Domain Options
I did some looking into where the best options for where to purchase a domain from now that you let the old one go. I would recommend going with a shorter domain. An example I used when looking was evahistoricalsociety.
Domain
- .com – $10.99 / year
- .org – $8.99 / year
- Protection is free
Go Daddy
- .com $0.01 for first two years / 19.99
- .org – $9.99 first year / 20.99
- Protection is free
Blue Host
- .com – $12.99 / year
- .org – $9.99 / year
- Protection is free
Google Domains
- .com & .org – $12 / year
- Protection is free
Web Hosting Plans
The following web hosting plans are done for the basic plan with shared hosting for a 3 year term, which is what I recommend for the type and size of the Historical Society. Always possible to upgrade in the future if needed.
Go Daddy
An economical, 25 GB plan with free matching domain, free email, and 1 free SSL (with terms of 12/months or longer)
- $5.99 / month with a 3-yr term. (40% savings) Payment would be ~$216 for the first 3 years.
- Would renew in 2026 for $9.99 / month. (~$360 for 3-yr term)
- 1 website
- 25 GB storage
- 10 databases
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Daily backups
- Free domain
- Pre-installed payment platforms
- 1-click WordPress install
- 2 free Microsoft 365 mailboxes - 1 year
- Free SSL Certificate ($99.99/yr) - 1 year
Blue Host
Basic plan for one blog or website. Comes with a free WordPress web builder for all users.
- $2.95 / month with a 3-yr term. (40% savings)
- Would renew in 2026 for $10.99 / month.
- 1 website
- 10 GB storage
- Free domain
- Free WordPress install
- Free CDN - faster load times
- Free SSL Certificate - 1 year
HostGator
Basic plan for one blog or website. Comes with a free WordPress web builder for all users.
- $2.95 / month with a 3-yr term. (40% savings)
- Would renew in 2026 for $10.99 / month.
- 1 website
- 10 GB storage
- Free domain
- Free WordPress install
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Email Included
- Chat Support
Wix
The core (premium plan). I wasn’t able to do much research into this one as you are already on Wix and I don’t know what plan you have. I would assume you would need to upgrade to allow another website/domain however.
Upgrading to the Core plan would be $27 / month. It would allow 5 collaborators and support basic e-commerce for the payments.
CarrieJune Hosting
I am willing to host the Eden Valley website on my web hosting plan. I have my plan through Blue Host with room for another website domain. What is listed is what I can allot for the EVAHS site.
We can discuss this if choose to move forward. Thank you!
- 1 website
- 15 GB storage
- Free WordPress install
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Chat Support
- JetPack Backups
- Free SSL
- Free CDN
- Free Malware Scanning
- Domain Security