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OWN WEBSITE TOOL

Get your business online with our all-in-one starter kit

Your website, domain, hosting and emails all in one tool - free for the first month, then just £7.99 + VAT per month.

  • Build a professional, high-performing online presence with an easy-to-use website builder

  • Get your domain registration, web hosting and 3 professional email addresses all from Tide

  • Benefit from access to our free business bank account, savings account, accounting tools and more

Join Tide today to get your business online.

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Build your professional website in minutes

No coding or design skills? No problem. Our website builder gives you the power to create a website in just a few clicks.

Step 1: Choose your starter content based on your business category. This will give you a library of simple and smart templates to help you get started.

Step 2: Select your new home page design. Browse through a wide selection of layouts, which you can adapt with your choice of colour palette and font pairing.

Once you've chosen your template, you can get to personalising!

Personalise your website to fit your brand

📄 Choose your layout

Don’t know where to start? Our designers have curated a library of layouts for you to choose from.

Enhance these designs using the Layout button to adjust spacing, add links and more.

🎨 Change the appearance

Select one of the designs created by us, helping you pull together a professional business website quickly and easily.

Enhance these designs using the Appearance button to switch up the background colours, add gradients, play with animations and more.

🚀 Apply your branding

Our gallery has a range of pre-determined styles that you can apply to your site instantly, with pre-set colour combinations and font pairings.

Alternatively, you can customise your fonts and colours to incorporate your branding.

Everything you need to get online

Access all the tools you need to take your business to new heights, all in one place.

Web hosting

Cloud hosting offers reliable high uptime, faster speeds and robust security

Unlimited bandwidth and storage means your website can handle as much content and traffic as you wish

No need for plugins - everything is available in one simple product that you can manage from anywhere

Domain registration

✅ Give your business a home on the web with a memorable domain to share across all channels

✅ Choose from a range of powerful domain extensions (eg .com and .co.uk)

✅ Easy set up with no technical skills required - get your website up and running without any fuss

Professional email addresses

✅ Get three professional email addresses tied to your domain, like name@ or sales@

✅ Build trust with a branded email address that matches your domain

✅ Use your email address for marketing campaigns and promote your brand with every send

Getting your business online has never been easier

Risk free

With no up-front cost, you can build your website for free and make sure it works for you

Easy to use

Choose from a library of website templates and edit using drag and drop - no technical skills required

All in one place

The Own Website Tool has everything you need to get set up and manage your online presence in one platform

Subscribe to Own Website within the Tide app

  1. Join Tide for free - you'll get a business bank account and savings account included

  2. Download the Tide app and head to Tools & services -> Memberships

  3. Select Own Website and activate your free trial! Start building your website and register your domain with no up-front cost

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Claire PedleyThe Poured Project

Once I’d filled in the application online, the account was active in about an hour. I can’t stress how easy Tide is to use.

The benefits of getting your business online

In today's digital world, building an online presence isn't just a bonus - it's a necessity. But why?

Increased reach and credibility

With an online presence you can tap into new markets and make yourself more discoverable to new customers, anytime and anywhere.

24/7 access to information

People are searching for answers around the clock. Even if it's outside business hours, customers can easily access the information they need from your website.

Communicating with customers

Post updates on your website instead of relying on word of mouth, and use your new email addresses to contact customers directly.

Smarter tools for a smarter business

There’s more to growing your business than getting online. Explore our additional tools designed to help take your business to new heights.

Business bank account

Open a free account in minutes and get everything you need to run a better business.

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Company registration

Register your company for just £14.99, instead of paying £100 via Companies House.

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Business loans

Use our loan calculator to see how much you can borrow and apply for finance in minutes.

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Get paid

Explore a range of payment solutions that will help you take payments any time, anywhere.

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Own Website FAQs | Help

Find answers to all our most frequently asked questions about the Own Website Tool.

We understand businesses, it's all we do

We understand businesses, it's all we do

Tide is built by business owners for business owners. That’s why we’re trusted by over 1.5 million sole traders, freelancers, and limited companies worldwide.

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Tide Platform Limited (Tide) designs and operates the Tide website and app. Tide is not a bank. Tide is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900843 for the issuing of electronic money and the provision of payment initiation services and account information services under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Tide is also authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its credit and insurance broking activities (firm reference 718743). Tide is incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 09595646 and registered office at 4th Floor The Featherstone Building, 66 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AL. Tide offers bank accounts powered by ClearBank® Ltd (ClearBank) (account sort code is 04-06-05). ClearBank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 754568. Eligible deposits with ClearBank are protected up to a total of £120,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK's deposit guarantee scheme. For further information visit Home. ClearBank Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register number: 754568). Registered Address: ClearBank, Level 27, The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EW. Eligible deposits held in the Tide Business Current Account (powered by ClearBank) are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (“FSCS”) subject to eligibility. All eligible deposits at the same bank are aggregated to determine the coverage level for each depositor up to £120,000, therefore if you have any other product/services with ClearBank these will be aggregated. To find out more and to check your eligibility please visit: About us . Some of Tide’s members also hold e-money accounts powered by PrePay Technologies Limited (PPT) (account sort code is 23-69-72). PPT is an electronic money institution authorised by the FCA under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900010 for the issuing of electronic money. PPT holds an amount equivalent to the money in Tide current accounts in a safeguarding account which gives members protection against PPT’ insolvency. Tide Cards may be issued by both Tide and PPT, who are licensed by Mastercard International for the issuance of cards. The issuer of your Tide card will be identified on your monthly card statement. Tide Capital Limited is an appointed representative of P1 Investment Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 752005 to carry out such regulated activities as are involved in the provision of Tide Investment Account. Seccl Custody Limited is the custodian of assets held in Tide Investment Account and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 793200) and registered in England and Wales under No. 10430958. Registered office 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1JW. Tide, the Tide logo, the Swell, and Do Less Banking are trademarks and trade names of Tide Platform Limited, and may not be used or reproduced without the consent of the owner.