Getting Started With Domain and Hosting ?

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Getting Started With Domain and Hosting ?
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• If you are new to the word of running a business
  online who are struggling with the process of
  getting their domain and hosting work, then this
  blog will be a great help to you.
• Step 1 Get a Domain Name
• First and foremost is to get a Domain Name. Your
  domain name is your brand identity. Your online
  address. Now the question comes how do I choose a
  domain name? As said earlier domain name is
  important. Your customers will type it into a
  browser to get to you. So, it is essential that
  it should be easy to recall. We will advise you
  to keep it short and ignore acronyms or
  abbreviations.
• Apart from a domain name, you even have to decide
  on Top-Level-Domain (TLD). Thinking whats this?
  This is the suffix that comes after a domain name
  like .com, .in, .net. .us, etc. Yes,
  .com is the most popular one but the
  availability is till doubtful. In case you are
  fine with the alternative TLDs, just make sure on
  all marketing and branding materials it is
  clearly mentioned. Else people have a tendency of
  remembering .com

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• Once you have chosen a domain name and TLDs, you
  have to register yourself. This can be done via
  one of the numerous domain registrars, however,
  this is also offered when you sign-up for your
  which is the next step, you are going to need.
  But before that, you have to understand what your
  website will need so you can select the right
  hosting plan.
• Step 2 How to choose a Hosting Plan?
• Before you start looking for hosting solution,
  you need to figure out what you will be hosting?
  Is it going to be WordPress or something
  custom-made? Will you require specific versions
  of PHP, Windows application or other software?
  Are you expecting high traffic from the onset or
  you suspect it will rapidly grow once your
  website is established?
• All these questions will help you to understand
  what type of hosting you need. Here are few
  hosting plans you can choose from!

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• Shared Hosting
• As the name suggests, here you will be sharing
  your server resources. One server and multiple
  tenants. It is similar to rent a flat in a
  building, where you have your space but also
  other people are there. But it is affordable.
  Shared web hosting is the cheapest web hosting
  option. But then it has the least flexibility and
  cant take the load of high traffic. It is a
  great option if you have a basic website on
  WordPress. But in case, you need PHP versions,
  then surely this is not the server for you. Also,
  you cant just install any plugin you want on the
  server or change the operating system, because
  the server isnt only yours.
• Virtual private servers
• A higher version of shared hosting is Virtual
  private servers (VPS). In this environment, you
  are still on a server with other people, but a
  limited number of. And the area allocated to you
  is bigger and with more flexibility. Your area is
  set-up as your own little server with the main
  server, providing you more control over what you
  want to run over it. If in future, you feel the
  need for more assets or flexibility, its easy to
  scale up on VPS. But to a certain level only.
• Unisecure offers best and affordable VPS hosting
  plans in US.

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• Dedicated servers
• As a name suggest a dedicated server is purely
  yours. Not more sharing! It is just like having a
  bungalow. In the dedicated server, you can
  customize things as per your website. You have
  full control of your server, but remember
  managing a server is your duty. So is the
  security. It takes quite a technical knowledge to
  run a dedicated server.
• Unisecure provides cheap dedicated server hosting
  with best features ensuring high availability and
  99.995 guaranteed uptime.
• Step 3 Its time to connect Domain Hosting
• When you have a domain registered and you have a
  hosting plan set up, youll have to ensure
  theyre connected. If you register your domain
  someplace other than your hosting provider,
  youll have to update your nameservers. Your
  hosting provider will disclose to you what the
  nameservers should be changed to. In case youre
  hosting with us, you can discover this
  information in your customer area.

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• Go to Services gt My Services and select the
  hosting account by clicking View Details. You
  should see this It will likewise be emailed to
  you. When you have your name servers, go to your
  domain registrar to change them. This is
  regularly done in your customer area or control
  panel with domain registrar.
• Once youve updated the nameservers, it can take
  few minutes to 72 hours to completely
  proliferate. Amid this time, ISPs (Internet
  Server Providers) and servers around the globe
  will see the changes relying upon their TTL (Time
  to Live). When its completely proliferated, your
  website will be live visiting your domain in a
  browser.