Nowadays, medium and even small businesses cannot do without their own web resource, that is, a website. And in the business of creating a website, the choice of hosting and domain for it plays an important role.
What is hosting
Hosting is where your resource will be physically located. Of course, the site can be placed on a personal computer, but in this case the network will be local. But after all, you did not create your website for the same, so that only a small circle of people could see it. Your resource should benefit both you and people, therefore it must be properly administered in the future, which means that you cannot do without hosting. It is worth noting that when choosing a site for the location of the site, you should not save money, because its performance will depend on how the server on which your site is stored will work. So look for hosters that guarantee server uptime. It is better if the server on which your resource is allocated space will be located in a large data center. In other words, hosting is the home for your resource. The server that will host your site may be located in another city and even in another country. Hosting is a paid service.
Why does a website need a domain
In addition to hosting, the site owner needs to come up with and register a name for his resource, that is, a domain, or domain name. People will use it to come to your site. This means that the domain should be simple, but at the same time understandable, memorable and meaningful, and not a set of letters. Be aware that a domain name can be at least 2 characters, but no more than 62 characters. It cannot start and end with a dash. You need to be prepared that most of the simple and attractive names have already been parsed, and two sites with one domain cannot exist. You can add words like my, online, etc. to your name. To find out if a domain is free, use one of the free services, such as WHOIS.
So, the domain is selected. The next step is to register it. I must say that this is a paid procedure. Also, you must be ready to renew it a year after registering a domain, and this is also paid. You can register at one of the registrars on the Internet, for example, REG. RU.
If you decide to buy a hosting and a domain, then it is better to do it in one company, because this will simplify the maintenance of the resource and help to quickly solve the problems that arise. The ActiveCloud service, for example, provides hosting and domain name registration services. Remember that you cannot purchase both hosting and domain forever, only rent. The minimum rental period for hosting is a month, for a domain name for a year.
