{"id":13717,"date":"2018-10-18T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T10:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13717"},"modified":"2018-10-18T14:59:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:59:12","slug":"web-hosting-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/web-hosting-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Web hosting explained\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having a website means you\u2019ll need to get to grips with web hosting<\/a>. It\u2019s not a fun as creating the website itself, but it\u2019s what makes your website accessible by internet users and so it\u2019s a crucial part of launching your website.<\/p>\n

Web hosting basically means where your website lives; on who\u2019s web server does it exist. A web server is essentially a big computer that serves web pages to internet users on their mobile, laptop or desktop computer.<\/p>\n

Think of your web host as your website\u2019s landlord and you\u2019re renting space on their web server. You\u2019ll share the web server with your web host\u2019s other customers and there will be lots of security measures in place keeping your website safe and protected, all provided by the landlord, aka your web host.<\/p>\n

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What are the options?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are lots of options out there in the market when it comes to web hosting, mostly based on the amount of web space your website needs. Space requirements are determined by complexity of the website (do you take payments through it, for example) and the level of web traffic visiting your site.<\/p>\n

Our web hosting options are helpfully labelled Starter, Professional and Premium and each of them comes with unlimited monthly bandwidth. Bandwidth is the amount of data that may be downloaded or uploaded from your website.<\/p>\n

Because we offer unlimited bandwidth that means you can grow your website and encourage more people to visit your site without worrying you\u2019ll exceed your bandwidth allowance and incur nasty fees. We want to encourage our customers to expand, not penalise them! That said, if your website becomes a massive hive of online activity and exceeds what we determine to be \u2018fair usage\u2019 we might ask you to switch to your own Dedicated Server \u2013 more about that option later on. Don\u2019t fret though, it\u2019d be a good thing as it\u2019d mean your website is a sensation!<\/p>\n

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Which option would I suit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So you might be thinking, if all your packages are unlimited, what\u2019s the difference between Starter, Professional and Premium? Rather than explaining the technical ins and outs, it\u2019ll be more helpful to explain who each package would typically suit:<\/p>\n

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