simple DIY webhosting with a free starter plan included
A SINGLE AFFORDABLE PLAN
ideal for technophobes, DIYers & first time buyers
Why ourlocality?
Locally grown
The platform is locally grown and entirely managed by local people. Support for paid plans is literally round the corner, in darkest Dunbar. The servers are managed in Cambridge not Timbuktu.
We are locally owned by a Community Development Trust, Sustaining Dunbar, which subsidises the service for all users (paidup users get free support, provided entirely pro bono by volunteers and local experts).
Responsive
We like to answer most questions within a few hours (but we’ll give you time to find your own solution).
However bear in mind this is a voluntary run project and our working hours may differ from yours!
Expertly led
You’re probably confused by modern technology, but thankfully we know what we need know and have a very reliable technology partner.
We’ve been at it for over a decade and know our customers and their needs extremely well.
No code
We know that you don’t want to learn about plugins, template design, SSL, sftp, ssh, php, js or whatever. (CSS lovers excepted, get out your colouring pens.)
And you dislike the palaver of constant software updates, we do that all for you.
Just the basics
We know you don’t want to be distracted by overly fancy design or infinite choice. Our offer is is basic – no webshop
But if you are an amazing web designer or web guru you can design a site here in minutes
Safe and secure
The platform is safe & secure and family friendly – no trolls here; moreover we deploy a number of threat alerts and everything is backed-up daily.
We don’t believe in giving your data away to social media companies and we won’t sell or monetise your data.
Always Innovating
We like to keep up with the times and you can find AI tools in our product, including our very own OurLocality Helper
With over a decade of experience of working with charities, volunteer-led groups, micro enterprises we know how they work and how to make them work (a bit) betterthere’s no more need to keep your fingers crossed
When you publish a story on OurLocality we'll also syndicate it to https://news.ourlocality.org
Plans
FREE
FREE
NO CONTRACT
infinite sites
250Mb media storage
no domain
free ssl
no page limit
DIY
i.e. ask a friend 😉
ANNUAL
£75/y
ANNUAL ONLY
1 site
1Gb media storage
1 domain
free ssl
no page limit
EMAIL HELP
£75 per named admin
Buy a Powerup
Will buy you:
- an online tutorial;
- to help choose, manage and transfer domains;
- configure plugin basics;
- 1Gb of extra space annually …
Pricing example
| #Item | Description | Price (annually) |
| #1 | a free ssl cert + domain pointing to your ourlocality site | £75.00 |
| #2 | enterprise email pointing to your site | £75.00 |
| #3 | a singledomain.uk | £7.20 |
| Total | £157.20 |
By making your own website you can save quite a bit of money – £1k of pounds in fact.
If saving even more money is the main criterion try googling “free website”.
Consider also not having a website at all.
Many projects survive with no website or only a very basic one.
Relying on social advertising platforms and consumer email services are viable alternatives if your users don’t mind e.g. using platforms like X and feeding the families of trillionaire technocrats and their demagogue friends.
But FREE is perfect if you are quite literally just starting out, want to get a bit of experience, the project is still very part time or it’s just you and no one else, perhaps you do not even have a bank account or a brand name …
but if you are not sure where to start in setting a budget here’s some ideas to mull over.