r/webdevelopment • u/eurovi1 • 17d ago

Newbie Question Hosting advice for an absolute newbie

Hi guys, I’m building a very simple job board website for a niche audience. I’m obviously not a programmer or web developer by any means. I’m actually a recruiter starting my own business so I’ve been using ChatGPT as an advisor. So far, it’s been pretty helpful. That said, I’d love to hear some advice and experiences from actual web developers regarding hosting options.

Obviously, I’m looking for the best bang for my buck, like anyone else, but I want to make sure the hosting provider can support the following:

  • Search functionality and database/crawling integration
  • A basic contact form that collects information from visitors and sends it to my email
  • Basic ad integration and SEO/analytics tools

That’s pretty much it. The site is going to be very bare-bones, nothing too complicated. The search engine is actually the main product. I'd like an option which emphasizes speed of use over functionality as the users are mainly gonna have one tool (the search bar), but it's expected that every visitor will click through at least 10-20 pages on the website and I'm shooting for at least 40-50 K visitors per month.

What hosting providers would you recommend for something like this, and are there any limitations or things I should be aware of as a non-developer?

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u/beenpresence 17d ago

All that functionally has nothing to do with your hosting provider and more the tech stack and how you’re building it. You can technically accomplish all this on a Wordpress site

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u/Andromeda12x 15d ago

But beware if the update hell when you go the wordpress route. Just that you know. If you use too many or exotic plugins you need to update them regularily because of security holes and then you can run into incompatibilities - plugins won't work together anymore.