Frequently Asked Questions
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What exactly is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is a subscription type of service that allows you to start and manage a website accessible on the internet. Besides hosting your website, most web hosting companies also offer domain and email services, so you can send emails from your own domain.
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What are the types of hosting?
Traditionally, there are three types of hosting. The most basic one is shared hosting, also typically called web hosting. When using shared hosting you get to share the resources of a single server with hundreds of other clients. Then there are the cloud hosting and the virtual private server. In this case you get a dedicated share of server resources, which are virtually allocated to you, but pertain to one server or a group (cloud) of servers, where other websites and clients get hosted as well. And finally, there is the dedicated server, where you get a machine entirely dedicated to you.
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What's the difference between hosting and domain?
The domain is just a name, a virtual address, which only works if it is pointed to a host server. In order for your domain to open your website, you need to subscribe for a hosting service and point your domain to that host.
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How much does a beginner website cost?
A beginner's website could cost as low as your monthly hosting fee. Many web hosting providers offer free sitebuilding tools included in their hosting plans so you make sure you choose one that offers this service included just as GTZHost does.