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This ensures that when someone types in &#8220;yourwebsite.com&#8221; it will load the website you&#8217;ve set up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are many web hosting companies you can choose from, and we happen to be one of them.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At CanSpace, our website hosting starts at $4.99 CAD per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also offer <strong>24\/7 customer support<\/strong> so you never have to worry about problems with your website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/web-hosting.html\">Click here<\/a> to check out our hosting packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Set up your website (with WordPress)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.canspace.ca\/wordpress\/building-my-website\/\">set up your website with WordPress<\/a> per-se, but for a lot of people it is usually the best solution. 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