Also, I would recommend a reliable web hosting. Of course the market is full of different kinds of web hosting companies, really difficult to choose from. My sister did a lot of research before opening her online store, there so many good Uk hosting companies and the prices vary from ￡1.95 to ￡7.99, etc.
She finally decided to follow her friends recommendations and went to Virtue Hosts, web hosting from ￡3 per month. They offer a lot of services: Professional Web Design; Web hosting; Dedicated Servers; Private Cloud Servers (ideal for hosting multiple websites); Site Designer Pro (build your own website with drag and drop features);
Lots of special offers.
Also they allow all new customers to get a free domain name and free ￡50 AdWords Credit. Which is considered very important in starting a new business.
Hope the info was useful. Wish you success with your online business!
For online business UK hosting, I would go for iClickster.com (UK based)- they are the most cost effective, and reliable in terms of customer support, and server speeds.
Select their Unlimited Domains Plan - as it has the most features and can be useful as you build your new business.
They also have the one-click install feature for WordPress websites - so you can install WordPress and setup the site in one click of a button - and if you get lost, their support can help you do this.
For the domain name: Pick a domain name what people will be searching for - so if its handmade accessories, its ideal to pick a product within that, what your customers will be searching for in Google. It seems even the domain "handmadeaccessories.com" is good, in terms of ranking for it in Google - many will tell you to have a short domain, but this is arguable as keyword rich domains have slightly better chances of being ranked higher on Google and other search engines.
Quite a few recommendations for hosting which you find here along with choosing a good domain name:
http://www.ukhostingweb.com/site-hosts/b...
I'm with hostpapa as recommended which gives me a free domain name too. Paying about ￡2.50 a month. Well worth it for what you get. My site gets about 350 hits a day and I've not had any problems so far.
en.zthaepymes.com and 1and1.es are from UK. I recently hired en.zthaepymes.com because of datacenters and prices, they have a datacenter in every continent. I can recommend both companies. They are great in quality and prices. Good Luck!
Going to open an online shop with handmade accessories for women. Would love to choose an appopriate domain name for that and a hosting, preferably in UK. I have some basic idea of Wordpress, so I am sure I will manage.
