📡

Web Hosting: Get Your Site Online for Free

StartingSites gives you a real live URL — completely free, no credit card required.

What is Web Hosting?

When you build a website on your computer, only you can see it. Web hosting is a service that stores your files on a computer connected to the internet 24/7 — called a server — so anyone in the world can visit your site at any time.

Think of it like renting a storefront. Your files are the merchandise, the server is the building, and your domain name is the street address people use to find you.

🎁 Your Free Hosting from StartingSites

When you register a free account at StartingSites, you immediately get a live subdomain in the format yourname.startingsites.com. This is a real URL on the internet — you can share it with friends, put it on a resume, or use it to practice publishing without paying a cent.

Live URL: yourname.startingsites.com
Built-in visual site editor — no FTP required
Free forever — no credit card, no trial period
Write your own HTML and CSS, or use a starter template
🚀 Claim Your Free Site

How Hosting Works — Step by Step

1
You write your HTML files

On your computer using Notepad, you build your pages: index.html, about.html, style.css, and any images.

2
You upload to a server

Using the StartingSites editor (or FTP for advanced hosting), your files are transferred from your computer to the server.

3
Visitors type your URL

Anyone who visits yourname.startingsites.com gets your files sent to their browser, which renders them as a webpage.

What's the Difference Between a Subdomain and a Domain?

yourname.startingsites.com — Subdomain (Free)
A subdivision of the startingsites.com domain. Great for learning and practice. Provided free by StartingSites.
yourname.com — Custom Domain (~$12/year)
A domain you own outright. Purchased from a registrar like Namecheap or GoDaddy. Looks more professional for a real business.

Start with your free subdomain while you're learning. If you decide to take your site seriously, you can always purchase a custom domain and point it to your hosting later.

Ready to go live?

Claim your free subdomain and have your site online in minutes.

🚀 Get Your Free Site