I use 1&1 to host my company website (£3.49/year) and email (£1.49/month)
Have done for a number of years and no problems.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI'd prefer to find a host who will do the hosting+domain together, so she doesn't have to do any setup... if I find A records confusing how does a typical home-business ever get this stuff working?!
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI'd prefer to find a host who will do the hosting+domain together, so she doesn't have to do any setup... if I find A records confusing how does a typical home-business ever get this stuff working?!
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I'd prefer to find a host who will do the hosting+domain together, so she doesn't have to do any setup... if I find A records confusing how does a typical home-business ever get this stuff working?!
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Have used 123reg for buying domain names. I would separate out domain registrar and web host provider.
For a cheap, good web host for non-critical stuff, i use vidahost.
For a few "crtitical" company and e-commerce sites, i use a managed wordpress host - WPEngine. Not cheap, but great product/service. Found another one that I haven't tried, but is cheaper (probably still outside the price range you mentioned though) - Flywheel.
I've found with the managed WP hosts, I don't run so many security plugins, as I trust they've "got my back" on the malware and other attacks. So far, no issues. When I ran my *important* site at vidahost, I found I was paying for a backup service, and also considering paying for a malware monitoring service. By the time I added this all up, managed service was the way to go for me.Last edited by Spoiler; 24 September 2013, 13:17.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostStill needs a domain, and more than one page. And a blog (I don't get why FB haven't allowed you to run blogs through their site, all the pieces seem to exist for it).
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tsohost happily do wordpress (1 click install) and multiple sites for £3 a month.
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Originally posted by Support Monkey View Post123reg although to be honest if their not selling on the site I would just start a facebook page
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123reg although to be honest if their not selling on the site I would just start a facebook page
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Can't remember the costs, but that's what we use. Plus if you are doing wordpress, then there are loads of plugins that can do ecommerce at a later stage.
There is also an etsy plugin which can be used to showcase the shop.
(Get her to look at Folksy and Craftjuice as well as Etsy)
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Recommended host for domain and simple (maybe WP) hosting
A friend wants to set up a blog/site for her fledgling craft business. She doesn't plan to sell directly through the site, but in shops and on sites like Etsy - so no e-commerce requirement. The site would act as a way to post about how she makes things, what she's done, etc - a shop window rather than a shop.
Now that Google stopped the free business accounts, I'd like a recommendation for domain and hosting. It needs to be cheap, simple and easy - she's tech-savvy but not a techy in any way.
She'll almost certainly go for Wordpress, so I was debating the merits of a Wordpress hosting package rather than installing WP on a generic hosting package. But then many hosts will give you 1-click WP installation so what exactly does WP hosting get you for the small amount extra you'd pay?
So far I checked out GoDaddy since I use them for my hosting... looks like £3-5/month is the ballpark for this.Tags: None
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