Setting up a web hosting account does not take long at all. You can register for any of our recommended cheap web hosts (links available throughout our site) and have your website live within minutes to hours from your initial registration.

Your web hosting account is usually activated automatically within minutes and the only rate-limiting process is the DNS routing itself. You will have to update the DNS nameservers for your domain name to point to your new web hosting provider. This information will be sent to you or made available from the moment you create your web hosting account. Once the nameservers get forwarded correctly (usually takes a number of hours, but often may be much faster) then your site will be live. All you have to do is upload your web site via FTP to your new server. This FTP information is also provided by your web hosting company as soon as you register for and make a payment for web hosting.