Website Hosting

Bluehost

Bluehost is a company that hosts websites and helps customers purchase their own domain names. It is one of the largest web hosting companies in the world. Endurance International Group owns this web service provider. It is currently hosting more than 2 million domains on the web. Most plans start at $2.95/month and easily installs WordPress.

Namecheap

Namecheap is an ICANN -accredited domain name registrar, which provides domain name registration and web hosting, based in Phoenix, Arizona, US. Namecheap is a budget hosting provider with 11 million registered users and 10 million domains. It is very affordable, with plans starting at just at $2.88/month for hosting.

HostGator

HostGator is a web hosting provider that provides services for hosting websites and blogs online and HostGator is used for purchasing domain names online. To have a website or blog you need two things, web hosting, and a domain name for your website or blog to be live on the web. HostGator boasts 99.98% uptime, which makes them a leader in the industry. Plans start at $2.78/month.

GoDaddy.com

GoDaddy Inc. is an American Internet domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and incorporated in Delaware. As of June 2020, GoDaddy has more than 20 million customers and over 7,000 employees worldwide. The company is known for its advertising on TV and in the newspapers. GoDaddy is best known for their customer service. You can always reach a real person to resolve any issues you may be having with you hosting. Plans with GoDaddy start at $5.99/month.

SquareSpace

Squarespace, Inc. is an American website building and hosting company which is based in New York City, United States. It provides software as a service for website building and hosting and allows users to use pre-built website templates and drag-and-drop elements to create and modify webpages. This is probably one of the easier web building sites there is if you are not going with a WordPress site. Squarespace is a little more spendy, starting at $12.00/month.

WordPress

WordPress.org, often called self-hosted WordPress, is the free, open-source WordPress software that you can install on your own web host to create a website that’s 100% your own. WordPress.com is a for-profit, paid service that is powered by the WordPress.org software. This is one of the more popular options for those who are looking at creating a blog. To connect your blog to your custom domain, you will need to host your page through a webhost.

Weebly

Weebly is a website and eCommerce webhosting service that is a subsidiary of Square. Whether you’re starting an online business from scratch or taking your in-person business online, with Weebly, entrepreneurs can build websites for customers to visit and shop. This is ideal if you are direct selling products. Basic use is free, with personal accounts starting at $6.00/month.

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Cloudflare

Cloudflare is one of the biggest networks operating on the Internet. People use Cloudflare services for the purposes of increasing the security and performance of their web sites and services. This a great add-on to improve your site, they offer both free and paid services.

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Gravatar

Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar. You upload an image and create your public profile just once, and then when you participate in any Gravatar-enabled site, your Gravatar image and public profile will automatically follow you there. Gravatar is a free service for site owners, developers, and users. It is automatically included in every WordPress.com account and is run and supported by Automatic.

Black Pearl Matrix

Black Pearl Matrix is a professional web design, hosting, programming, digital service, and products company that offers a wide range of high-quality services for affordable prices. This is great if you are looking at handing off a lot of the heavy lifting to someone else, for a price of course. Hosting starts at $3.00/month, and design plans start at a one-time fee of $95.00.


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