Create a Website for Your Small Business

There are a few things to think about if you want to Create a Website for Your Small Business. What your domain name will be, who will develop your site, who will host your site and who will perform the annual maintenance on your site.

Written By yula Siamalekas

On September 5, 2020
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There are a few things to think about if you want to Create a Website for Your Small Business. What your domain name will be, who will develop your site, who will host your site and who will perform the annual maintenance on your site. Read on to learn more.

Your Domain Name

Your domain name is your URL;  the name your visitors will type in the address bar to get to your site. The key is to try and have your business name in the URL, and as short as possible, so that visitors can easily remember it. If you’re looking to establish your website in Canada, the best place to check for availability is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority.

If you enter a domain name that is already in use, you will see a message that the name is already registered. Also you will see some alternatives that are available that you might like.

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If you enter a domain name that is available, you will see a list of providers that you could use to purchase the domain name. Typically you will pay next to nothing for the first year (about a dollar), and about $15 every year after that.

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It is important that you have control over your domain name. If someone acquires it for you, be sure to have access to the account. We have run into situations where web developers acquire the name, develop the site, host the site, and charge a lot of money every year after that. When the business wanted to change the developer, the original one would not release the domain name to the owner. You should be able to transfer the maintenance from one developer to another with ease.

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 Building Your Website

There are websites like Wix and Squarespace which will guide you through making pages for your website that will look quite nice. There is a monthly fee that adds up for every little feature you wish to have on your site. Alternatively, you can hire a developer that will have a chat with you, understand what you’re looking for and then go away and build it for you. It would be a one time fee.

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Hosting Your Website

 Once the website has been developed, it needs to have a ‘home’ on a server. The place where the website has been developed is the most likely place that will also host your website. 

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  Annual Website Maintenance

After all the work has been done and the website is online, most times there are no more changes to make to your website. Behind the scenese though, there are often updates to apply, backups to do, and depending on your business, new photos added, blog posts to add, testimonials, etc.

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As you can see, there is a little bit of work to Create a Website for Your Small Business. Click here to take a look at the Service Packages we offer.