Cut-Price Hosting Plans for Your Top-Level Domain Names

There are two things you require in order to start a web page. The first one is a domain name that will show your website when you type it in a web browser, and the other one is a web hosting account, which is basically the disk space on a server where the site files will be situated, plus a few more features that are included in it. The domain and the web hosting package are 2 linked, yet separate services, and you require both of them to have a working online portal.

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name is the alpha-numeric name that you will select to be the web address for the online portal: my-best-domain.com, for example. A domain can be up to 64 symbols long and it comprises two parts – a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the above example, my-best-domain is the SLD, and .com is the top-level domain name. While you can select the SLD of the domain to be anything that is available for registration, there is a fixed number of Top-Level Domains to pick from. The TLDs can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a certain stretch of time between one and 10 yrs. They may include other requirements when it comes to the registrant.

Domain Web Hosting Services

As the domain name is just a hostname and nothing more than that, you require a web hosting plan where you have to add it. In this way, when you write it in a browser, it will open the files that you have in the account, i.e. it will show your web page. You can have a domain name registered with one provider and obtain the hosting service from another, although numerous companies offer both services and it is more user-friendly to handle everything from the same hosting CP interface. Either way, because the domain name registration and the hosting account are different services, you have to point the domain to the hosting server where it will be added as hosted. To achieve that, you need to alter a given setting, or record, of the domain name - the so-called name server records. Each service provider has at least 2 name servers - ns1.gecwebservers.com and ns2.gecwebservers.com, for example. The website hosting Control Panel that you have for your domain offers you the option to alter the NS records and point the domain to one hosting service provider or another.

The Demand for Dependable web hosting Services

Once the domain name is pointed to a given domain hosting provider and is added to their web hosting servers, you will receive different services. The most important one is that the site files that you have on the web server will now be exhibited when you type your domain in a browser. You will also be able to establish mailboxes such as name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or an e-mail client to administer them. Whether you have a personal or a business website, being available online and being able to create e-mail box accounts with your domain are the two most essential things that come with a website hosting plan. If you run a corporate site – it will represent your business before your web page visitors or customers. That's why you demand a reliable web hosting provider that will provide a fast and steady web hosting solution.

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Extra online services that you obtain by hosting a domain name with us are: FTP access to upload and download files effortlessly, domain name forwarding, email auto-responders and mailing lists, and the possibility to set up and edit given domain name records from your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.