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FirstLight

(15,730 posts) Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:18 PM Aug 24

Anyone know where I can get a free domain/hosting?

I had a domain for my biz but got shut down due to inability to pay the bill. I am taking it as a hint to redesign the whole website and new domain.

I was on Weebly/Square

I literally have noting on any of my credit cards t do a free trial or anything, so I am at a loss right now...

AND I have no tech savvy when it comes to this stuff! (I learned how to build websites in the 90's lmao) So half of the stuff they talk about having is just greek to me!

I don't care if it's just one page, I need some kind of web presence.
Don't know if it matters, but I am a Windows user...

Does Microsoft have anything? I think I still have a subscription for Office 365...

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Anyone know where I can get a free domain/hosting? (Original Post) FirstLight Aug 24 OP

Try Google Sites Coloradan4Truth Aug 24 #1

IIRC, you can get a wordpress site. usonian Sunday #2

Wix? CloudWatcher Sunday #3

Coloradan4Truth

(387 posts)

1. Try Google Sites

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 08:37 PM

Aug 24

I haven't used it, but it says it is free. I need to do the same thing soon for some maps I am creating to sell.

https://sites.google.com/site/horstwebdesign/about-google-sites

usonian

(20,082 posts)

2. IIRC, you can get a wordpress site.

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:59 AM

Sunday

Short on details. It's very popular, and some serious as all hell sites use it.

Might be complex, so look for a wordpress for dummies article or book to get a smooth start.

This is all from memory (yikes, it's late) so no guarantees. Good Luck.

CloudWatcher

(2,127 posts)

3. Wix?

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 06:24 PM

Sunday

You might (might) be happy with Wix:

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wix.com

Wix uses a freemium business model. Users can create websites for free then must purchase premium packages to connect their sites to their own domains, remove Wix ads, access the form builder, add e-commerce capabilities, or buy extra data storage and bandwidth

Warning: they don't make it easy to move your web pages off of Wix and onto another site. I've done it (for a medium size site) and it was a real pain.

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