You're starting a business from home. You need a website with a contact form, not an AWS architecture diagram. Learn to self-host affordably while you focus on what matters — growing your business.
Honest, pragmatic hosting for businesses that are just getting started
You work from home. Your server can live there too. No pretence about enterprise infrastructure — just functional hosting for a business of one.
Use [email protected] — it's free, reliable, and you're not running an email server. Focus on what actually needs hosting: your website.
Hardware you own, electricity you're paying anyway, free management tools. No £30/month GoDaddy bill, no cloud compute charges.
DNS, SSL, Linux, networking — you'll understand it properly because you have to. These skills transfer when you're ready to scale.
Not everything needs five nines of uptime
| Risk | Actual Impact | Enterprise Mitigation | Year 1 Reality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power cut | Site down for hours | UPS, diesel generator (£500-5000+) | Gmail still works. Call them tomorrow. £0 |
| Broadband outage | Site unreachable | Redundant ISP, 4G failover (£100+/month) | You're not Amazon. A few hours offline won't sink you. £0 |
| Hardware failure | Rebuild required | Hot standby, RAID arrays (£1000+) | Offsite backups, rebuild over the weekend. £0 |
| Security breach | Data compromise | WAF, SOC team, penetration testing | No CMS = no admin panel to attack. Static site, minimal surface. £0 |
Bandwidth is precious on a home connection. Bots are relentless.
The AI approach: Use AI to research your market, then use AI to generate a clean, fast website that does exactly what you need — contact form, about page, services. You'll understand what you've got because you built it.
From domain purchase to live website — practical guides for self-hosting
Philosophy, why not cloud, what you actually need, risk assessment framework
Registrars compared, what to look for, avoiding upsells and gotchas
A records, CNAMEs, propagation, Cloudflare as free DNS and CDN
Free server management — installation, configuration, why Hestia over cPanel
Free HTTPS, auto-renewal, no excuse for HTTP anymore
crm.yourbusiness.com, assets.yourbusiness.com — organising your services
Using AI to create clean, fast, secure sites — better than any page builder
CRM, invoicing, asset management — free tools on your own infrastructure
No license fees, no subscriptions — just functional software
Full-featured control panel for web, mail, DNS, and databases
Free & Open SourceFree SSL certificates with automatic renewal
Free ForeverFree DNS, CDN, and DDoS protection
Free TierSelf-hosted CRM for tracking leads and customers
Free & Open SourceFollow along as we build real infrastructure for real businesses — no cloud bills, no enterprise complexity.
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