# Zeso

> Zeso is an AI site builder and web host — site, domain, and hosting on one platform. A one-page site is free forever.

Built for small businesses, founders, independent creators, and developers. Zeso replaces fragmented, markup-heavy site builders and ephemeral credit-metered AI sandboxes with a unified, high-performance edge platform.

## Key Principles & Guarantees

- **Dedicated Web Platform**: Pure Anycast edge delivery with <50ms median TTFB across 330+ edge locations, HTTP/3, and clean semantic markup.
- **Flat Predictable Pricing**: Zero credit meters or token counters; unlimited design iteration and publishing.
- **Price-Lock Renewal Guarantee**: Flat renewal pricing with zero year-two markup traps (unlike legacy builders with 2x–4x renewal jumps).
- **At-Cost Wholesale Domains**: Native domain registration — at-cost wholesale .com registration, priced by the registry, with no retail markup, one-click DNS, and free email forwarding.
- **Modular Data Pods**: Pre-engineered primitives (Forms with webhooks, Events/RSVP, Galleries, CMS) with zero plugin bloat or fragile JS.
- **Full Portability & Zero Lock-in**: The site is an open JSON SiteSpec, and live content is readable over a public API — no export fee, no proprietary format, and nothing to unlock before you leave.

## Core Pages & Documentation

- [Home](https://www.zeso.net/): Platform overview, interactive demo, and architectural philosophy.
- [Pricing](https://www.zeso.net/pricing): Transparent plan tiers, price-lock guarantee, and wholesale domain cost schedules.
- [Domains](https://www.zeso.net/domains): Real-time at-cost domain search and TLD pricing index.
- [Free Tier](https://www.zeso.net/free): Single-page free site with custom domain connection and zero renewal surprises.
- [Competitor Comparison Index](https://www.zeso.net/compare): Audited 5-year total cost of ownership and capability comparisons across 51 builders.
- [Solutions Index](https://www.zeso.net/solutions): Audience-defined entry points — cross-border B2B, local services, freelancers and creators, SaaS and AI startups, and local SEO discovery.
- [Data Pods](https://www.zeso.net/pods): Attachable capacity — APIs plus pre-built components, styled by the publisher. Forms, events, albums and CMS collections.
- [Use Cases](https://www.zeso.net/use-cases): Fewer, sharper paths — not a template zoo. Pick the shape that matches how you work.
- [Learning Center](https://www.zeso.net/learn): Technical definitions, answer nodes, and how-to guides.
- [Documentation](https://www.zeso.net/docs): The full reference set, grouped by topic.
- [About](https://www.zeso.net/about): What Zeso is, and a page that separates what ships today from what is still planned.
- [Contact](https://www.zeso.net/contact): Abuse reports, copyright notices, legal questions, and how to ask for an invitation — every route is read by a person.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.zeso.net/terms): The agreement between you and Zeso: accounts, the builder, hosting, domains, billing, and what neither of us does to the other.
- [Free Tools Hub](https://www.zeso.net/tools): Browser-side technical calculators and schema generators with zero model costs.
- [Renewal Cost Calculator](https://www.zeso.net/tools/renewal-cost-calculator): 5-year cost modeler comparing year-two renewal spikes across website builders.
- [llms.txt Generator & Validator](https://www.zeso.net/tools/llms-txt-generator): Browser-side llms.txt authoring, validation, and token inspection.
- [LocalBusiness Schema Generator](https://www.zeso.net/tools/local-business-schema-generator): Validated JSON-LD schema builder covering 16 local trade categories.

## Solutions

- [A website that turns overseas buyers into inquiries](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/cross-border-b2b): Exporters and small manufacturers need one thing from a website: a foreign buyer must be able to send a serious inquiry at 3am without your team awake.
- [Be the business they call when someone nearby needs you now](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/local-services): For a plumber, a clinic, or a studio, the website has one job: turn a phone-number search into a booked job.
- [One site that is the portfolio, the pitch, and the shop](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/freelancers-creators): Freelancers juggle three URLs that all point at the same person: a portfolio that is out of date, a link-in-bio page, and a checkout.
- [A launch site that does not need a rebuild to stay true](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/saas-startups): Early-stage teams ship a landing page in a weekend and rebuild it every quarter.
- [Local SEO for small businesses — what the work actually is](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/local-seo): Local SEO for a small business means three things: a clean local business schema, consistent citations, and a site fast enough to be ranked.
- [Website maintenance services — what is included, every month](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/website-maintenance): Website maintenance services cover backups, updates, uptime and security.
- [A dental website that turns emergency searchers into booked appointments](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/dentists): Patients searching for dental care decide in seconds.
- [A legal presence that shows what you practice and keeps the first conversation private](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/lawyers): In legal search, credibility is everything.
- [The plumbing website that answers emergency calls before the competitor](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/plumbers): When a pipe bursts at 11pm, nobody reads your origin story.
- [A CPA website that builds trust and captures high-value tax and bookkeeping clients](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/accountants): Tax and accounting clients look for compliance security, clear service scopes, and a private way to send sensitive financial files without messy email attachments.
- [The general contractor website that turns six-figure bids into signed renovation contracts](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/contractors): Homeowners and commercial property managers committing six-figure budgets require verifiable proof: licensing, insurance, detailed before-and-after project albums, and transparent project estimates.
- [The electrician website that turns a tripped breaker into a booked call](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/electricians): Most electrician sites lose the job in the four seconds before the call: the number is small, the licence is missing, and the page takes too long on a phone in a dark cupboard.
- [A salon website that books chairs full without paying third-party booking marketplace fees](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/salons): Clients booking hair appointments, aesthetics, or spa days want two things: visual proof of your stylists' work on Instagram-quality galleries, and a seamless one-tap way to book their appointment.
- [Be the source ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity quote](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/ai-search): AI search engines do not browse the web like humans: they fetch pages under a timeout budget, parse what they find, and attribute their answers to the pages they used.
- [A restaurant website that drives direct orders without 30% delivery app commissions](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/restaurants): Diners decide where to eat from their phone in seconds.
- [A real estate website that gets you found locally and captures buyer and seller enquiries directly](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/real-estate): Home buyers and property investors evaluate agents by market knowledge and property presentation.
- [A cleaning service website that books recurring jobs with instant mobile quote requests](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/cleaning-services): Homeowners and commercial facilities booking cleaning services want fast pricing, proof of insurance, and an immediate way to schedule recurring appointments from their phone.
- [A fitness studio website that converts trial passes into committed monthly memberships](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/fitness): Prospective gym members judge fitness facilities on clean class schedules, coach credentials, and transparent membership pricing before setting foot in your door.
- [An auto repair website that answers emergency breakdown calls before the tow truck arrives](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/auto-repair): Drivers facing engine warning lights or sudden brake failures want three things: an immediate click-to-call phone button, proof of certified technicians, and a fast diagnostic estimate.
- [A landscaping website that books lucrative recurring seasonal maintenance contracts](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/landscaping): Property owners committing to residential lawn maintenance or outdoor living builds require photographic proof of past work and an easy way to request a property estimate.
- [A photography portfolio that loads full-resolution galleries in milliseconds](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/photographers): Clients booking wedding, portrait, or commercial photography make decisions visually.
- [A consulting website that commands premium rates and books qualified discovery calls](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/consultants): Corporate executives and founders hire advisors who demonstrate clarity, verified track records, and immediate professional authority.
- [Own your name on the internet: an immutable personal website on your own custom domain](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/personal-branding): Relying on social media profiles or bio-link aggregators leaves your personal brand vulnerable to algorithm changes and platform whims.
- [A therapy website that creates safe, confidential client connections and builds trust](https://www.zeso.net/solutions/therapists): Individuals seeking mental health support look for warmth, confidentiality, and clear expertise in their specific struggles.

## Head-to-Head Comparisons

Every builder in the audited roster, with the renewal fact its own page is checked against:

- [Zeso vs Squarespace](https://www.zeso.net/compare/squarespace): Fluid Engine — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs GoDaddy](https://www.zeso.net/compare/godaddy): Airo Website Builder — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs Webflow](https://www.zeso.net/compare/webflow): Visual Designer — renews at the same rate; two-year total $360.00 (Basic) / $600.00 (Premium)
- [Zeso vs Shopify](https://www.zeso.net/compare/shopify): Shopify Storefront — renews at 33× the intro rate; two-year total $528.00 (on annual Basic) / $696.00 (monthly)
- [Zeso vs GoHighLevel](https://www.zeso.net/compare/gohighlevel): HighLevel Agency Suite — renews at the same rate; two-year total $2,328.00 (Starter) / $7,128.00 (Unlimited)
- [Zeso vs 10Web](https://www.zeso.net/compare/10web): AI Website Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $240.00
- [Zeso vs Carrd](https://www.zeso.net/compare/carrd): Pro Standard — renews at the same rate; two-year total $38.00 (for 3 sites)
- [Zeso vs Mixo](https://www.zeso.net/compare/mixo): AI Landing Page Builder — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs Weblium](https://www.zeso.net/compare/weblium): AI Website Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $264.00
- [Zeso vs Pagecloud](https://www.zeso.net/compare/pagecloud): Visual Website Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $528.00
- [Zeso vs Simvoly](https://www.zeso.net/compare/simvoly): White-Label Funnel & Site Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $288.00 (Personal)
- [Zeso vs Typedream](https://www.zeso.net/compare/typedream): Notion-Style Site Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $360.00
- [Zeso vs 1ClickWebsite](https://www.zeso.net/compare/1clickwebsite): AI WordPress Generator — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs Olitt](https://www.zeso.net/compare/olitt): Pro Website Builder — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs Kleap](https://www.zeso.net/compare/kleap): Mobile-First AI Builder — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs Ucraft](https://www.zeso.net/compare/ucraft): Ucraft Next — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs PlayCode](https://www.zeso.net/compare/playcode): Interactive Code Sandbox — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs InMinutes](https://www.zeso.net/compare/inminutes): AI Prompt Website Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $360.00
- [Zeso vs Design.com](https://www.zeso.net/compare/design.com): AI Brand & Website Suite — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Webifly](https://www.zeso.net/compare/webifly): AI Website Builder & Hosting — renews at the same rate; two-year total $143.76
- [Zeso vs ChilledSites](https://www.zeso.net/compare/chilledsites): Managed Website Concierge — renews at the same rate; two-year total £216.00 GBP
- [Zeso vs Zarla](https://www.zeso.net/compare/zarla): AI one-stop website builder — renews at 2.64× the intro rate; two-year total $395.64
- [Zeso vs Hostinger](https://www.zeso.net/compare/hostinger): AI Builder — renews at 3.68× the intro rate; two-year total $143.52
- [Zeso vs Wix](https://www.zeso.net/compare/wix): Aria — renews at 2× the intro rate; two-year total $522
- [Zeso vs IONOS](https://www.zeso.net/compare/ionos): MyWebsite Now — renews at 2.33× the intro rate; two-year total $240
- [Zeso vs ZipWP](https://www.zeso.net/compare/zipwp): ZipWP — renews at 1.51× the intro rate
- [Zeso vs Dorik](https://www.zeso.net/compare/dorik): Website Builder — renews at 1.6× the intro rate
- [Zeso vs B12](https://www.zeso.net/compare/b12): Managed Website — renews at the same rate
- [Zeso vs Framer](https://www.zeso.net/compare/framer): AI Site Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Strikingly](https://www.zeso.net/compare/strikingly): Website Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Tilda](https://www.zeso.net/compare/tilda): Personal — renews at the same rate; two-year total $240
- [Zeso vs Square Online](https://www.zeso.net/compare/square-online): Websites — renews at the same rate
- [Zeso vs WordPress.com](https://www.zeso.net/compare/wordpress-com): Hosting — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Jimdo](https://www.zeso.net/compare/jimdo): Dolphin — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs SITE123](https://www.zeso.net/compare/site123): Website Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Softr](https://www.zeso.net/compare/softr): No-Code Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Relume](https://www.zeso.net/compare/relume): AI Sitemap Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Linktree](https://www.zeso.net/compare/linktree): Link in Bio — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Durable](https://www.zeso.net/compare/durable): AI Website Builder — publishes an intro rate and no second number
- [Zeso vs Base44](https://www.zeso.net/compare/base44): No-Code AI App Builder — renews at the same rate; two-year total $384.00
- [Zeso vs Runable](https://www.zeso.net/compare/runable): AI General Agent — renews at the same rate; two-year total $480.00
- [Zeso vs 凡科建站](https://www.zeso.net/compare/fkw): 网站标准版 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — renews at 2× the intro rate
- [Zeso vs 焦点领动 (Leadong)](https://www.zeso.net/compare/leadong): H5响站 / 官网 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — renews at the same rate
- [Zeso vs 华为云 企业门户](https://www.zeso.net/compare/huaweicloud-ewp): EWP (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — renews at 1.667× the intro rate
- [Zeso vs 微企点](https://www.zeso.net/compare/weiqidian): 自助建站 / 官网定制 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs 外贸商桥](https://www.zeso.net/compare/waimaoshangqiao): 营销版 (SEO) (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — renews at the same rate
- [Zeso vs Duda](https://www.zeso.net/compare/duda): Website Builder for Agencies — renews at the same rate
- [Zeso vs 中企动力 (300.cn)](https://www.zeso.net/compare/300cn): 全网门户 / 响应式网站 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs 西部数码](https://www.zeso.net/compare/west-cn): 云建站 / 刺猬响站 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — renews at 1.67× the intro rate
- [Zeso vs 阿里云·建站](https://www.zeso.net/compare/aliyun-jianzhan): 万小智 3.0 / 云·企业官网 (云·速成美站) (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — publishes no renewal price
- [Zeso vs 万全云电商 (MicroShop)](https://www.zeso.net/compare/microshop): 独立站建站系统 / 商城系统 (Chinese market — read on the Chinese site) — publishes no renewal price

### Multi-Vendor Roundups

- [Wix Alternatives & Competitors](https://www.zeso.net/compare/wix-alternatives): Audited multi-vendor renewal and capability comparison matrix for Wix alternatives.
- [Squarespace Alternatives & Competitors](https://www.zeso.net/compare/squarespace-alternatives): Audited multi-vendor renewal and capability comparison matrix for Squarespace alternatives.
- [Durable Alternatives & Competitors](https://www.zeso.net/compare/durable-alternatives): Audited multi-vendor renewal and capability comparison matrix for Durable AI alternatives.

## Technical Lexicon

Definitions of the terms this platform's buyers actually argue about — latency, routing, structured data, policy.

- [What is Time to First Byte (TTFB)?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-ttfb): Time to First Byte measures the latency from a browser's initial request to the arrival of the first byte of HTML. Why sub-50ms TTFB is essential for search rankings and AI crawler indexing.
- [What is Anycast DNS?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-anycast-dns): Anycast routing allows multiple physical servers worldwide to share a single IP address, routing website visitors to the nearest datacenter automatically.
- [What is a local business schema?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-local-business-schema): Schema.org LocalBusiness structured data states your address, geo-coordinates, hours and certifications in a form a machine can lift, built from the same details the page already shows.
- [What is AI SEO, GEO and AEO?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-geo-aeo): AI SEO is what most people call it; GEO and AEO are the precise names. How an AI answer engine decides to cite you, what actually moves a citation, and what is only a well-meant claim.
- [What is a SiteSpec?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-sitespec): A SiteSpec is the declarative JSON a site compiles from: pages, theme, sections, collections, locales. One document, every renderer, and portability that is a compile rather than a rescue.
- [What is the ICANN ERRP?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-icann-errp): The Expired Registration Recovery Policy is the rulebook registrars must follow when a name lapses: the notices, the grace periods, the deletion, and the three fees that have to be published before you register.
- [What is llms.txt?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-llms-txt): llms.txt is a proposed Markdown index at your site root that points agents at the pages worth reading. Here is the format, what version 2 changed, and what two large studies found about whether it earns citations.
- [What is FAQ schema?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-is-faq-schema): FAQPage pairs a question with its answer so a machine can read the pair. Here is the format, the two dates that changed what it buys, and what the markup is still worth.
- [What is a website as a service?](https://www.zeso.net/docs/what-is-website-as-a-service): WaaS is an agency business model, not a product. Here are the four ways to get a website, what each one leaves you with, what the audited renewal rates look like in year two, and what leaving costs.
- [What is managed website hosting?](https://www.zeso.net/docs/hosting-managed-website): Managed hosting is the arrangement where the host runs the machine. What it takes on, what the second year costs, and what a platform that owns the document does differently.

## Answer Nodes

The high-friction questions buyers ask before they sign anything, answered directly.

- [Web hosting price: what web hosting costs over five years](https://www.zeso.net/docs/web-hosting-price): The market answers with a band — $2 to $10 a month to start, $10 to $20 at renewal — and the number that decides it is what a plan costs over five years, once the term, the domain and the add-ons are in it.
- [What does local SEO cost?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/what-does-local-seo-cost): Three bills, not one: the free profile, the site you can buy once, and the work that repeats every month.
- [How much should a website cost?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/how-much-should-a-website-cost): Year one is the number every quote leads with. Year two is the bill: what 51 audited builders really charge, and what those prices renew at.
- [Do I Own My Custom Domain on a Website Builder?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/do-i-own-my-domain-on-wix): Understanding the legal separation between your domain name registration and your website builder host: ICANN ownership rights, 60-day transfer locks, and EPP codes.
- [Why Do Website Builder Renewals Spike by 2x to 4x?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/why-website-builders-increase-renewal-prices): The economics of introductory teaser rates: prepay term roll-offs, bundled free domain markups, and how to audit your 5-year total cost of ownership.
- [Can AI-Generated Websites Rank on Google?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/can-ai-websites-rank-on-google): Google Search Central evaluates content utility, originality, and user experience, not the software used to author it. The technical prerequisites for AI site ranking.
- [Website Builder vs. Web Hosting: What's the Difference?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/website-builder-vs-web-hosting): The critical distinction between where your website is visually designed and where its files physically execute: canvas editors vs. Anycast edge networks.
- [What happens to my website if I cancel my builder subscription?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/code-exportability): The question every builder is asked and almost none answer: what survives the cancellation, what does not, and how long the answer is good for.
- [Is a free domain for the first year actually free?](https://www.zeso.net/learn/free-domain-traps): A free registration year is a real thing and a well-known sales device. The test is not whether the year is free, but what the name costs in year two.
- [What a free AI website builder actually gives you](https://www.zeso.net/docs/website-builder-free-trial): A free tier is not a discount. Every builder we have audited, what each free plan grants, and the three things it withholds — your domain, your search results, or the price of year two.
- [Cheap web hosting for small business: what it costs in year two](https://www.zeso.net/docs/affordable-website-design): The cheapest list in this market is sorted by the price that stops mattering after month one. Fourteen audited builders, sorted by what the same plan costs in year two, and the three price postures behind them.
- [Do I need web hosting?](https://www.zeso.net/docs/do-i-need-web-hosting): Every site needs somewhere to serve files from. Whether that is a second subscription depends on whether your site holds state, runs code per request, or has a schedule — and the honest answer is one paragraph.
- [How much does a domain cost?](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-much-does-a-domain-cost): The market answers with a band — $10 to $20 a year — and that band describes a .com and very little else. Here is what each popular TLD costs over five years, renewal included.
- [Website hosting with email: a domain with free email, and what it costs](https://www.zeso.net/docs/domain-with-free-email): The free email you get with a domain is usually forwarding, not a mailbox — and the difference between them is most of the bill. Here is what each one is, what it costs over five years, and where the genuinely free mailboxes are.
- [AI website builder no code: what it means and what it costs](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-website-builder-no-code): Nobody writes the code, so every one of these tools does the same thing. What differs is what you keep afterwards — and that is the part the phrase rounds off.
- [AI website builder for business: when you need one, and when you don't](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-website-builder-for-business): The most-upvoted answer to this question is not a builder — it is to write the site yourself. That answer is right more often than the roundups suggest, so it comes first.
- [Monthly website maintenance: what a website care plan costs, and when you don't need it](https://www.zeso.net/docs/monthly-website-maintenance): The quoted price measures what the site is, not what the work is. Here is what the market charges, what the monthly actually buys, and when the honest answer is that you do not need one.
- [AI website builder pricing: what an AI website builder costs, and what month two finds](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-website-builder-pricing): Three tools, three published price lists, and three free tiers that each hide a different gate. What an AI-built site costs is the plan price plus what you find in month two.
- [How much is Wix per month — and what your Wix subscription renews at](https://www.zeso.net/docs/wix-pricing): Wix's own price list says $17 to $159 a month. What it does not put next to it is what year two costs — and which tier is the cheap-looking one that doubles.
- [AI website builder review: there is no best AI website builder, only four jobs](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-website-builder-review): The market names a winner for every job and a score for every tool. Here is the same four winners with the one number none of those reviews prints: what year two costs.
- [Cheap domain with hosting: the two bills, and what the bundle really costs](https://www.zeso.net/docs/domain-and-hosting-cost): A domain and hosting are two purchases, and every bundle that puts them together works by making one of them look free. Here is each bill, priced over five years, and what the free domain is actually worth.
- [ICP filing: what it is, and when a site actually needs it](https://www.zeso.net/docs/icp-filing): Filing is an administrative step a site takes before a mainland server serves it to the public. It costs nothing. Whether you need it depends on one thing only: where the site is served from.
- [网站备案是什么？个人网站可以不备案吗](https://www.zeso.net/zh/docs/%E7%BD%91%E7%AB%99%E5%A4%87%E6%A1%88): 网站备案是境内服务器对外提供服务前的行政手续，备案本身不收费。要不要备案，取决于你的站点放在哪里：放在境内服务器上需要，放在境外节点上不需要。这一页把「什么算网站」「哪些情况需要」「不备案会怎样」分开写清楚，也写清楚我们为什么不做备案代办。

## How-To Guides

The procedures, with the DNS records, the JSON-LD and the commands.

- [How to choose a website builder](https://www.zeso.net/learn/how-to-choose): What to compare beyond the headline price: editing model, substrate, renewal posture, what a free plan actually covers, and what happens if you leave.
- [How to set up business email at your own domain](https://www.zeso.net/docs/business-email): A business email is a domain, a mailbox, and three DNS records. Here is what the providers actually charge for it, whether you need one, and the setup that makes your mail reach the inbox.
- [How to choose a web host: the six questions that decide it](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-choose-a-web-host): Every guide on this query lists what to look for. This one is a method: six questions, each answerable from numbers the vendor has already published, in the order that disqualifies the most hosts first.
- [How to get cited by ChatGPT — and what earns the citation](https://www.zeso.net/learn/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt): What an answer engine does with your page, the four things it can act on, and the part no markup can do.
- [How to Connect a Custom Domain](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-connect-custom-domain): The one DNS record a custom domain needs, the value to enter in it, what to do at the root apex, and the step that makes the domain answer.
- [Your Site Name](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-export-static-website): What you actually own on this platform, how to read it out over the public API, and the three things we do not ship: a CLI, a static bundle, and an export fee.
- [How to set up email forwarding without breaking deliverability](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-setup-email-forwarding): Forwarding is one hop you do not control, and that hop is exactly what SPF checks. How to forward a business address, and when to host a mailbox instead.
- [How to verify your LocalBusiness structured data](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-verify-local-business-schema): What the renderer emits, which fields turn an Organization into a LocalBusiness, and how to check the result without guessing.
- [Portland Family Dental](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-publish-llms-txt): What the manifest is, what it is derived from, and why publishing — not writing it — is the whole procedure.
- [Google Business Profile optimization: SEO for local business](https://www.zeso.net/learn/how-to-get-found-on-google): A local business has two surfaces on Google: the profile Google owns, and the site you own. One gets you into the map result; the other decides whether the click was worth making. Here is both, and the order to check them in.

## Optional

Longer reference notes and the engineering log — useful when a shorter context is not enough.

- [Platform changelog](https://www.zeso.net/docs/platform): What has shipped on the Zeso platform, and when.
- [Getting started](https://www.zeso.net/docs/getting-started): Register a domain, and the platform does the rest: DNS, HTTPS, and a landing page you can edit.
- [Domain renewal cost](https://www.zeso.net/docs/domains): How Zeso prices domains, when a domain is free, and what happens at renewal.
- [Static website hosting](https://www.zeso.net/docs/static-hosting): Static hosting is the default: pre-built files served over a CDN, no server and no database. It is metered by page count — one page is free forever.
- [App Hosting](https://www.zeso.net/docs/app-hosting): Dynamic sites the engine builds run on managed hosting. Free for year one when your domain is registered with Zeso.
- [AI website builder](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-builder): How the engine turns a conversation into a structured SiteSpec, and why the result stays editable.
- [Site structure](https://www.zeso.net/docs/site-structure): Pages, slugs and sections, and how the visual editor and the AI engine touch the same structure.
- [Web hosting renewal price: how year two is priced here](https://www.zeso.net/docs/renewal-policy): The renewal rate equals the card rate here — no intro-to-renewal step — and how that reads in the wider category.
- [How DNS resolves a name, end to end](https://www.zeso.net/docs/dns-explained): Four servers, one answer, and a cache in front of all of them. What really happens when a name resolves — and why the change you just saved may not be visible yet.
- [DNSSEC, and the three things people assume it does](https://www.zeso.net/docs/dnssec-guide): DNSSEC proves a DNS answer came from the owner of the zone, unaltered. It does not encrypt the query, and it says nothing about what your website serves.
- [Domain with free WHOIS privacy](https://www.zeso.net/docs/whois-and-privacy): WHOIS privacy takes your contact details out of the public record. It does not remove them, and it does not hide you from the registrar, a court, or a dispute.
- [Domain transfer cost: what it charges, and what actually blocks it](https://www.zeso.net/docs/domain-transfer-guide): A transfer moves a registration between registrars. Most failed transfers fail for the same handful of reasons — and every one of them is visible before you start.
- [Static sites and App Hosting: what each actually runs](https://www.zeso.net/docs/hosting-static-vs-app): One difference decides everything: whether anything executes when a visitor asks for a page. What that implies for cost, maintenance, and the shape of your site.
- [Caching and content versions on tenant sites](https://www.zeso.net/docs/hosting-caching): Staged rows are invisible until you publish. What a publish does, step by step, what the content version is for, and why a cache miss is a real render.
- [Certificates: what we issue, what you do yourself, what HTTPS hides](https://www.zeso.net/docs/hosting-ssl): We issue and renew TLS for your hostname automatically, on every plan. What that covers, what it does not, and the things a padlock says nothing about.
- [What "edge network" means in practice](https://www.zeso.net/docs/hosting-edge-network): Serving from many places instead of one helps in a specific, narrow way. Where the remaining time actually goes, and why we will not turn a first-byte measurement into a promise about page loads.
- [What the AI builder actually generates](https://www.zeso.net/docs/ai-builder-explained): A generated site is a strong first draft, not a finished one: what the engine returns, what validation silently discards, and why no later edit can be lost.
- [Collections, content types and publishing state](https://www.zeso.net/docs/collections-explained): Two systems here are called a collection. Saving a row does not make it visible: the write API cannot create a live row, and nothing renders until publish runs.
- [How to read a hosting price honestly](https://www.zeso.net/docs/pricing-total-cost): A headline rate is one cell of a table you have to build yourself: entry rate, term, renewal rate, multiple, five-year total, and everything the price leaves out.
- [How to read a renewal table](https://www.zeso.net/docs/how-to-read-renewals): A renewal table compares disclosure practices, not prices. An absent second number is a finding, not a blank to fill — and it is the strongest signal on the page.
- [Email deliverability: SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://www.zeso.net/docs/email-deliverability-explained): Three DNS records, three different questions. What each one proves, why forwarding is where deliverability goes to die, and what a platform publishes for you — and what no record can promise.
- [微信小程序：同一份内容，原生渲染于微信](https://www.zeso.net/docs/mini-programs-explained): 每个站点的线上内容同时也是一份 JSON 文档，在下一次发布前始终最新。已交付什么、参考渲染器做什么，以及——同样直白地写出——尚不存在什么。

## Machine-Readable Resources

- [Full LLM Digest](https://www.zeso.net/llms-full.txt): Complete concatenated technical specification, the vendor comparison ledger, and the solution-page ledger.
- [AI Catalog](https://www.zeso.net/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): Machine-readable MCP and agent tool manifest.
- [OpenAPI Contract](https://www.zeso.net/.well-known/openapi.json): The public API and the machine-readable documents, in OpenAPI 3.1.
- [Entity Map](https://www.zeso.net/entitymap.json): Verified entity knowledge graph for factual AI citations.