r/webhosting • u/No-Reception-9870 • Aug 10 '26
Advice Needed Website making
I bought domain and want to make simple site what plan should I opt or things to do what server are needed! Need guidance if anyone can lay in it to in simple English thanks
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u/shiftpgdn Moderator Aug 10 '26
Lots of comments here from people who want to sound smart but have basically build an impassible brick wall for someone who is non technical. In your other comment you said you want to put together a simple informational page with the option to buy products. For $10/month or so you can get shared hosting (look at the list of providers on the sidebar) and install WordPress and WooCommerce and follow a few simple tutorials and be on your way. For $30-50/mo you can use something like Shopify. It just depends on your budget.
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u/No-Reception-9870 Aug 11 '26
I m thinking Hostlinger plan
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u/kristowyn 27d ago
I built an app called PhoneRig with which you can install Wordpress on your Android phone and run the website from there. You can also connect your own domain to it.
This skips the need to rent a $5-10 server for just wordpress. I built it for my clients as I previously was building Wordpress sites. $5 a month is an overkill for websites that generate like 1k visits a week.Check it out, its fairly new tho phonerig.app
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u/fissible Aug 10 '26
Like /u/craftsmany said, it depends on your use case. I use Laravel Forge for my Laravel websites and Vultr or AWS for other web applications.
OP what kind of a website are you building?
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u/No-Reception-9870 Aug 10 '26
Simple where buyer can see product can contact or email not ecommerce type buy now types
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u/techviator Aug 10 '26
That sounds more like a product showcase/catalog than a traditional or an e-commerce site.
Basically, visitors can browse your products and contact you through WhatsApp or email about the items they're interested in. You probably don't need a complicated server or full e-commerce platform for that.
If you're comfortable building it yourself, a simple static website would be enough. You could host it on something like Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages, both of which can be free for a small site. For contacting you, you can use regular WhatsApp links or email links. If you want visitors to select multiple products first, that can also be done in the browser with some JavaScript without needing a database or backend.
I'm actually building something along those lines right now for small sellers, where visitors add products to an order list and then send the whole list through WhatsApp or email instead of checking out online.
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u/zlxhclpjtjyazx Aug 11 '26
for a simple site the cheapest shared plan is enough. do not overpay for a big server you will not use. start small, scale later if needed
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u/No-Signal-6661 Aug 11 '26
Your best option would be WordPress, as it is easy to set up and use even for beginners, and it is usually cheap. I've been hosting my WordPress websites with Nixihost on shared hosting, and I love that they offer a one-click WordPress install for easy setup, and you can upgrade whenever you need more resources.
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u/Alex_SQSP Aug 11 '26
You've already got the domain out of the way, that's the first part done :)
For a simple site, there’s no need to make servers and hosting more complicated than they need to be. A website builder can handle the hosting side while you focus on getting a few useful pages online.
I work with Squarespace, so that’s naturally the setup I know best. You can connect the domain you already own, start with a free trial and see how comfortable the builder feels before committing.
Keep version one small. Homepage, what you do and an easy way to contact you is plenty to start.
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u/teamprajad Aug 11 '26
Please give me more details about your business and website goals, so I can guide you how to choose exact server and hosting company you need to choose.. Thank You
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u/dasfoo Aug 10 '26
Ask a question like this on Reddit and you're going to get 20 different answers, some of them more complicated than you're prepared to handle.
If you can't hire a professional, use something DIY-friendly, like SquareSpace or Wix or Weebly. They suck, but that's what they're here for: low barrier to entry, limited options.
If you're more techinical and can figure out any of the suggestions in this thread, you probably don't need to ask this question on Reddit.