Cheap Hosting Plans for Your Domain Names

There are 2 things you require so as to launch a website. The first one is a domain name that will display your web site when you write it in a browser, and the second one is a website hosting plan, which is inherently the data storage space on a web server where the website files will be placed, plus a few more services that it is offering. The domain and the web hosting package are 2 linked, yet separate solutions, and you require both of them to have an operational web portal.

What is a Domain?

A domain name is the alpha-numeric name that you will pick to be the web address for the web page: my-best-domain.com, for instance. A domain can be up to 64 characters long and it is composed of two parts – a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the aforementioned instance, my-best-domain is the Second-Level Domain, and .com is the Top-Level Domain. While you can select the second-level domain name of the domain to be anything that is open for registration, there is a finite number of TLDs to select from. The TLDs can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a given period of time between 1 and 10 years. They may have more specifications regarding the registrant.

Domain Name Web Hosting Services

As the domain name is just a name and nothing more than that, you require a web hosting plan where you have to host it. In such a way, when you type it in a web browser, it will open the web page files that you host in the account, i.e. it will show your site. You can have a domain name registered with a specific company and receive the hosting service from another, even though many hosting providers offer both services and it is more convenient to handle everything from the same website hosting CP tool. Either way, since the domain registration and the website hosting plan are different services, you have to point the domain to the web hosting server where it will be added as hosted. To perform that, you need to change a certain setting, or record, of the domain - the so-called NS records. Each hosting company has at least two nameservers - ns1.dutyfreedomains.com and ns2.dutyfreedomains.com, for example. The website hosting Control Panel that you have for your domain offers you the option to alter the name server records and point the domain to one hosting service provider or another.

The Demand for Stable website hosting Services

The moment the domain is pointed to a particular domain hosting supplier and is added to their servers, you will receive several services. The most essential one is that the website files that you keep on the web server will now be exhibited when you write your domain name in a web browser. You will also be able to establish mail accounts such as name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or a mail client to administer them. Whether you host a personal or a business online portal, being available online and being permitted to set up mail accounts with your domain are the two most significant options that you get with a web hosting account. In case you administer a corporate web site – it will identify your business before your visitors or customers. This is why you need a stable hosting distributor that will supply a dependable and steady website hosting service.

Reliable Web Hosting Services by 'Duty Free Domains'

Additional services that you obtain by hosting a domain with us are: FTP access to upload and download files easily, domain forwarding, email auto-responders and mailing lists, and the option to set up and edit certain domain records from your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.