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Domain Names

In layman’s terms, a domain name or url, is like your building address of your business where you work. It is where you go to work and where your customers go to get your business. Your business in the real world needs a building and a street so consumers can find your business and check out what you have to offer them. Like your business, your website needs a name and address so people all over the internet can find your website. We recommend you try to keep it as short as possible so it is easy to remember.  Do not include special characters, underscores or dashes as they are hard to remember.  If you are having problems, we can help get you started.

Hosting

Keeping with the business analogy, a hosting service is like the building that holds your business. The hosting service holds your server which holds all your webpages and makes it possible for people to find your website on the internet. You can have a website created without a domain name or hosting, but your problem will be that no one will be able to find it on the internet (because it will only be on your computer).  There are many services out there with many different hosting packages.  Just keep in mind that you are a new company and the smaller packages are normally the best choice.  We do have companies that we have worked with in the past that we can recommend to you if you are unsure which will help you narrow it down.

There are three ways you can get your domain name and url:

1) You can do your own research and find one that fits your company

2) You can go with our recommended companies and we can help walk you through the process over a phone (or online) conference or in person if needed *recommended

3) You can let us take care of it.  We do not charge a processing fee.