Domains and Hosting
Understanding Domains and Hosting
When creating a website, terms like domain and hosting can seem confusing. However, they are fundamental to your online presence: the domain is your address, while hosting is the space where your website lives. We guide you through every step to ensure you get a solution tailored to your needs. Here’s a simple explanation:
Your Domain: Your Online Address
A domain is the unique address that people use to find your website, such as . It acts like an online postal address, making it easy for visitors to locate your business. Domains must be registered and periodically renewed to stay active. We can assist you in registering your domain in your name, ensuring that it remains your property even if you switch hosting providers. The initial registration and annual renewal cost less than €20/£20. For added convenience, you can choose to pay for multiple years in advance.
Your Hosting: Your Website’s Space
Hosting is the service that stores your website’s files—text, images, and other content—and makes them accessible online. It provides the space where your site “lives.” The quality of hosting affects your website’s speed, security, and reliability. If you already have hosting, we can design a website for you to install yourself, or we can handle the entire process for you. Hosting is paid annually, allowing you the flexibility to switch providers at any time.
We can help you register your domain or manage the process entirely on your behalf. Either way, the domain will be registered in your name, ensuring that it remains yours even if you switch hosting providers.
If you already have a domain (e.g., www.patisseriejacques.fr) and hosting, we can design a new website for you to upload yourself, or we can take care of it for you. If you’ve secured a domain but haven’t yet created a website, we can design one for you and provide hosting.
For small businesses in the Basque Country looking for the most affordable website package, we offer the option of hosting your website as a subdomain of one of our existing domains. For example, your website could be www.patisseriejacques.s-j-d-l.com—a simple and cost-effective way to establish an online presence quickly without the initial costs of a domain and full hosting.
Get Your Business Online Today!
We offer a personalised service to guide you every step of the way. Whether you need a website, a domain name, or hosting, we’re here to help. Contact us today to start growing your online presence!