Advice on creating new business website

I’d love recommendations on website providers please.

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Hi,

I’ve just passed my exam for ICB Payroll Management, and will shortly have my practice licence so I can set up my business as a sole trader Payroll Agent.

I am trying to create a website myself, register a domain, create a logo etc and would love if any of you have any recommendations for website builder companies. Squarespace and 1and1 are a couple I’ve been looking at. I want a website that looks professional but not to cost me several hundred pounds.

Thanks to software recommendations from others on here, I have decided to use BrightPay for my payroll software, with their online portal offering as an optional add on that clients can pay a bit extra for, on top of set prices I’m going to charge which include all services, and no set up fee.

Now I’m just keeping all of my fingers and toes cost that I will get some custom!

Thanks in advance, Sam

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By Brian Mcculloch Glasgow
10th Jul 2018 13:35

Keep it up and best of luck.

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By Ranse
11th Jul 2018 09:28

to start with , it depends how you want your website to look like and how iterative you ...
should you need a basic website , and you are tech savy , you can sign up with one of the big providers and they have a do it your self templates - this approach will circa 10-15 per month subscription plus your time to update the content , or you can use some free once out there for basic contents , other than that , you could have it done between 50-1000, depending on what you want....

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By legerman
11th Jul 2018 11:15

I'd suggest Wix. You can get a premium plan for £8.50 a month with free domain. 10gb storage will be more than ample. Good luck with your venture.

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By Mark Lee
31st Jul 2018 15:53

Well done and good luck.
My blog post from today contains loads of tips that will help you avoid the mistakes many other accountants make when they create or pay someone to create their own website.

http://bookmarklee.co.uk/effective-websites-a-checklist-for-accountants/

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By sam1412
31st Jul 2018 16:23

Thank you very much, I did it with Wix in the end, you can view it at www.nofusspayroll.co.uk. I haven’t read the blog post yet but hopefully I didn’t make too many of the mistakes!

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By Mark Lee
01st Aug 2018 17:54

Well done Sam. Looks great!
The only real test is whether it does the business for you.

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