ABTS 1260 Jodi Tolborg
After registering your domain, all you need to do is contact a hosting company and tell them your domain name. They will then guide you through the process and help you get live on the web in about a week or less.
Hosting a website is to rent space on a server so that it can serve your web site to the World Wide Web. Companies that provide this service are often called ‘host’ or hosting companies.
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The price of hosting a website varies. Generally you pay a monthly fee. Some companies even offer packages to pay for a domain and hosting through them together.
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There are many companies available to register a domain name. Prices vary with the quality of service, however they all basically do the same thing.
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Domain names must be unique, and many are already taken. Having a different extension than .com such as .net or .org may me necessary to register to the domain you want.
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Registering a domain name is fairly cheap. Payments can be made monthly or annually. Domains can be registered for 1 to 10 years.
Godaddy has many cheap options for registering a domain name and website hosting. Click the links below to find out more!