Types of Websites: When to Use Them and Examples

As the world slowly shifts toward the digital era, people are spending more time than ever on websites be it social media like facebook, video sharing like youtube or educational like coursera.

More and more businesses are registering online to grow their brand and sales. Entrepreneur with products and services are starting their eCommerce websites to sell and Travel and Tour companies are confirming trips via Booking Websites.

There are different types of website to address different needs of consumer. Below is the list of 20 different types of websites commonly used with importance and examples.

Pro Tip: It is important to optimize your site for Search engine, We recommend you to Work with an SEO expert, these professional will make an Strategy and execute it to help you grow website’s visiability, traffic and sales.

Personal Website

Personal websites are created to build up Brand or Recognition for Individuals, Celebrities, Companies and more.

This type of website is useful to show our work, personal and contact information. Some

Portfolio Websites

Portfolio websites are used to show our past works to gain new clients. All individuals or companies all their achievement along with sharable data to prove their authenticity.

Infact, hkt.com.np is a personal/portfolio webite where I grow my personal branding but also share professional work, projects, and accomplishments to show expertise to attract clients.

This is a great way to convince clients that you have what it takes to do the job right.

Business Websites

All companies whether it is Big/Small or Local across the town can have their business website.

The main purpose is to share as much information as possible, which includes team members who work, the products they make and sell and the services they provide.

CG Digital and Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Limited are some example of business websites.
Credibility, Branding, Marketing and Visibility are some importance of having a business website.

Blog Websites

A blog is a regularly updated website or page to share information or ideas related. There are many popular topics people write blogs on such as Fashion, Personal Experience, Health, Technology and Business.

Techcrunch and copy blogger are some examples of blog websites. Nepali Nerd also focuses on providing Nepal related news and tutorials.

Increase in Traffic, Brand recognition, Generating Leads, Growing email lists and more are some important of Blog Websites.

eCommerce

eCommerce websites are those platforms that Sell and Buy products or services on the internet. Some popular examples are Daraz and Sastodeals.

Converting visitors into customers is one of the most important parts of an eCommerce website.

Educational website

Sites that sell or teach you online are educational websites. There are many which sell courses online such as Coursera and Udemy.

Learning for free/paid online from the comfort of your home is one importance of educational websites. 

Online Magazine

Digital magazines are Hosted, distributed, and read online such as news on celebrities, politics, sports and so on. It covers all the latest and trendy gossip and news as well.

Forbes and People are some worldwide digital magazines.

Cost efficiency, Convenience and Flexibility are some importance of Online magazines.

Government Website

Websites that are owned and operated by the government branch that is to share official information, vacancies, updates or news.

All major Municipalities of Nepal have their website, you can check NEA’s website for example.

Get news or services from the government with ease in one important of Government Website.

Landing Page

A landing page in a simple page with clear information and intent from the marketer to Convert a User into a customer.

A landing page allows marketers to direct leads to conversion.

Affiliate blog

Blogs that are intended to be produced to promote and sell digital or physical products in return get some percentage of sales as commission.

Naplab is one of the top affiliate blogs in the Mattress niche.

Generating passive income is important.

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding websites are web pages designed to raise funds for social causes.

Ever wanted to raise funds to help someone’s medical needs? Or to help that one brilliant student who does not have enough to pay for his tuition? Whatever the cause is you can easily start collecting funds from the internet and people around the world will help if the story gets picked up and the reason is good.

Hiteri is one example of crowdfunding in Nepal while GoFundMe and Fundable are some popular examples of Crowdfunding websites in the world.

Web forums

Looking for answers that have been bugging you for days? Try to search it on Web Forums, these sites are designed to discuss problems or topics.

Does not matter if you have relation, financial, mental or any other question there is a forum specially designed and hosted for the topic.

Quora and Reddit are some of the most popular forum sites where people share or ask questions.

r/Nepal: is a popular Subreddit for Nepal in Reddit where Nepalese discuss their lives, struggles and more.

Events

Hosting an event? Need to organise and update information about Venue, Timing, Guests, Tickets prices, Booking details and other important details to the attendees? Try creating an event website.

Importance: Sharing information, Branding, Sponsorship opportunity

Wiki or Knowledge

What to know about something? What happened in the past? When did it happen? How did it happen? Who did it? How he did do it? All this information can be found in a single website.

It is a collaborative site where users can add, edit or remove content. A collection of information regularly updated by individuals.

Wikipedia is the most popular wiki website.

Video streaming

Video streaming sites enable users to view videos online without having to download them.

Youtube is one of the most popular video streaming websites in the world other example is Netflix to watch movies.

Social media

There is no denying that most of the people all around the world are using Social Media these days.

Facebook, Instagram and X are some popular social media sites.

News Sites

The news these days is not limited to Television and Radio, people with smartphones will directly visit the News Sites to ready and get updated with the latest information.

Online Khabar and Nagarik Dainik are some of the popular online news magazine websites in Nepal.

Non Profit

A digital platform created by an organization that operates for charitable, educational, or community-focused purposes rather than to generate profit.

Non Profit Websites are used to raise awareness about their cause, attract volunteers, solicit donations, and provide information about their activities and impact.

Nepal Youth Foundation is one example of a non-profit website in Nepal and UNICEF/World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are some popular Non-Profit organisations whose websites are available online.

Booking

Going somewhere? Need travel tickets and where are you going to stay in the Hotel? How are you going to get tickets? 

To solve these problems there exist booking sites, which can book tickets for you for Sports, Hotels, Travel, Events and more.

Airbnb is one popular booking site example. Khalti and eSewa has their own subdomain for booking.

Directory

A directory website is an online platform that organizes and lists businesses, services, products, or information within specific categories or niches.

Examples of directory websites include Yelp for business listings and reviews.