There are various types of websites, depending upon their use. A website is a collection of publicly accessible related web pages with any information, data, or multimedia content under a single domain name.
For example, if you have garments shops and want to expand your business on the Internet, you’ll need an e-commerce website.

Basic Website Types

• Personal website
• E-commerce website
• Blogging website
• Informational website
• Business website
• Photo sharing website

Now, you would ask what is static and dynamic website and which one would be the best for me. Let’s have a look.

Static Website

A static website contains Web pages with fixed content. It is delivered to users precisely as stored. Static web pages display the same information for all the users. It is directly connected to the server.

These are less interactive—for example, Blogs or any information types of websites.

Dynamic Website

A dynamic website can contain user-friendly web pages. The user may interact with those pages.

At a basic level, a dynamic website can give the website owner the ability to update and add new content to the site, bringing more people to the type of website. 

For example, E-commerce websites or online business websites.

Now, let’s have a look at their advantages and disadvantages. It will give you a better idea about them.

Advantages of a static website:

• Very quick to develop
• Inexpensive development
• Inexpensive to host

Disadvantages of a static website:

• Web development skills are required in order to update the website.
• Just for informational purpose
• Content can be outdated.

Advantages of a dynamic website:

• A highly functional website.
• Very easy to update.
• More than one user can develop/work on the site.

Disadvantages of a dynamic website:

• Takes longer to develop.
• Costs more to host.
• More costly to develop.