What You Need to Start Your Website

There are two things you absolutely must have to build a website:

1) A domain name

2) A web host

Once you got these two things, then I can say you are ready to build your site.

What is a domain name?

Before you even think about building your website, you should register a domain name. A domain name is the thing that looks like this: “yourdomain.com”.

Your domain name represents the URL (or permanent web address) of your website. Therefore, when anyone types in “yourdomain.com” or “www.yourdomain.com”, they will see your website.

You register your domain name through a domain name registrar. You register this on an annual basis.  Domain name can cost anywhere between $4 and $50 per year.

Find a Web host

Once you got the domain name now it is the time to host the website.  Web hosting is a service which allocates space for your websites on computer servers that are connected to the Internet 24/7.

You can host your website at your place or buy some plan from a web hosting company.

A good hosting plan can be anywhere between $10 per month and many thousands per month.

Build your Website

You can either build it yourself or use a web developer or firm to do that. Website building basically involves 2 steps: Making a web page and setting up a website.