Business Email Cost: Google, Microsoft or Your Host
Business email costs $1 to $14 per user a month. Yearly totals for 1, 3 and 10 people at Google, Microsoft, Zoho, Fastmail and Namecheap, read 6 Nov 2026.
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Small business websites
What a website costs, what the rules say and how to brief a studio, written for owners who are buying one for the first time.
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Free Website Hosting: What You Get and Lose
Which free website hosting plans allow a business site, what the limits are, and where the rules say no. Checked on the makers' own pages on 9 Nov 2026.
How Long Does DNS Propagation Really Take?
DNS propagation is cache expiry, set by TTL, not a fixed 48 hours. A launch-day plan to lower TTL, switch safely and check. Sources checked 8 Nov 2026.
How to Transfer a Domain Name Without Downtime
A step order for moving a domain to a new registrar without breaking your site or email, from ICANN's policy and Cloudflare's guides. Sources checked 8 Nov 2026.
DNS Records Explained: A, CNAME, MX, TXT in Plain English
What A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS records do for a small business site, which ones you must not break, and a safe way to edit them. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Bing Webmaster Tools Setup for Small Business Sites
How to set up Bing Webmaster Tools for a small business site: add and verify, sitemap, IndexNow and the AI Performance report. Bing pages checked 8 Nov 2026.
How Much Does a Domain Name Cost? 2026 Renewal Prices
A .com costs about $11 to $23 a year, and the renewal matters more than the sale price. See 5-year totals and the November 2026 price rise, read 5 November.
Ecommerce Website Cost in 2026: Build, Running, Payback
What an ecommerce website costs in 2026: published build ranges, three first-year budgets, and how many orders it takes to pay each one back. Read 5 November.
Best Ecommerce Platform for Small Business: Real Costs
The best ecommerce platform for a small shop, with plan price plus card fees worked out at $1,000, $5,000 and $15,000 a month. Fees read 5 November 2026.
Best Website Builder for Small Business in 2026, by Job
The best website builder for a small business depends on the job. See the cheapest plan that really takes bookings, sells or blogs, checked 5 November 2026.
How Much Does a Website Cost in 2026? Every Route Compared
How much does a website cost in 2026? From about $120 a year on a builder to $50,000 and up for custom work, why guides disagree, and a guide per route.
Website Accessibility Checklist for Small Sites (2026)
A website accessibility checklist for small sites, sorted by what fails most on real home pages, with what scanners find and what only you can check.