advice on cost of having a website

[jdlover]

hi all,

my partner has been developing a small business and has identified a need for a website.

she turned to me like she does for anything i.t. related (because i showed her how to use excel and put some ram in her p.c. lol) and truth is i'm starting from scratch!

question i have is ... the design and construction of the site shouldn't be a problem as lots of software and help available but once thats done and a domain name has been secured, what sort of cost does she then face in having the site 'live' ? does she pay so much a year/month ?

any advice would be appreciated.

regards

jdlover

 

[neorage]

all depends on the hosting you use can start from as little as £5 pm

all depends where u shop for it

 

[Seedy_r0m]

If your ISP gives you an amount of webspace to play with, you can store all your pages, files etc on that, and only pay for the domain name.

The one I used was UKREG.

They are currently charging as low as £2.95 pa for a .co.uk address

 

[Lanstrom]

If its a simple website and if your ISP gives you free web space (like most do) then you could just use a domain register like freeparking.co.uk to register a domain (£10 for 2 years ?!) and get it to forward the URL to your free space (it masks your real URL with the domain you have registered so it looks professional).

I use this method for quite a few sites. Works a treat.


HAHA .. you just beat my answer by seconds Seedy_r0m

 

[jdlover]

instant progress - much obliged !

Seedy, neorage and lanstrom, many thanks for the quick replies, i am exploring lanstroms idea at the moment.

cheers guys

les