A complete survey of your options
With common-sense guidance
Work out what you actually need
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You will need a domain name
Every site on the Web has to have a unique domain name.
If you are not sure what a domain name is, or why you need one, you will find the answers to all your questions in a section of our domain registration page.
Make sure to come back here to consider the other things you need!
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You will need a hosting plan
If you’re in the dark
All responsible hosting companies (including Web Costa Blanca) will allow you to change plans if your first guess is wrong and you need more space than you thought you would, or get more visitors than you thought you would.
So, if you can’t at this point manage more than a guess, plump for a plan like our Basic Plan and see how things work out.
If you have some idea of how many pages you’re going to need and how many visitors you are likely to have
Try our ‘Handy Calculations’ belowin the sidebar.
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You may need additional services
A website built / rebuilt
For design, copywriting, coding, etc., check our own qualifications, in our ‘Services’ section.
And/or browse the pros and cons of doing the job yourself, on my personal wesbite
And/or Google “find a web designer near me”.
A marketing strategy
Search engine optimisation is not just about selling a product. Every website can benefit from a plan to make sure that its message reaches the people you—the website owner—want to reach.
Check what we have to say on this topic.
And/or Google “search engine optimisation”. (Good luck sorting through the results!)
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You may need your site maintained
Few websites are both finished and complete when they first go online.
As most resposible Web companies do, Web Costa Blanca allows up to a month after a website launch for immediate necessary changes and additions. After that you will need to think about the longer term.
If you’re happy on your own
You may be able to handle updates and alterations yourself—and you will have access to your own FTP facility and your own control panel to do so. (You will need an FTP app on your own device(s)—but these are easy to get hold of, and many good ones are free.)
If you want a professional service
Web Costa Blanca offers annual webmaster services both to sites created by me and to sites created by others. You can relax, and get me to do everything necessary.
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What about prices?
Be wary of web companies that offer you “first year” prices.
Always check what the price is going to be from year 2 on, once they have caught you.