Hopefully by now you have found out why its important to firstly chose and then pay less for a unique website domain name.

Now it is time to find out how to pay less for the actual building, designing and hosting of your actual website.

Low cost or free website building and hosting?

 
There are now many business website hosting companies who offer quality low cost website building tools and website hosting services which means that there are also many ways to build a website for less than it would cost to have someone else build it for you.

There are also many ways to produce a website for free, however it is important at the outset to spend just a few hours to check out all of your available options and ask questions about what is actually on offer.

Changing your host after you have built and optimised your website could cost you many hours, days & even weeks to put right.

 
Decide where and with who your going to entrust with your website hosting.

1. Who offers the best free website tools ?

2. What is the bandwidth allowance ?

3. Can CGI (Common Gateway Interfaces) such as a blog or forum be integrated into your site ?

4. Who offers good and easy to use search engine optimisation tools to help promote your website ?

5. Is there a limit to the amount of pages you can build and have hosted ?

6. Does it cost extra for email services and contact forms?

7. Do they allow website or webpage re-directing in case you decide to move your content to another part of your website or indeed to a new hosting service ?

These are just a few of the questions you need to ask and a good idea would be to write a list of the benefits and disadvantages of particular website & hosting providers so that you can compare them when your finished checking.

When you start a search for a website host it is sometimes hard to remember who offers what. With that in mind we have made it easier for you to remember and compare the various hosting plans.   Print out our free hosting comparison chart.