Hosting / web design / email question...

[Trackdayer]

Hi all

I want to build a basic website for one of my businesses. I need

1) A domain & basic website
2) Anonymity with regards to domain ownership / website
3) The ability to email to send and recieve email via the domain

I was thinking of using Hostinger for the domain and building the website on Wordpress. Would these options be suitable?

Thanks in advance!

[buggalugs]

For a My First Website type scenario I’d go wix or squarespace as it’s quicker and easier to get something semi decent looking live. Later on when your requirements narrow you may want to get someone to re-do it in Wordpress.

[Trackdayer]

Thanks, I read a few horror stories about Wix that's all.

Also would they offer an annonymous domain?

[buggalugs]

They’re as good as anyone else. You’re locked in to Wix unlike Wordpress but the flip side is it’s much less time consuming to get a functional site up when your time will be at a premium starting a new business. You don’t need to buy the domain through wix but most places have whois privacy now which I guess is what you need.

[TonyRPH]

Your domain doesn't have to be with the same company as your hosting.

Ideally you want to keep the two separate anyway, so register your domain with someone like Namecheap for example (most registrars give free anonymity).

You would then 'point' your domain to the we server using the registrars DNS control panel.

Keeping things separate in this way gives you freedom to easily move between hosting providers (many of which will insist that you transfer your domain to them - but you do not have to do this).

For email, you will need a provider who offers both email and web services.

[Trackdayer]

All sorted now, thanks for the advice