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Domains, Hosting and Email forWeb Designers

Show prospective clients how good work becomes a dependable website.

For freelance web designers, small studios, UX designers, developers, and digital creative agencies

A web designer's site should demonstrate judgement, process, accessibility, performance, and business outcomes—not screenshots alone. It should also define scope, responsibilities, platforms, support, and the first discovery conversation.

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Website planning and support

Plan your website. Get help when you need it.

Use the matching Web Designers workbook to shape your pages, and watch the contact video if you would like help from SaaSTech.

SAASTECH SUPPORT VIDEO

How to contact SaaSTech Servers

Need help choosing your next step? This short video explains how to contact SaaSTech Servers. Use the page plan and downloadable guide below to plan your website.

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YOUR WEBSITE PLANNING GUIDE

Web Designers website workbook

A website-planning guide in editable Word and print-ready PDF, with an example page plan, sample wording and space to draft your own content. Adapt the fictional example and confirm the details for your business.

Download Word .docx Download PDF print-ready

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Recommended structure

Give every page a job.

Start with this compact structure and add pages only when they answer a distinct visitor question.

Finished Home and featured work example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **01 · Home and featured work**Introduce the studio, explain the strongest client fit, feature selected work with permission, and lead into a clear project conversation. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Services and fit example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **02 · Services and fit**Define strategy, design, development, content, ecommerce, maintenance, accessibility, and the projects accepted. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Process example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **03 · Process**Explain discovery, content, approvals, design, build, testing, launch, training, ownership, and support. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished About and capabilities example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **04 · About and capabilities**Connect relevant experience, collaborators, platforms, working style, and accessibility standards to client needs. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Project enquiry example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **05 · Project enquiry**Ask for goals, audience, existing site, features, content readiness, timing, budget guidance, and decision process. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Compare plans

Choose your Website Builder plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for Web Designers: Business Plus. It supports portfolios, case studies, consultation appointments, blog content, and professional communication for a focused design practice.

Best for Starter sites

Personal

C$8.99 / month

Professionally designed themes
Hosting, SSL and blog

Best for Business presence

Business

C$13.99 / month

Everything in Personal
PayPal and SEO

Suggested for this industryBest for Service businesses

Business Plus

C$20.99 / month

Social integration
Online appointments

Best for Selling online

Online Store

C$36.99 / month

Shopping cart and payments
Shipping and inventory

See what you can build

Explore the editor themes behind the Web Designers site.

Follow Northline Web Studio from first setup to the page editor, both complete theme galleries and all seven Paint treatments.

First setup

Watch the first web-studio site take shape.

These setup screens show the category suggestions, business name, contact choices, AI brief, Building your site step and first generated result.

Editor highlights

Build and organize the studio site.

See the real page controls, section library and visual settings used for the example.

Website Builder editor showing Northline Web Studio pages and navigation controls — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Organize a focused studio site**The Website panel keeps Home, Services, Process, About and Capabilities, and Project Enquiry organized beside the live design.

Website Builder Add Section library for Northline Web Studio — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Add the right supporting sections**The section library provides layouts for services, galleries, calls to action, forms, video and other useful client content.

Website Builder theme controls for Northline Web Studio — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Build a consistent studio identity**Theme, colour, font and button controls reshape the presentation while preserving the completed pages, logo and hero.

See what you can build

Themes and Paint your site

Open the preview to explore the captured themes, logo variations and paint settings in the image viewer.

Selected colours

Compare the complete theme sets with the Northline palette.

The compact captures keep the studio branding and complete preview cards intact.

Modern, Kai, Libre and Bisque Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 1**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Libre, Bisque, Urban and Script Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 2**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Spaces, Bright, Mint and Slate Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 3**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Mint, Slate, Luxe and Dusk Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 4**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Luxe, Dusk, Dawn and Clarity Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 5**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Element, Sideline, Retro and Trade Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 6**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Retro, Trade, Highlight and Organic Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 7**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Highlight, Organic, Focus and Craft Website Builder previews using Northline Web Studio's selected colour — **Chosen-colour themes 8**The same Northline content, matching hero and studio logo shown across professionally designed structures using the selected colour direction.

Default styles

See the same themes with their original styling.

Compare the complete studio-site previews without cropping or distorting the original layouts.

Modern, Kai, Libre and Bisque Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 1**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Libre, Bisque, Urban and Script Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 2**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Spaces, Bright, Mint and Slate Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 3**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Mint, Slate, Luxe and Dusk Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 4**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Luxe, Dusk, Dawn and Clarity Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 5**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Element, Sideline, Retro and Trade Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 6**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Retro, Trade, Highlight and Organic Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 7**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Highlight, Organic, Focus and Craft Website Builder previews using each theme's default styles — **Default-style themes 8**The same Northline content shown with each theme's original colour, typography, navigation and button treatments.

Paint your site

Explore all seven colour positions.

Follow the actual slider from Light through Colourful to Dark in wide desktop captures with the full editor panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 1 of 7 — **Paint position 1 of 7 · Light**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 2 of 7 — **Paint position 2 of 7**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 3 of 7 — **Paint position 3 of 7**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 4 of 7 — **Paint position 4 of 7 · Colourful midpoint**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 5 of 7 — **Paint position 5 of 7**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 6 of 7 — **Paint position 6 of 7**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Northline Web Studio home page and full Paint your site controls, position 7 of 7 — **Paint position 7 of 7 · Dark**One wide desktop capture per slider position in the builder's left-to-right order, with the complete colour panel visible.

Earn confidence

Proof customers can evaluate.

Detailed permission-based case studies
Clear scope and ownership language
Accessible and performant portfolio pages
Specific support and maintenance boundaries

Be discoverable

Help the right customer find you.

Create service pages around client problems rather than software jargon.
Publish case studies with indexable text, not screenshots alone.
Keep portfolio claims, links, performance figures, and client status current.

Find your domain

It all starts with a name.

Try a .ca, or leave out the ending and we’ll help you find one that fits. The live search confirms current availability and pricing.

.caHelp .comHelp .netHelp .designHelp .studioHelp .agencyHelp

Country and regional domain help

Explore country-code and regional domain endings with dedicated SaaSTech help articles. Registration rules and availability vary by registry and are confirmed in the secure storefront. Select an ending to open its specific help article in a new tab.

.acAscension Island .aiAnguilla .amArmenia .auAustralia .brBrazil .br.comBrazil .bzBelize .caCanada .ccCocos (Keeling) Islands .chSwitzerland .cn.comChina .coColombia .co.zaSouth Africa .czCzechia .deGermany .de.comGermany .dkDenmark .esSpain .euEuropean Union .eu.comEuropean Union .fmMicronesia .frFrance .ggGuernsey .gsSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands .ieIreland .ioBritish Indian Ocean Territory .itItaly .it.comItaly .krSouth Korea .laLaos .meMontenegro .mxMexico .nlNetherlands .noNorway .nuNiue .pePeru .phPhilippines .plPoland .seSweden .sgSingapore .shSt. Helena .soSomalia .tkTokelau .toTonga .tvTuvalu .twTaiwan .ukUnited Kingdom .uk.comUnited Kingdom .usUnited States .vcSt. Vincent & Grenadines .vgBritish Virgin Islands .wsSamoa

Where SaaSTech fits

Use services to support the plan—not define it.

The website strategy comes first. These services provide a practical foundation and can be adjusted for the business.

FOUNDATION

Domain registration

Choose a short, memorable name that belongs to the business and can be used for both the website and email.

Explore service →FOUNDATION

Website Builder Business Plus

It supports portfolios, case studies, consultation appointments, blog content, and professional communication for a focused design practice.

Explore service →FOUNDATION

Microsoft 365 Business Professional

Use the business domain for email, calendars, meetings, Office apps, and organized customer communication.

Explore service →

Compare plans

Choose your Microsoft 365 plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for Web Designers: Business Professional. The guide uses Office apps, business email, calendars and organized documents together. Choose a lighter plan for roles that only need email or browser-based tools; confirm the features and number of users needed before ordering.

Best for Professional email

Email Essentials

C$8.99 / month

10 GB mailbox
Sync and shared calendars

Best for Larger mailbox

Email Plus

C$9.99 / month

50 GB mailbox
Sync and shared calendars

Best for Cloud teamwork

Online Business Essentials

C$15.99 / month

Office web apps and 1 TB
Meetings plus 50 GB email

Suggested for this industryBest for Full Office apps

Business Professional

C$22.99 / month

Apps on up to 5 devices and 1 TB
Meetings plus 50 GB email

Grow intentionally

Advanced options when the business is ready.

These are selective next steps—not requirements for launching the website.

Client publishing

WordPress Hosting

Consider WordPress for clients that need extensible publishing, content teams, integrations, or a larger editorial structure.

Review this option →Development hosting

VPS Hosting

A VPS can support custom applications, staging environments, APIs, and advanced deployment workflows when the studio can manage the server responsibly.

Review this option →Recurring services

White Label Reseller

Offer domains, hosting, and email through a separate branded storefront when recurring client service is part of the studio's business model.

Review this option →

TEMPLATES AND RESOURCES

Ready to use with Microsoft 365

Download templates branded for Northline Web Studio. Complete the fields in Word or the input cells in Excel, or print the forms and planners for handwriting. Website workbooks also include a print-ready PDF. Adapt the example branding and details for your own business.

**Discovery questionnaire**Northline Web Studio · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · 139 KB

**Content inventory**Northline Web Studio · Excel workbook preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Excel .xlsx · 108 KB

**Website launch checklist**Northline Web Studio · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · 139 KB

**SaaSTech website planning workbook · Page 1**SaaSTech Servers · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · privacy-safe copy Download PDF .pdf · print-ready · privacy-safe copy

SaaSTech example templates, not official Microsoft templates. Keep confidential records in your approved private systems. These files do not connect to Website Builder or submit information.

Put the services to work

Small systems that make a real business easier to choose.

These examples connect the technology to everyday customer and team needs in web designers.

01Domain

Make the portfolio part of the proof

Use a concise professional domain across proposals, case studies, client handoffs, workshops, social profiles, and email.

02Website

Show decisions, not screenshots alone

Explain the client problem, constraints, role, process, accessibility, performance, deliverables, and result for every featured project.

03Microsoft 365

Run a dependable client process

Coordinate discovery, meetings, proposals, content, approvals, launches, training, and support from a managed business workspace.

Before going live

Launch like a customer is already waiting.

□Test every form, phone number, email link, and primary button on a phone.□Confirm the domain, business email, opening hours, and service area are accurate.□Compress large photographs and write useful alternative text for meaningful images.□Ask a customer or colleague to complete the main task without instructions.□Verify client permissions, trademarks, analytics claims, accessibility, portfolio links, scope language, ownership, privacy, and maintenance terms.

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