Most webmasters and web designers start on a tight budget, you probably want a free website, but without sacrificing quality.

Easypeasy has done all the hard work for you to find a web hosting partner that offers the quality and service you expect, even for the free hosting plan.

We've teamed up with the guys at bravenet to bring you your recommended free website. Everything you need to build a great website in minutes! There are many "free website" providers out there, some have been around for many years, but the reason we have teamed up with bravenet is not just their comittment to a quality service, but in particular the range and quality of other free webmaster tools that they offer, it is quick to set up, and the fact there are no strings.

To get started you simply just register for free and off you go! Your own website will be running in minutes.

In fact here at easypeasy.com we use some of their free webmaster services - so despite the fact that I have several hosting plans and expensive servers running the site, I still rely on bravenet for some reliable and extremely useful free web tools & services!

For example, once you have built your website, you can then get a cool address, such as http://clik.to/mysite and lots of other free web tools such as guestbooks, news, stocks, site statistics, counters, ecards and so on...

Easypeasy has used Bravenet web tools & services on this site for many years, and seen them grow from a few thousand users to over 6 million!

We continue to user their service because the attitude is impeccable, I have never had a technical problem, and best of all, their services are free... You can also upgrade to a premier service if you need extra space etc.

For example, you'll see the feedback system here at easypeasy.com is driven by bravenet

Step 2: our quick start guide to get you running!

start your own website with our easy webmaster guide! 1) sign up at bravenet for your free website 2) get a free address clik.to/ 3) get the stuff you need, like polls, guestbooks and clip art and for a professional looking site... 4) get your own domain name 5) offer a free email service for your visitors

Step 3. Once you've got your site, you'll be looking for some clues on how to develop it, and to put some more features on it. The more interactive you make it, the more visitors will enjoy it, so make sure you get some guestbooks, message boards etc. And follow my tips below for some ideas on how to make it look snappy!

Hosting for the professionals

There will always come a time when you outgrow your freebie website. This shouldn't be seen as a bad thing - what it means is that you've experienced growth in traffic and user base and need to beefier hosting solution. It's like getting a bigger car when you have a family.

There are some brilliant deals on hosting, because it is such a competitive market - but you could spend all day trying to find one, and then how do you know if it's any good? Well, at easypeasy I've been round the block a few times as far as web hosting is concerned, so below I've highlighted some of the great deals on offer at the moment.

Take Glob@t.com for example - they are running a promotion (and hurry cause it ends soon!) where you Buy 1 Year Of Hosting - Get 1Year Free!

If that wasn't smart enough, then their Terabyte bandwidth packages ought to seal it! Most hosts struggle to offer 300Gigabytes bandwidth per year, let alone TEN TIMES that!

Additional Resources

webdesign for techies easypeasy's simple tips for making websites look good.
high impact graphics easypeasy's tutorials on using your graphics package to produce good-looking images. webmonkey many excellent resources for building your site. how to make a favicon make your logo appear in browser's favorites list.
get access to hundreds of classy html templates (with built in cascading style sheets), to instantly give your site a professional look and feel. More free templates from templatesbox and oswd