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Creating a website means giving your business a place where you can promote your products and services on the internet, improve your business's visibility in a wider swath of the population, and position yourself as an expert in your field, as well as gain the trust of internet users.

To create a website in under 5 minutes, Gandi offers website plans with automatic installation. To create a website, you just need to follow 3 simple steps:

1. Choose your web hosting plan, which includes all the products you need to bring your site online. If you want to launch a blog or create a showcase website, we recommend opting for WordPress. If you want to open a shop online, Prestashop is a better CMS option.
2. Register a domain name, which will be the address of your website. With a Gandi website pack, you get access to you choice of a free domain name in over 80 domain extensions to help you customize your website. To learn more, please see our documentation on domain name registration.
3. Install an SSL certificate, which will ensure the security of your website. At Gandi, you can get an unlimited number of free SSL certificates. Find the different steps to install your SSL certificate.
   

Creating an internet site is now an option for anyone and everyone, thanks to a wide variety of available solutions. Your choice of these options mostly depends on the type of website that you want to create and your technical competency. Here are our recommendations for beginners:

Create a blog: we recommend creating a WordPress website. You'll be able to publish your first articles in just a few minutes.

Create a showcase website: WordPress is also the best option for this type of site, with the same Starter web hosting pack.

Start an e-commerce business: to create a e-commerce website, you can choose between WordPress using the WooCommerce plugin and the Prestashop CMS. Prestashop offers a wide variety of features, but it's slightly more challenging to use and requires an Advanced hosting pack.

Whatever your project, if you decide to make a website with WordPress, we recommend starting out with a Starter website pack. Then, as your needs increase, you can upgrade to a higher pack.

The choice between WordPress + WooCommerce and Prestashop as your e-commerce solution depends on your level of technical knowledge.

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in the world due to is ease of use, though it was not originally designed for e-commerce. By adding a free WooCommerce plugin, it's possible to create and manage an e-commerce website, making it the easiest solution to use for beginners.

PrestaShop is the most widely used e-commerce software in the world. Solely dedicated to creating e-commerce websites, PrestaShop provides access to a wide variety of features. It's a little more complicated to use but guarantees a high-performing, 100% customizable e-commerce website.

Having a professional email address associated with your domain name creates a link between your website and the correspondence you have with your customers and prospects. It's an effective means of building your online identity. A professional email address enables you to:

• Build your website's credibility
• Earn the trust of your correspondents
• Secure your communications
• Easily forward your emails

A professional email address should be short and simple. We recommend that you opt for a standard "firstnamelastname@businessname.tld" format, or the more informal "firstname@businessname.tld." With every Gandi website hosting pack, you get two free email addresses with up to 3 GB of data storage. To learn how to create your professional email address, follow the instructions on our online documentation.

An SSL certificate secures your website by ensuring:

• Data transfers are secure
• A high quality user experience
• Better, natural SEO

An SSL certificate is a guarantee of trust for internet users, which makes it essential for any commercial website. At Gandi, an SSL certificate is included with every website pack and the installation process only takes a couple minutes.

A domain name is your website's address, and its starting point. It is a human-readable and easy-to-remember address that groups together the IP addresses of all the different services related to your domain name (like websites and email addresses).

A domain name often uses a brand name of the business that owns it. In any case, domain name should be:

• Meaningful and relevant
• Devoid of any grammatical or linguistic errors
• Descriptive
• Unique and attractive

If you would like to know more about registering a domain name, please feel free to refer to our documentation.

Gandi's website packs include a free domain name with any of a list of over 80 domain name endings.

If you already have a domain name at another provider, you can still choose WordPress or PrestaShop web hosting. You'll then need to manually configure the DNS records at your domain name provider.