Godaddy launches 'Wordpress Powered' websites to help small businesses build professional websites with ease

World's largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures GoDaddy has announced the launch of WordPress Websites for the India market.

The new offering from GoDaddy is the easiest way to build a professional online presence easily and affordably using WordPress. It features an exclusive WordPress Quick Start Wizard that simplifies the website creation process to help people get started quickly to build their website.

They are designed to help small business owners, individuals and web professionals easily convert their ideas online into a professional looking website with high-quality images and choices of templates.

WordPress Websites also include professionally built premium themes, and a Visual Page Editor for easy drag and drop customization. A key benefit of using WordPress, the world's most popular tool for creating websites, is the ability to add new site features using the thousands of free WordPress plugins to create a customized website.

"Getting a website up-and-running is a crucial task for a small business owner and we are focused on helping small business owners and those who support them, with flexible and affordable solutions," said Executive Vice President GoDaddy, Andrew Low Ah Kee.

"Adding WordPress Websites to our portfolio helps provide a full range of site building tools for our customers in India. GoDaddy WordPress Websites is designed to be an affordable and an easy way to create a powerful, scalable WordPress website," added Low Ah Kee.

With the Quick Start Wizard, users can quickly get started with a choice of premium quality themes and layouts that include essential pages and features and access to a library of thousands of free images. From here, the Visual Page Editor provides options to edit text, drag and drop columns and rows, and insert images directly onto the webpage.

The websites allows easy expansion in functionality for growing business needs, via the installation of free feature plugins on Wordpress.org. 45,000+ feature plugins are available to extend website capabilities to include the likes of online reservations, ticket sales and discussion forums.

Email signup form integrated with GoDaddy Email Marketing: Small

businesses can easily create mailing lists with a built-in email signup form, then send promotional campaigns and newsletters to drive sales and build influence. Additionally, GoDaddy provides the first 50 sends free, and on GoDaddy's up and Running and GoDaddy Pro plans, users can directly convert WordPress blog posts into email newsletters.