Before you choose
Choosing a website for your business
Every way of getting a website, side by side, and what a South African business needs from one. Other people’s prices are quoted as they publish them, with the date we checked.
Appetite Host compared
Also side by side: Wix and WordPress.
Appetite Host or GoDaddy
Appetite Host or GoDaddy?
GoDaddy gives you a builder to use yourself, or a design service that typically takes around six weeks. Appetite Host builds your website from one conversation, live within a working day of payment.
Appetite Host or Squarespace
Appetite Host or Squarespace?
Squarespace gives you beautiful tools to build a website yourself. Appetite Host builds a beautiful website for you, with your .co.za included, which Squarespace does not sell.
Appetite Host or Hostinger
Appetite Host or Hostinger?
Hostinger’s headline price needs 48 months paid upfront, in US dollars, and renews higher. Appetite Host is priced in rand, built for you, with your .co.za included.
Appetite Host or a freelancer
Appetite Host or a freelance web designer?
A freelancer builds your website once, then you are on your own or paying for every change. Appetite Host builds it, keeps it online and makes your changes, in one price.
Appetite Host or an agency
Appetite Host or a web design agency?
An agency usually means meetings, a written brief and weeks of back and forth. Appetite Host gives you an agency-standard website from one conversation, live within a working day of payment.
Appetite Host or Shopify
Appetite Host or Shopify?
Shopify is built for selling products online, in US dollars, with a fee on each sale when you use a South African payment provider. If you sell a service, Appetite Host is built for you.
Appetite Host or Google Business Profile
Is a Google Business Profile enough, or do you need a website?
A free Google Business Profile gets you on the map. It is not your website, and Google switched off the free websites it used to offer in 2024. Why you need both, and how Appetite Host fits in.
Appetite Host or a Facebook page
Is a Facebook or Instagram page enough for your business?
A Facebook or Instagram page is a great place to talk to customers. It is also rented space on Meta’s platform. Why your business needs a website of its own, and how Appetite Host makes it easy.
What South African business needs
For South African business
Why your business needs its own .co.za, in your name
A .co.za tells customers you are a real South African business. Who it is registered to decides who controls it. Why it matters, and how Appetite Host handles it for you.
For South African business
Pay for your website in rand, not dollars
Most website builders bill South African businesses in US dollars, so the price moves with the exchange rate. Why a rand price is easier to plan around, with real figures.
For South African business
The real cost of building your own website
Website builders look cheap because the biggest cost is not on the price list: your evenings. What doing it yourself really costs a South African business owner.
For South African business
Your customers find you on their phones. Your website should be built for that.
Most South Africans go online on a phone, often on mobile data. What that means for a small business website, and how Appetite Host builds for it.
For South African business
How customers in your area find you, and how your website helps
When someone nearby searches for what you do, your website, your reviews and your Google profile work together. What a small South African business needs, and what Appetite Host builds in.
For South African business
POPIA and your business website: what small business owners need to know
If your website has a contact form, POPIA applies to the messages it collects. A plain guide for South African owners, and what Appetite Host does for you.
For South African business
Why your website should come with a person in South Africa
When something on your website needs fixing, you want a person who knows South Africa, works your hours and answers. Why local help matters, and what Appetite Host gives you.
See yours before you decide
Tell Naya about your business and watch her build it. Free to try.