Domain names and hosting can be a confusing issue. We offer a full range of services to allow us to be a one stop provider. Read on for more detailed explanations of hosting and domain names.

Domain Names

Domain names are a key element of your website and if you choose carefully can really help to drive visitors to your site.
If you're starting a company from scratch you have real flexibility in linking your domain name to your business. Try and consider a company and domain name which reflects a keyword or two and it can help in your search engine position.
If you're short on ideas for domain names a quick google for 'domain name suggestion tool' will give you several websites which can suggest a domain name based on a few keywords and also tell you if the domain is available. For UK based companies a .co.uk domain name is ideal, you can also purchase a .com domain name if you have a more global reach or simply want to prevent others from acquiring a similar domain.
Once you've decided on a domain name we can register it for you or alternatively you can register domains yourself using online tools such as Daily or UKReg

Hosting

Hosting is the term used to describe where your website files actually live. When you pay for website hosting you're basically renting some hard drive space and server software to allow your website files to communicate with the outside world. The datacenter hosting your files can be anywhere in the world but we consider it good practice for UK based sites to have a UK datacenter. Hosting also includes database and email facilities to allow you to run content management systems and your email addresses.

Once you have your domain name and hosting in place it's a simple process to point your domain name at your webspace to allow visitors to your domain to see your website.

If you want to discuss hosting further please contact us.