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# How to host your website for free on a TeleportHQ subdomain

**All you need to know about the website hosting services provided by TeleportHQ**

| Hosting on a TeleportHQ subdomain is available to all users and all plans

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| [Video tutorial](#2-video-tutorial) | [How to publish on TeleportHQ free subdomain](#3-how-to-publish-on-teleporthq-free-subdomain) | [How to change TeleportHQ subdomain name](#3-how-to-change-teleporthq-subdomain-name) |

## Video tutorial

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Hosting your project on a free subdomain makes it fast and easy to go live with your website. Our hosting product is built on top of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and includes free SSL certificates. Google ranks these websites higher and in addition, browsers will not display a warning to visitors with security issues.

Our service also offers a smart image optimization management system that will crop, compress and convert images to the webp format. Learn more about [Image optimization](https://help.teleporthq.io/en/article/how-image-optimization-works-and-how-to-disable-or-enable-it-s0tpcd/).

### How to publish on TeleportHQ free subdomain

To publish for free on a TeleportHQ subdomain:

* Go **right side of the top bar**, and click the **“Publish” button**.
* Click on the **Publish button** inside of the new dropdown.
* After you see the ‘Published’ status, you can access the link and check your published page..

You can hover over the Publish status to check when the  publish is completed. 

![Free subdomain hosting](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60c4bca58bb99c00/1-free-hosting_16blrjw.gif)

### How to change TeleportHQ subdomain name

When publishing your project on our free domain, it will be given a random name. To rename the project URL:

* Go to **Project Settings**
* In the **Site address (URL) section**, **type the new URL**.
* Click **Save changes**
* Return to the project.

A new Publish is required in order for the link to be updated.

![Change subdomain name](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60c4bca58bb99c00/2-change-url_1wtolnd.gif)