Blog
Hosting a site built with AI, in plain English
Straight answers on costs, domains, forms, and launching, with sourced prices and a date on every article.
Articles
- Keep your email when the website moves
Change the website records only. Leave MX, SPF, and DKIM where they are so mail keeps arriving at the same inbox.
Updated
- Do you own your AI-built website? What happens when you stop paying
What happens to your site and domain on Lovable, Bolt, Wix, Squarespace, Framer, Webflow, and Notion when a plan ends, and how to keep your files.
Updated
- Submit a static site to Google Search Console
Verify the custom domain with a DNS TXT record, deploy sitemap.xml at the site root, and submit that URL. Leave the preview host out of Search Console.
Updated
- 301 redirects after you rebuild a site
Put one 301 per old URL in /_redirects, deploy it with the site, and check the old addresses before you change DNS.
Updated
- Take a payment on a static site with Stripe Payment Links
Create a Payment Link in Stripe, paste the URL on a button, and Stripe hosts checkout. The right tool for one product or a deposit, not a catalog.
Updated
- Free website hosting with a custom domain in 2026: what you actually get
What six free static hosts actually include: your own domain, business use, bandwidth, deploys, and a contact form.
Updated
- Custom domain setup in plain English: www, apex, CNAME and ALIAS
What www, apex, CNAME, and ALIAS mean, the exact records to add at your registrar, and the common mistakes that stop a domain working.
Updated
- What to check before you launch an AI-built website
Speed, accessibility, broken links, titles and descriptions, forms, and search setup: what to check, and which checks Novence runs for you.
Updated
- Do you need MCP to deploy with AI? One-prompt deploys and the no-install CLI
The "MCP needs setup, dashboards are simpler" argument, answered. One prompt or one command gets a site live, and MCP is an optional extra.
Updated
- Contact forms on a static site: four options compared
Free limits, spam protection, and setup for Novence Forms, Formspree, Netlify Forms, and Web3Forms, with a copy-paste form.
Updated
- What it costs to host a small website in 2026
A dated price table for small sites: which free plans include your own domain, what the first paid plan costs, and where contact forms fit.
Updated
Publish your site free
One prompt or one command. No credit card.