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Affordable Web Hosting Packages for Your Domains

There are two things you need so as to kick off a site. The first one is a domain name that will show your online portal when you write it in a browser, and the second one is a website hosting package, which is principally the hard disk space on a hosting server where the web site files will be placed, plus several more services that come with it. The domain and the web hosting plan are two associated, yet different services, and you require them both to have a working web page.

What is a Domain?

A domain is the alpha-numeric combination that you will pick to be the address for the site: my-best-domain.com, for example. A domain name can be up to sixty four characters long and it includes 2 constituents – a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). In the aforementioned example, my-best-domain is the SLD, and .com is the Top-Level Domain. While you can choose the Second-Level Domain of the domain to be anything that is free to register, there is a certain number of top-level domain names to select from. The top-level domain names can be generic (gTLDs) or country-code (ccTLDs), and can be registered for a given span of time between 1 and 10 years. They may involve more stipulations in relation to the registrant.

Domain Hosting Solutions

As the domain is just a name and nothing more than that, you need a web hosting account where you have to host it. In such a way, when you write it in a browser, it will show the files that you host in the account, i.e. it will show your online portal. You can have a domain registered with a specific company and get the hosting service from another, although numerous hosting corporations offer both services and it is more convenient to handle all services from one web hosting CP tool. Either way, because the domain name registration and the web hosting plan are separate services, you have to point the domain name to the hosting server where it will be added as hosted. To accomplish that, you have to change a certain setting, or record, of the domain - the so-called name server records. Each web hosting provider has at least two name servers - ns1.au.f7en.biz and ns2.au.f7en.biz, for instance. The website hosting Control Panel that you use for your domain offers you the option to alter the NS records and point the domain name to one hosting supplier or another.

The Demand for Dependable website hosting Services

As soon as the domain name is pointed to a specific domain hosting vendor and is added to their servers, you will get various web services. The most essential one is that the web site files that you host on the hosting server will now be shown when you write your domain in a browser. You will also be able to establish email mailbox accounts like name@my-best-domain.com and avail of webmail or an e-mail client to administer them. Whether you host a personal or a business site, being available online and being permitted to create mailboxes with your domain are the two most pivotal things that you receive with a web hosting plan. In case you own a business website – it will identify your business before your web site visitors or customers. This is why you require a dependable web hosting service provider that will deliver a reliable and steady web hosting solution.

Reliable web hosting Solutions by 'iNet Australia'

Other services that you receive by hosting a domain name with us are: File Transfer Protocol access to upload and download files easily, domain forwarding, e-mail auto-responders and electronic mailing lists, and the possibility to set up and edit given domain records from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.