What kind of website do you need?

Often, customers come to us to place an order for website development. However, they are entirely disOften, customers come to us to place an order for website development. However, they are entirely disoriented about what website they need! This is quite a common situation as many types of websites surround us, and their classification can mess with you easily. In Host Machine, we have developed a simple guideline to show you what kinds of websites are available in our company and which suits your goals the most. Here we go!

The first thing on your to-do list is determining these 5 questions’ answers.

  • Who will use your website?
  • Why will they use it?
  • What problems does it solve?
  • What goals does it achieve?
  • What can make your audience come back to your website?
  • What can make your website special?


Our specialists can help you choose from various websites according to that questionnaire. And we’ll tell you briefly about what are these types.

1. Personal website. A personal site showcases your personality and promotes yourself, your areas of interest, your goals, skills, and accomplishments, sometimes including a portfolio. Usually, it is created by the owner to make himself known, find friends, like-minded people, people with similar views, etc. It consists of just a couple of pages, but its design can be complex and extraordinary.

2. Landing page. The main goal of a landing page site is to get the visitor to take the desired action: buy products, enrol in a course, etc. The landing page should tell everything about the product or service and arouse interest and desire to make a purchase. This is a one-page website with a logical structure and attractive, intuitive design.

3. Business card sites. These are the best way for small businesses to represent themselves online. The main purpose of such a website is to present its owner, the products and services it provides, and give as many ways as possible to contact it: address, phone numbers, email, etc. Its structure is simple and consists of 3-5 web pages.

4. Business website. That is an online headquarter of a company. It is the official website that reports all its features in full. Usually, corporate sites are large, from 10 to 100 pages. All important web page types are directly linked to the home page. They may include multi-levelled menus, informational modules, CRM integration, etc.

5. Catalog website. A catalogue site is a convenient solution for informing potential buyers and partners of the company about all products offered. Its structure is similar to a business card site, but unlike it, a catalogue site can have tens or even several hundred pages. Here you can find detailed product descriptions with photos, specifications, and other useful information, including prices. However, you cannot buy anything on it.

6. eCommerce website. This is a powerful tool to increase sales as you can sell your products with its help. It is a complex project with lots of functions and features integrated. An ideal online sales channel is the best of today’s solutions for presenting your products/services and easy management and use.

7. Informational website. It is a powerful information resource dedicated to news from any field. Its main goal is to deliver the latest information to the user as quickly as possible, so the news on the site must be constantly updated. With proper administration and advertising, it can bring tangible profits to its owner.

8. Web portal. Web portals are often websites designed for internal purposes within a company, organisation, or institution. They collect information in different formats from different sources in one place to make all the necessary information available to the people who need it.

9. Forums. Forums are intended for communication. This determines their complex structure with a tree directory and many pages attached.

10. Entertainment websites. This type of website is intended for fun. They have bright and attractive designs with ads integrated into them as these websites earn money preliminarily by advertising.

You can match your goals with these websites and understand exactly what you need to get.

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