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October 13, 2026

Diwali Website Checklist: Get Your Business Online in 7 Days

Diwali is the busiest buying season of the year. Customers search online for gifts, sweets, clothes, home decor and services, and they often choose the shop they find first.

If your business still has no website, there’s time. This website checklist for small business India owners walks you through 7 simple days: domain, hosting, email, pages, security, Google listing and launch. You don’t need to be technical. You don’t need to be technical. You just need to follow the steps in order.

Why Get Your Business Online Before Diwali?

  • Customers research to purchase. Google is the first place that many festive shoppers turn to when looking up shops, prices and timings.
  • A website builds trust. Having a name@yourbusiness.in email address is more professional than just a WhatsApp number.
  • 24/7 order taking and enquiries even when the shop is closed.
  • It keeps working after Diwali. The site you build now serves you through the wedding season, Christmas and New Year.

Day 1: Choose and Register Your Domain Name

Your domain is your address online, like yourshop.in.

Checklist:

  • Keep it short, easy to spell and easy to say on the phone
  • Use your business name or what you sell (for example sharmasweets.in)

Avoid hyphens and numbers

  • Choose .in if most customers are in India
  • Register it in your own name and email, not your developer’s

Cost: a .in domain at HostPlanet is ₹1,097.59 per year (+ 18% GST). Compare all extensions in our guide to the domain name price in India.

Before you buy: check these 5 domain registration mistakes that can lock you out of your own website.

Day 2: Pick Hosting That Fits a Small Business

Hosting is where your website lives. Don’t choose a plan on price alone: the cheapest hosting often slows down or goes offline right when festive traffic arrives. Choose hosting that is reliable, handles traffic spikes and comes with support you can reach when something goes wrong.

Checklist:

  • Enough storage and bandwidth for your pages and photos
  • Free SSL, or SSL included in your plan
  • One-click WordPress install, if you plan to use WordPress

Daily or regular backups

  • 24×7 support you can reach

Save time and money: buy domain and hosting for small business together. HostPlanet’s combo offers bundle both in one purchase (details below).

Day 3: Set Up a Professional Business Email

Customers trust an address like orders@yourbusiness.in more than a free Gmail address. With HostPlanet, you can create professional email on your own domain in a few minutes.

Checklist:

  • Create at least 2 addresses, for example info@ and orders@
  • Set them up on your phone (most business email works with Gmail and Outlook apps)
  • Add your email signature with phone, address and website

HostPlanet’s Hosting Starter Combo includes email accounts with your hosting, and every HostPlanet domain comes with a 90-day free Titan Email trial for 2 accounts.

Day 4: Build Your 5 Essential Pages

A small business website doesn’t need 50 pages. Start with 5:

Page What to include
Home What you sell, your city, a clear “Call” or “WhatsApp” button
Products / Services Photos, short descriptions, prices if you can share them
About Your story, years in business, photos of your shop or team
Diwali Offers Festive discounts, gift hampers, last order dates
Contact Phone, WhatsApp, email, address, Google Map, opening hours

Tips:

  • Use real photos of your products and shop, not stock images
  • Write the way your customers speak
  • Make every page work well on mobile, where most of your visitors will be

Day 5: Add SSL, Payments and Enquiry Options

Checklist:

  • SSL certificate (HTTPS): shows the padlock in the browser and is needed for trust and Google ranking
  • WhatsApp button on every page for quick orders
  • Click-to-call phone number on mobile
  • Enquiry form that sends messages to your business email
  • Online payments (optional): a UPI QR code or a payment gateway if you want to take orders online

Day 6: Get Found on Google

A website only helps if people can find it.

Checklist:

  • Set up a Google Business Profile alongside your website that has the same name, address and phone number.
  • Add Diwali Opening times, Festive photos and Diwali offer post
  • Give each page a clear title, for example “Diwali Sweets Gift Boxes in Kolkata | Sharma Sweets”
  • Submit your site to Google Search Console
  • Ask 5–10 happy customers for a Google review

Day 7: Test, Launch and Promote

Checklist:

  • Open every page on your phone and on a computer
  • Test every button: call, WhatsApp, enquiry form, payment
  • Use Google PageSpeed Insights to test the speed of your page.
  • Ensure your hosting is prepared for the holiday season. Read why websites crash during traffic spikes
  • Share your website on WhatsApp status, Facebook, Instagram and your shop counter
  • Print the website address on bills, bags and visiting cards

Your Complete Small Business Website Checklist

Day Task
1 Register your domain (.in recommended)
2 Buy hosting (or a domain + hosting combo)
3 Set up business email
4 Build Home, Products, About, Offers and Contact pages
5 Add SSL, WhatsApp, call button and enquiry form
6 Set up Google Business Profile and Search Console
7 Test everything, launch and promote

HostPlanet Combo Offers: Domain + Hosting in One Step

Instead of buying each service separately, HostPlanet combos bundle what a small business website needs:

Combo What’s included Price
Hosting Starter Combo Domain + Hosting Standard (1 website, unlimited email accounts, 20 GB disk, 200 GB bandwidth) ₹399
Email Combo Domain + Business Email (3 accounts, 5 GB each, spam and virus protection) ₹349
Hosting Advanced Combo Domain + Hosting Standard + Standard SSL certificate ₹659

Choose your domain from .in, .com, .net, .online or .me. Combos are billed annually.

Good to know combo offers renew at the regular price of each product, so check the renewal amount at checkout. Every plan comes with 24×7 human support from our Kolkata team.

Best pick for most small businesses: the Hosting Advanced Combo, because it includes the SSL certificate you need on Day 5. See all combo offers →

How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost in India?

Item Approximate yearly cost
.in domain ₹1,097.59 + GST at HostPlanet
SSL certificate Included in Hosting Advanced Combo
Business email Included with hosting, or Email Combo
Website design No extra cost if you build it yourself with WordPress; a professional designer costs extra but gives you a custom look

The basic requirements for most small business website owners in India are less than the cost of one newspaper advertisement in a festive season and work throughout the year.

FAQs

  1. Can I really get my business online in 7 days?

Yes. If you have your photos and text ready, a simple 5 page website with a domain, a web host and a listing on Google and email can be done in a week.

  1. Do I need technical knowledge to build a website?

No. With WordPress or a website builder you can create pages without coding. Should you get stuck, HostPlanet’s 24×7 support team is there to assist you.

  1. Is it too late to get my business online for Diwali?

Not if you start now. Registering your domain and setting up your Google Business Profile first can take a few days for Google to appear on the new website.

  1. Should I buy domain and hosting from the same company?

It’s simpler. You manage everything in one place and get one point of support. Combo offers can also save money in the first year.

  1. Which domain is best for a small business in India?

.in is the best choice for most businesses that sell mainly in India. It’s affordable and tells customers you’re a local business.

  1. Is a Google Business Profile enough without a website?

It helps, but a website gives you more space for products, offers and trust. The two work best together.

Start Your Diwali Website Today

This Diwali, get customers looking up to your business online. Select your domain, select your combo and follow the checklist for 7 days.

Get Your Domain + Hosting Combo →

Need help choosing? Talk to HostPlanet’s 24×7 human support team.

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