You don't have to pay for extras as such ...
WP for example has god knows how many plugins available for free ...
Blogger / WP hosted blogs I would assume don't let you do that much with them ?
A website domain name costs what 10 quid and hosting about 30 quid for a year ?
(you can probably get dearer and cheaper)
What you get is your own name ... power to advertise on your site ... power to install whatever you want .. and so on
Movable Type 4.1 is also free for non commercial use .. though the majority of plugins (useful plugins) are paying extras ... |