Knowledgebase

What is website hosting?

The services that make your website available for the users worldwide refer to the web hosting service provider or simply a web host.  A web server connected to the internet provides you required resources like disk space and bandwidth etc to make your website 24/7 available on internet. Using a hosting service lets many companies share the cost of a fast Internet connection to access files on their websites. There is variety of web hosting service providers available out there that offer flexible web hosting plans.

Normally, a simple hosting package is enough to host static website page. A complex website needs a more advanced package that provides database support and application development platforms. Types of hosting are different and can be categorize on the following basis.

Dedicate Hosting: One gets one dedicated server with this kind of hosting. Having no restriction dedicated server ensures advance level of control on your server resources. But the setup and management of a dedicated server is generally more expensive compared to shared hosting.

Reseller Hosting: Reseller is a kind of hosting where the client rents the hosting space in bulk, further divides the space allocated to him/her by subscribing to a reseller hosting plan and resells the hosting by creating new packages. Reseller hosting plan includes several helpful tools for the client convenience, reseller hosting enables its customer to create new packages and establish their services as an independent web host without having server and other resources.

  • 2 Users Found This Useful
Was this answer helpful?