Some of you may be clueless about setting your own website up and you know that you will need a domain name which forms part of your URL eg. http://talkhomebusinessblog.com and you need to host this domain name so that it can be seen in the World Wide Web.
Am I making sense here? Again, basically you cannot have a domain name and not host it. Well you can actually but if you want to create a website then hosting must go along with it.
While most domain registrars like GoDaddy, Namecheap and Yahoo provides a hosting package together with your domain name purchase to make it easy for you, it can become a problem in future. Here are some pointers I would like to bring across on why you should never buy and host your domain at the same place.
I will not go into details about other domain name registrars as I’ve never used them and I only use GoDaddy and Namecheap. While they have cheap hosting if you buy from them, I chose to host my domain names elsewhere. I use Hostgator by the way. If you want to know why, read about Choosing Hostgator.
If you host your domain name at the same place or simply using their domain name servers, if they experience any downtime, your website will turn into a 404. This is a term used when your website cannot be found due to a HTTP Error 404. You’d most likely know them as “File Not Found”, “Not Found”, etc.
Even hosting companies like Hostgator now provides domain names as well and it is still not a good thing to purchase your domain name from them as well. If your hosting company folds, there goes your domain name. While you may retrieve your domain name, it will still be a long drawn-out hassle.
In short, don’t ever buy and host your domain at the same place. You do not want to risk losing your website and affecting your home business should the worst ever happen.
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