hi guys !

 

Can you recommend a good hosting website and website builder in one , like squarespace in the US but a UK version ?

 

thank you

May i ask why it has to be in the UK? there wont be much speed difference as it is bound to be cr&p anyway due to these servers throwing too many sites on each server. Your best bet would to go with a paid hosting company with a decent website builder (or even better learn html/css).

May i ask why it has to be in the UK? there wont be much speed difference as it is bound to be cr&p anyway due to these servers throwing too many sites on each server. Your best bet would to go with a paid hosting company with a decent website builder (or even better learn html/css).

 

Well, I run a property search agency , so do not have time to learn the computer language. By the way which hosting companies are serious and do quality and not quantity ? Any recommendations

I have used https://www.one.com/en/ for my hosting of many of my sites for a few years now, they have great customer service. The only reason im leaving is due to me needing a bigger server.

 

I cant comment on the website builder as i have yet to use it.

Here are some suggestions:

 

• BaseKit
  • Several hosting companies are using this as their website builder i.e. 123/UK2/HostGator
  • Alternatively you could check them out directly, their packages provide the domain, hosting and emails
• 1&1 my personal website
  • However there are lot of comments on WDF that do not recommend going down the 1&1 route

I've had a lot of experience using BaseKit, so my recommendation is to check them out. Please note: going direct with them essentially means you are on amazon cloud, going with a UK reseller (listed above) offers what you wanted...a SquareSpace in the UK.

 

Hope this helps.

Has anyone tried Basekit recently? I'd like to know please on how this worked out for you.

Most web hosts today offer web site builders as part of their offering.
Or even better, sign-up for webhosting with a provider you like, select WordPress to be installed from your new hosts's control panel and install a ready made theme for property agency - there are plenty of real estate agent ready website templates for WordPress.
You can watch some tutorial videos and ask questions on the forums, and that should be enough for you to customize the theme for your agency.
Or even better, hire a freelance to do some customization work for a few quid and you'll be all set. It's not very difficult.

I'd also recommend using Wordpress over a website builder as it's very easy to use but will give you more room to grow. As mentioned you can find a suitable free theme or premium theme on a site like ThemeForest and using a few static pages you can quickly create a good looking site.

 

The benefit of Wordpress is that adding a decent SEO plugin such as SEO Ultimate or Yoast you will likely have far better SEO than what you'd get using a site builder, you can add a blog easily which can help drive traffic, and more importantly as your site grows you can always bring in a web designer to work with what you've created and take it to the next level.

 

Wordpress is very widely used and a lot of web designers specialise in it, so even on a fairly low budget you can get decent work done.

 

If you start of with a website built using a site builder you'll likely need to start from scratch if you want to get a professional to improve your site in the future, whilst with Wordpress they can work with what you already have as the platform is sound. You'll then also know how to easily change the content yourself.

 

However if you do opt for a site builder any decent web host will provide one. The most popular choice is probably RVSiteBuilder Pro, which is very easy to use, regularly updated and can produce good looking sites.

 

If you're UK based/targeting UK visitors then going with a UK web host is definitely a good idea. Your main visitors will get better performance which can positively impact your search engine ranking, and you'll likely get better support during the hours that you need it.