Start a website from zero
What hosting actually is, what you need to buy, and the order to do it in — written for people who have never done it before.
- 1.Pick a plan
- 2.Choose a domain
- 3.Publish your first page
Hosting guides, written for humans
Short, practical walkthroughs for the things people actually get stuck on. No jargon, no assumed knowledge — just the next step to take.
Guides
Pick the guide that matches where you are
Each one ends with the exact page you need next.
Choose the right hosting plan
Shared, WordPress, business, cloud or VPS — a simple way to tell which one fits the site you are building today.
- 1.Match plan to traffic
- 2.Check what's included
- 3.Know the renewal price
Domains, DNS and transfers
Registering a name, pointing it at your hosting, and moving a domain you already own without any downtime.
- 1.Search a name
- 2.Update nameservers
- 3.Transfer safely
Set up professional email
Get you@yourbusiness.com working on your phone and laptop, and keep your messages landing in inboxes rather than spam.
- 1.Create mailboxes
- 2.Add devices
- 3.Add SPF and DKIM
Keep a website safe
The padlock, automatic backups, malware scanning and the handful of habits that prevent most problems.
- 1.Turn on SSL
- 2.Schedule backups
- 3.Enable the firewall
Make your site faster
Where speed actually comes from — caching, images, the network edge — and what to fix first for the biggest gain.
- 1.Measure first
- 2.Cache and compress
- 3.Serve from the edge
Prefer someone to just do it for you?
Our team migrates your existing site for free and stays on hand while you settle in.