All the technical wizardry available will not rescue a poorly designed web site. It shouldn't take more than three clicks. Anything more than 10 - 15 seconds and your visitors my well go elsewhere. The more complicated the graphics, the slower the page. The design requirement must present a unique visual signature without slowing the page down.
Animations are usually without any relevance, take time to download and divert visitors' attention.
In effect, encourage visitors to visit by encouraging them to leave. If your site becomes recognized as a resource site, traffic will follow. Hosting fees vary widely, as does domain registration. For a given site, the former may vary between R100 and R600 per month and for the latter, between R250 and R650 for the same thing. Some Internet Service Providers will charge more for the domain registration and less for the monthly hosting.