Inexpensive Hosting Plans for Your Top-Level Domains

There are 2 things you demand in order to run a site. The first one is a domain name that will show your web site when you type it in a web browser, and the other one is a web hosting package, which is essentially the disk space on a web server where the website files will be situated, plus a few more services that it is offering. The domain and the web hosting package are two interconnected, yet separate solutions, and you require them both to have a working web portal.

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name is the alpha-numeric name that you will choose to be the web address for the website: my-best-domain.com, for instance. A domain can be up to 64 characters long and it includes 2 components – a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the above illustration, my-best-domain is the second-level domain name, and .com is the Top-Level Domain. While you can select the SLD of the domain to be anything that has not been registered yet, 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 particular span of time between one and ten yrs. They may have additional prerequisites regarding the registrant.

Domain Name Web Hosting Services

As the domain name is just a hostname and nothing more than that, you demand a web hosting plan where you have to add it. In such a way, when you write it in a web browser, it will exhibit the site files that you have in the account, i.e. it will exhibit your web site. You can have a domain registered with a specific registrar and obtain the hosting service from another, although numerous web hosting providers offer both services and it is more convenient to administer all services from one website hosting CP user interface. Either way, since the domain name registration and the web hosting account are separate services, you have to point the domain to the hosting server where it will be added as hosted. To accomplish that, you need to change a given setting, or record, of the domain - the commonly named name server records. Each hosting distributor has at least two name servers - ns1.bethnan.com and ns2.bethnan.com, for instance. The web hosting CP that you use for your domain name offers you the opportunity to modify the nameservers and point the domain to one web host or another.

The Necessity for Dependable web hosting Solutions

As soon as the domain is pointed to a certain domain hosting service provider and is added to their web servers, you will get a number of services. The most essential one is that the site files that you have on the web hosting server will now be displayed when you type your domain in a web browser. You will also be able to establish mails like name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or a mail client to manage them. Whether you administer a personal or a business website, being available online and being able to create email boxes with your domain name are the two most significant options that you receive with a website hosting package. In case you host a business web page – it will represent your business before your web site visitors or clients. That is why you demand a trustworthy service provider that will provide a dependable and steady web hosting service.

Stable web hosting Services by 'Bethnan Hosting'

Other services that you receive 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 ability to set up and configure certain domain records from your Hepsia website hosting CP.