OK, so you are looking for affordable and inexpensive hosting for hosting your domain or domains?

Let's take a look at what we mean exactly with web hosting and how it works to host your webpage or your domain.

Firstly, you will need a domain name. Read more about the importance of selecting the right domain name here. Your domain name will be your 'address' on the Internet.

Secondly, you need to select a website design company. Very often website design companies (like us) offer hosting for the websites that they design, or they are affiliated with good web hosting companies and offer hosting through these companies. In this case, the website design company becomes the first line of support for all hosting issues and interface on your behalf with the hosting company.

The web design company can also advise on the best type of hosting required for the particular type of website that they will design for you. They will be able to calculate how much disk space you require, advise on the amount of bandwidth that you will require depending on the type of content that you want to host (for example, videos and large download files will require more bandwidth than just text) and also ensure that you have all the other features that you might require.

For example, if you want a website with e-commerce functionality you are going to require a database to store your products in. The web design company will then ensure that your hosting package include a MySQL or other database.

Read here more about the features that a web hosting company should offer you. But often it is the best to let the web design company manage the hosting for you.

So the LAST thing therefore that you need to select is the actual hosting company! That being said, it is very important to choose the RIGHT hosting company since your website needs a stable platform to be hosted on. To find out more about how everything related to domain names, hosting and the Internet fit together, you might find this article on 'website hosting explained' useful. It compares setting up a website on the Internet with setting up a business in the 'real' world.

We offer website design and development services and also the right type of hosting for these webpages - so why not contact us to find out what we can do to get your website online in no time!

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