Cheap Web Hosting Solutions for Your TLDs

There are two things you need so as to launch a web site. The first one is a domain name that will open your web page when you write it in a browser, and the other one is a web hosting package, which is fundamentally the disk space on a web hosting server where the web page files will be situated, plus a few more services that are included in it. The domain and the web hosting account are two linked, yet different services, and you require both of them so as to have an operational web site.

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name is the alpha-numeric name that you will pick to be the web address for the web site: my-best-domain.com, for example. A domain name can be up to 64 symbols long and it is composed of 2 entities – a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the above instance, my-best-domain is the Second-Level Domain, and .com is the Top-Level Domain. While you can select the Second-Level Domain of the domain name to be anything that has not been taken yet, there is a fixed number of Top-Level Domains to select from. The top-level domain names can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a certain stretch of time between 1 and ten yrs. They may include other prerequisites with regard to the registrant.

Domain Name Hosting Services

As the domain name is just a name and nothing more than that, you need a website hosting package where you have to add it. In this way, when you type it in a web browser, it will show the website files that you host in the account, in other words it will open your web portal. You can have a domain registered with a particular registrar and receive the hosting service from another, even though numerous hosting suppliers provide both services and it is more convenient to manage everything from the same web hosting CP interface. Either way, since the domain registration and the web hosting package are separate services, you have to point the domain name to the server where it will be added as hosted. To achieve that, you need to change a given setting, or record, of the domain - the so-called name server records. Each service provider has at least 2 nameservers - ns1.litehost.com.ng and ns2.litehost.com.ng, for instance. The web hosting CP that you utilize for your domain name offers you the chance to change the NS records and point the domain name to one hosting provider or another.

The Necessity for Reliable Website Hosting Solutions

As soon as the domain name is pointed to a certain domain hosting service provider and is added to their web hosting servers, you will receive several online services. The most vital one is that the website files that you keep on the web server will now be displayed when you write your domain name in a browser. You will also be able to establish e-mailboxes such as name@my-best-domain.com and use webmail or a mail user agent to handle them. Whether you have a personal or a business site, being online and being permitted to use e-mailboxes with your domain name are the two most essential options that you get with a web hosting account. In case you own a business web page – it will represent your business before your visitors or clients. This is the reason why you demand a reliable web hosting service provider that will deliver a reliable and stable website hosting service.

Dependable Hosting Solutions by 'Reseller'

Other web services that you receive by hosting a domain name with us are: File Transfer Protocol access to upload and download files effortlessly, domain forwarding, email auto-responders and electronic mailing lists, and the possibility to create and modify certain domain records from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.