New website needed - Questions.

[bluenitsuj]

I am looking to have designed or try and design ( god help me ) a website for a new venture.

1. Where do I find if the name is already used.
2. How much roughly for soemeone to set up for me so that I can then easily add photos etc
3. Any advice would be very welcome.

 

[The Notorious BHA]

1 - Domain name registration | Domain names | Web Hosting | 123-reg (UK Domain registration)
2 - Contact Pixel Products - they did my website (Wordpress based, in my signature for me, cheap as well comparatively)

Alternatively look into setting up your own Wordpress site, buy a template then you're sorted - very easy to navigate and build yourself.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Alternatively look into setting up your own Wordpress site, buy a template then you're sorted - very easy to navigate and build yourself.

If you're computer savvy do this

 

[TKC]

If you need a webhosting package try ASP.NET hosting and Windows hosting in UK, Windows VPS hosting been very good for me. Have used 123reg & eukhost, personally I'd avoid these, as the packages tend to be a little limited & it's difficult to get problems, questions and issues resolved.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I am looking to have designed or try and design ( god help me ) a website for a new venture.

1. Where do I find if the name is already used.
2. How much roughly for soemeone to set up for me so that I can then easily add photos etc
3. Any advice would be very welcome.

What kind of website is it? Personal or business? I think you probably need to give us a bit more to go on.

Wordpress seems very flexible and user-friendly. Use that!

 

[Pickledegg]

It is all relatively cheap if you shop around!

Domain name is important but reasonably cheap to set up for a couple of years. Try fasthosts or godaddy, both reply to queries quite quickly as do Webfusion.

Hosting packages vary depending on what you are after but again, in the big scheme of things are pretty low cost.

The biggest outlay will be getting someone to build and design the site for you! But money spent here will be the difference between a professional looking site and one that looks like it was done on a very tight budget!

That said, building a professional looking site yourself in Wordpress these days is achievable and can be rewarding when you see the results! You can have a go without having to go 'live', there are plenty of YouTube videos on getting started!!

Finally, remember to sort your SEO early and don't piss off google!!

Good luck!

 

[Bozza]

1. I always go to Search, reserve, register domain names from checkdomain.com
2. If it's relatively simple, do it yourself, either with Wordpress or Build a Website - Squarespace. If you want some extra design touches, [MENTION=2647]gripper stebson[/MENTION] has glowing references from many NSCers.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

I've used Cheap Web Hosting with Free Domain Name from 1.66 for a few small sites. I can recommend it, good speed and superb uptime, also has a nice control panel with lots of turnkey scripts ready to one-click install (including wordpress). Free domain name too I think and about £20 for the year, can't really go wrong.

P.S I don't work for them

 

[Barry Izbak]

Save yourself a lot of time.

Call [MENTION=2647]gripper stebson[/MENTION]

He did mine, and I believe Hiney's

 

[seagulls4ever]

Get someone who knows how to set up a Wordpress site to do that for you. Then, when it's up and running, you can manage the site yourself easily. This is by far the best option if you have little experience. If you know where to look, you can get this done for £100 (logo, unique design etc).

 

[bluenitsuj]

Save yourself a lot of time.

Call [MENTION=2647]gripper stebson[/MENTION]

He did mine, and I believe Hiney's

I would rather someone done if for me. How much approximate are we talking?

 

[gripper stebson]

Thanks all. PM'd.