Learn How to Start a Website in 5 Minutes with these 14 easy Steps

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In this post, I’m going to be showing you how to start a website in the UK in 5 minutes.

If you read the guide on how to start a blog, it’s pretty similar but let me show you the easiest possible way to create your own website.

That’s right. 5 minutes is all it takes to get your website up and running. We have helped thousands of people create their sites and get online. Every single day people from the United Kingdom buy domains names and website hosting from SeekaHost to create a website.

It’s literally just a simple 14 step process. So let’s dive straight into it:

Steps to Start a Website in the UK

Step 1

Go to Seekahost.co.uk, enter the domain name you want to register into the search box and click “search”.

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Click the box which has the domain you want to register and click “Continue”.

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Tick all 3 options. The ID protection will help stop anyone from finding your contact details so you won’t get those annoying emails and phone calls. If you don’t have any hosting, click on the “[No Hosting! Click to Add]” which is what I’ll be doing in this tutorial.

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You will land on this page after you clicked “[No Hosting! Click to Add]”. You can choose which hosting plan you want to have. In this tutorial, I will click “Medium Web Hosting”.

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After you clicked the “order now” button on your hosting package, you will be taken to this page. Leave the box ticked and click the “Continue” button.

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At this point, you can choose to be billed every month or every year. I would recommend every year, just get it over and done with. No one likes to see money constantly getting taken out of there account. Click “add to cart”.

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At this point, you can tick all the boxes and click “Continue”.

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Now, you can go ahead and pay for your items. The prices at www.seekahost.co.uk are UK’s cheapest when it comes to c.o.uk domain and website hosting.

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After you’ve paid, you’ll be sent an email notification. So check your email inbox for the notification. You’ll be given a link to your control/C panel. Go ahead and click on that link.

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You can now log into your Cpanel with the details being provided in the email

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After you’ve logged into your Cpanel, go ahead and locate the WordPress icon and click on it.

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Next, go to the install tab. Here, you can fill in the necessary details such as creating a new password. (Make sure you remember your login details)

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At this point, you can select a theme you’d like to install and click “install” at the bottom of the page.

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After this is done. Click on the “Administrative URL” link and you can log into your brand spanking new website.

And there you have. That’s exactly how to start a website in 5 minutes.

Pretty straightforward, right?

So go create your own website today.

You can read the ultimate guide to create a website for more details.

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Ryan Bradman
Guest Blogger & Outreach Expert - Interested in Writing Blogs, Articles in Business Niche | News Journalist By Profession in the United Kingdom

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