With thousands of web hosting companies in the market it can be difficult if not impossible to know which web site hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at an excellent price. When you have an established domain name with a good web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and which of your pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics.
Your web host will charge you a fee for monthly service that ranges from $10 or $20 to the more expensive $50.00 per month. Plan to pay between $300 and $500 per year to your web host.
Always avoid free or very inexpensive web hosting services, because you may experience bouts of server downtimes and you are likely to have significant limitations in storage, number of email addresses, FTP upload etc.
Be sure your web host can accommodate e-commerce and storefronts, wireless capability, bogs, forums, chats, online interactive helps and anything else you want to add onto your site.
Estimate what your growth needs are and ensure that this web host can serve you as you grow. The last thing you want to do is change host mid way unless you absolutely have to do so.
Check your bandwidth capability to be sure that, if your website traffic grows rapidly, your customers will not have to wait to download or view information. Three things to look for in a web hosting company are:
1. Excellent Customer Support: Your hosting provider should be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. Ask them how long it takes for them to typically respond to your problem. A good test is to call them in the mid night to check if you get to a live, level 3 support.
2. A Sound Infrastructure: Check whether they offer a multi-homed network powered by multiple bandwidth providers to ensure redundancy. Some offer a 100% guarantee on its network availability or network uptime.
3. Financial Stability: If you're running very critical operations, you can't afford to be with a hosting company that may not be in business in a few months.
Here are some good domain hosting services:
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
Host Gator
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How to Register Your Own Domain Name
If you have an affiliate site, you may want to seriously consider registering your very own domain name. A domain name is a name like “top-safe-list-biz.com” or “Free-People-Search4u.ws”, which you can use to market and promote your affiliate website. You do not have to be a company or organisation to register a domain name. Any individual can register a domain name.
Step By Step Instructions
Think of a few good domain names that you’d like to use. It won’t do to think of only one — it might already be taken (it probably is!).
If you already have a web host, obtain from your web host the names of their primary and secondary nameservers. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these things mean. Just save the information somewhere. The information can usually be obtained from their FAQs or other documentation on their site, usually under a category like “domain name” or “DNS” or “domain name transfer” and the like. If you can’t find it, email them. You’ll need the information to point your domain name to your website after you buy your domain. Don’t worry if you don’t have a web host yet. Just read on.
If you do not have a web host, you can always allow the registrar to you to park your domain name at a temporary website specially set up for you. This way you can quickly secure your domain name before it’s too late and still take your time to set up the other aspects of your site. As far as I can tell, many registrars automatically park your domain by default whether you ask them to or not, so if this is your situation, you probably don’t have to do anything special to get it done. Some of those registrars also provide you with a free email address at your own domain name while it is parked at their site, like sales@example.com (where “example.com” is your domain).
List of Domain Name Registrars
There are numerous domain name registrars. Here is a list of just a few of them:
HostGator
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
Step By Step Instructions
Think of a few good domain names that you’d like to use. It won’t do to think of only one — it might already be taken (it probably is!).
If you already have a web host, obtain from your web host the names of their primary and secondary nameservers. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these things mean. Just save the information somewhere. The information can usually be obtained from their FAQs or other documentation on their site, usually under a category like “domain name” or “DNS” or “domain name transfer” and the like. If you can’t find it, email them. You’ll need the information to point your domain name to your website after you buy your domain. Don’t worry if you don’t have a web host yet. Just read on.
If you do not have a web host, you can always allow the registrar to you to park your domain name at a temporary website specially set up for you. This way you can quickly secure your domain name before it’s too late and still take your time to set up the other aspects of your site. As far as I can tell, many registrars automatically park your domain by default whether you ask them to or not, so if this is your situation, you probably don’t have to do anything special to get it done. Some of those registrars also provide you with a free email address at your own domain name while it is parked at their site, like sales@example.com (where “example.com” is your domain).
List of Domain Name Registrars
There are numerous domain name registrars. Here is a list of just a few of them:
HostGator
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
How to upload files to your website
You will need an FTP program to upload the files to your website.
There are a large number of programs you can choose from. The basic idea is to first establish a connection with our server and your computer and then upload the files. This will transfer your website to our servers so that others can view your site on the internet.
To upload your files using an FTP program, please follow these steps:
1. Open the FTP program.
2. Enter the following information in the connection bar:
* Address/Host Name: this will be your domain name or IP address. Some programs may require you to enter http://, but most do not.
* User/Username: this is the “username” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com.
* Password: this is the “password” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com. If you do not have your password you can click here to have it sent to you.
* Port: the default port number for FTP is 21. For Most FTP programs you will not need to add this information. It will use port 21 by default.
Entering the above information should open a connection to your websites folder on our server. You should also see a folder that represents your home machine.
Navigate through the folder of your home machine to find your files. Select each file and drag it to the folder that represents our server. This should upload your files into your websites folder on our server.
Note: in order for your site to show up when you type in your domain name or IP address into a web browser, the first page or the home page must be named one of these file names:
* index.html (standard HTML extension)
* index.htm (standard HTML extension)
* index.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* index.asp (standard "active server page extension)
* default.html (standard HTML extension)
* default.htm (standard HTML extension)
* default.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* default.asp (standard "active server page extension)
If you require a different home page name (called a "default document"), you can update it through the Control Panel or we can accommodate your needs. Please let us know what name you require. In most cases it is easier to rename your home page to one of the documents above. Please note that some file names (such as .asp and .shtml) are reserved for specific types of web applications. If you are unsure of which file extension to use, you can probably safely use .htm or .html.
Also, these documents carry an "order of precedence" as they are listed above. For example, if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the index.html file will show up when viewing your site with the domain name or IP address.
If you still cannot view your site please contact your hosting service support team.
There are a large number of programs you can choose from. The basic idea is to first establish a connection with our server and your computer and then upload the files. This will transfer your website to our servers so that others can view your site on the internet.
To upload your files using an FTP program, please follow these steps:
1. Open the FTP program.
2. Enter the following information in the connection bar:
* Address/Host Name: this will be your domain name or IP address. Some programs may require you to enter http://, but most do not.
* User/Username: this is the “username” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com.
* Password: this is the “password” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com. If you do not have your password you can click here to have it sent to you.
* Port: the default port number for FTP is 21. For Most FTP programs you will not need to add this information. It will use port 21 by default.
Entering the above information should open a connection to your websites folder on our server. You should also see a folder that represents your home machine.
Navigate through the folder of your home machine to find your files. Select each file and drag it to the folder that represents our server. This should upload your files into your websites folder on our server.
Note: in order for your site to show up when you type in your domain name or IP address into a web browser, the first page or the home page must be named one of these file names:
* index.html (standard HTML extension)
* index.htm (standard HTML extension)
* index.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* index.asp (standard "active server page extension)
* default.html (standard HTML extension)
* default.htm (standard HTML extension)
* default.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* default.asp (standard "active server page extension)
If you require a different home page name (called a "default document"), you can update it through the Control Panel or we can accommodate your needs. Please let us know what name you require. In most cases it is easier to rename your home page to one of the documents above. Please note that some file names (such as .asp and .shtml) are reserved for specific types of web applications. If you are unsure of which file extension to use, you can probably safely use .htm or .html.
Also, these documents carry an "order of precedence" as they are listed above. For example, if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the index.html file will show up when viewing your site with the domain name or IP address.
If you still cannot view your site please contact your hosting service support team.
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