Set up hosting - Bluehost account

Choose Your Website Hosting Plan

Click "get started now," and you’ll be taken to a page to select the hosting plan of your choice. There are three hosting plans: Basic, Plus, Choice Plus and Pro.

You can get the basic hosting package for an incredible $2.95 a month + Free domain name. If you are on a budget, you can use the “basic” plan because it’s great for smaller sites with low or no traffic.

However we really recommend the Choice Plus plan or Pro if you want to expect more traffic to your website. Which bells and whistles are included into Choice Plus and Pro plans you can read from the graph below. There are listed all you would need to run a serious website.

The Choice Plus Plan is $5.45 per month, but normally this hosting package would cost you $13.95 per month! You can always start on the basic plan and upgrade to the Choice Plus Plan whenever you want.

Choose the right a Domain Name

Deciding and registering a domain name should not be done in haste. It is a valuable marketing and search tool that should successfully lead customers to your site. Careful deliberation and research should be applied, as it might be the most important decision you make when carving out your slice of the online market.

If you’re making a website for your business, your domain name should match your company name or with the products/services you provide.
For example: YourCompanyName.com or YourService.com. NB! Shorter is better!

Short is the way to go! It’s easy to type and easy to remember. It gives the possibility of using more characters in the URL in the SERPs and a better look and fit for offline marketing material.



If you’re planning to set up a website for yourself, then YourName.com can be a great option.

Regarding the extensions try to avoid the weird extensions and go with most known .com, .net or .org unless chosen extention perfectly describes your business or website.

With the hosting package, you also get unlimited email addresses that are assigned to your domain name!
Example: your.name@YourWebsiteName.com

This is super useful as all you importnat communicative tools looks very professional and they are all branded accordingly! To avoid challenges later try to sign up also all the social media tools you would consider important to use later in your business.

Fill In Your Account Details

Enter in your personal information on the "create your account" page.
Punch in your first name, last name, business name (optional), country, street address, city, zip code, phone number, and email address.

Enter your payment information to continue. Your receipt will be sent to your email address.

Check Your "Package Information" and Finish Registration

The next step in registering for a Bluehost account is to select your plan and package. Keep in mind our recommendations to avoid lost time or opportunities later.
Before your account creation is complete, these are the last steps you need to go through.

Choose the length of your web hosting registration and start you website!

If you have chosen “Choice Plus” or “Pro” plan you already have Domain privacy and Codeguard basic included, otherwise we recommend getting a domain privacy protection.

Domain Privacy Portection keeps your registration information fully hidden from the public and no-one can find out that you are the owner of your domain.

Create Your Password and Log In

Once paid and registered, you’ll be able to create your password:

Here you can find a simple guide for Bluehost (packages and installation guide for WordPress).

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