How to Create a Free Hosting Account with 000WebHost.com

Last Updated: August 9, 2020

This tutorial shows you how to create a free hosting account with 000webhost.com. With this hosting account, you will be able to upload your website's content to the hosting server and go live your website.

Steps

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Go to this link and click 'Sign Up' to create a new hosting account: http://www.000webhost.com
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Fill out all necessary information for creating an account: your domain, your name, your email, and a password. Then, type the two words you see from the screen, click 'I agree to Terms Of Service', and click 'Create My Account'. You will receive an email for confirmation of your account information.

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3
Open your email inbox and click on verification link to verify your hosting account.
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After verifying your email address, you can log in to your hosting account via: https://www.000webhost.com/cpanel-login
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After logging in to your hosting account, you will be able to view your detail information about your account. If you already have your domain pointing to 000webhost.com DNS, you will see that your domain is now active (under Status header), which means it is viable for everyone to browse.
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Now you have two options: (1) build your own website using Website Builder; (2) configure your hosting by Go to CPanel and upload your WordPress or Joomla website from your local computer to the hosting server.
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Congratulation, you now own a hosting account for your domain!

Community Q&A

Question

I need to know why I cannot login and it says my login is incorrect. I created a second account with the same result. I have sent two request for help to 000webhost with no reply. What can I do?

Community Answer

Create your account in @gmail.com/google account then use your phone number to verify your account (code) and then type your code. Then it should be done.
Question

Does it cost to create an account?

Community Answer

000webhost is free, but they were involved in some privacy scandals in the past. Consider getting a paid web hosting service, as some only cost around $1/month.