A website is your virtual storefront. It can be a single page or a collection of pages. This is the page(s) on which you display all the information about you or your company. Your website is where you showcase your company by putting information which should include:-
- About your company/Business – what you do. The services that you provide and how they can benefit your customers.
- How You can be contacted
- A catalogue of the products you sell e.tc
- A list of the services you provide if you are a charitable organisation.
So Why Buy A Hosting Account
When you type or store information on your home computer, only you or other people on your network can access it.
A web host or a hosting company is a company that has large servers and host your web page(s) on their servers. When you purchase a hosting account, the hosting company stores your web pages on their servers and is are responsible for Propagating (making it available to anyone with a connection to the internet to access your web page). In short, they give you a presence online. Without a hosting company no one else other than you and people on your network. Anyone else who does not have access to your computer can not access your information or articles.
Where Can I Buy A Hosting Account
There are thousands of web hosting companies all over the word and almost in every country. What you buy depends on what company you choose to host your website. However, since the web is worldwide, it does not really matter where your hosting company is based.
Most Domain Registrars are also Web Hosts. However, you can buy or register a domain name with one company and host with another. All you need is to reroute your domain. We look at this and how it can be done at a later stage.
What Web Hosting Company Is The Best
All web hosting companies perform the same function. They vary from country to country. Please have a look at your country. You are however not limited to using a host from your country as all this is done over the internet. You should be sure to buy from a company where you can easily send payment electronically. If you find it hard to make payments internationally, it might be better to buy an account from a local host.
When choosing a hosting company, it is important to do some research, ideally you should find a company that has good customer care and good on price. This is because you want any issues to do with your website to resolve as soon as possible otherwise you can lose business. You can read reviews about a company before you proceed to buy a Hosting account from them.
Some of the Web Hosting Companies just to name a few are: –
- Godaddy
- Hostgator
- Blue host
- In motion web hosting
- Site ground web hosting
- Hostwind web hosting etc.
It is important to determine how long you want to host your website for. You can buy hosting for as little as six months. I you are just starting out, it may be helpful to buy six month and see how it goes. You should however remember to renew your account to avoid services being discontinued.
We at Caffluence solutions are dedicated to helping anyone who would like to learn how to make money online. We provide training, mentoring and coaching, membership where you can have access to training resources in the members are as well as well as technical support.
You can also reach as by emailing info@caffluence.com or by filling the contact form on our website