And Why Are They Necessary For My Website?

What Is Hosting?

Simply put, your website hosting is where your website lives.

The internet is a network of computers all over the world. They are all connected and talk to each other. We design your website on our computers, but we don't want internet surfers to access our computers, so we upload the the web pages to a public web server to store the information. These are very fast computers with a lot of storage space.

What Is A Domain?

Each web server, where your website lives is given a page address number like 63.1427.262.191.
In the case of sublet hosting, like we offer, you'll get a name like http://www.creativelywebbed.com/~yournamehere.

Now, that's kind of a funky name or it's a cumbersome number, so we use domain names to identify the space you are renting. Also, most of the time, you'll be sharing your webspace, so hosting companies use domain names to set your account apart from other people's webspace.

How Do I Get A Domain?

When you sign up for Web Hosting, most times, they offer a free domain registration for the first year as a promotion. After that, you'd probably be charged along with your web hosting.

If you don't have a need for a stand-alone website, but just need a small blog, a Splash Page, or want to redirect your domain to your shopping cart or etsy account, you can purchase your domain through a company like GoDaddy.com. From there, you can redirect your domain to your webspace.

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Redirect Your Domain To Your Webspace