to see? Share your thoughts in the comments section! ‘Till next time!
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