Website hosting is a service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible on the internet. This service typically includes providing servers and bandwidth, as well as technical support and maintenance. Hosting companies typically offer different types of hosting packages:

Shared hosting

VPS hosting and

Dedicated hosting (Recommended)

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Hosting your website on the right platforms is important for your internet marketing success. This section will explain the importance of web hosting, as well as provide great tips and resources on where to buy & host your domain name, and how to point your domain name to your hosting company.

FAST HOSTING COMPANIES PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING:

SEO

Faster Loading Speeds = Higher Rankings.

PPC CAMPAIGNS

Faster Loading Speeds = Higher Conversions.

CONVERSION RATES

Faster Loading speeds = More Sales, More Leads and More Customers.

POOR HOSTING COMPANIES NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE FOLLOWING:

WEBSITE LOAD SPEEDS

The slower your website loads, the lower your conversion rate. Slow-loading sites impact sales, leads, inquires…

OFFLINE WEBSITES

If your website is offline, you will be wasting money on clicks and opportunities…

ORGANIC RANKINGS

Poor-hosted sites do not rank well on Google. If Google views are people leaving your site out of frustration, your organic positions will drop.

The first step to hosting is purchasing a domain name. Here are the two most affordable websites to purchase domain names:

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If you want to simplify the process, you can buy domain names from the hosting provider too, but it will be more expensive.

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These provide the most affordable hosting packages in the world, and top-quality servers and services. Once you have signed up for one of their hosting packages, you should now point your domain to the hosting company Immediately after purchase.

NAMESERVERS

Find the Nameservers of your hosting company.

You can obtain them by asking the Live Chat Support or

You can go to Google and Type [hosting name] nameservers.

If you chose Dream host or Bluehost, here are the Nameservers below

BLUEHOST NAMESERVERS

ns1.bluehost.com

ns2.bluehost.com

DREAMHOST NAMESERVERS

ns1.dreamhost.com

ns2.dreamhost.com

ns3.dreamhost.com

Go to your Domain Registrar

Select your new domain and click on Domain Name Settings

Click on the Manage Nameservers/ Manage DNS

You should see several Text fields like this:

TO POINT TO BLUEHOST ON REGISTRAR SITE

Nameserver 1 ( Add 'ns1.bluehost.com' here)

Nameserver 2 (Add 'ns2.bluehost.com' here)

Nameserver 3

Nameserver 4

Nameserver 5

TO POINT TO DREAMHOST ON REGISTRAR SITE

Nameserver 1 (Add 'ns1.dreamhost.com' here)

Nameserver 2 (Add 'ns2.dreamhost.com' here)

Nameserver 3 (Add 'ns3.dreamhost.com' here)

Nameserver 4

Nameserver 5

Fill in the fields. Bluehost requires you to fill in two fields, while dream host requires you to fill in three fields.

Click Save now.

PLEASE NOTE:  Its important to update your nameservers on your registrar immediately upon purchase! Delays can lead to nameserver complications.

Now that your nameservers are pointing to your hosting company, you now need to Assign your domain name to your hosting company- Bluehost/Dreamhost.

Go to your Hosting Company Account and login

Select Domain Names from the Menu Tab

Select Assign Domain Names

Type in your domain name address in the field, and push assign.

Select the Addon Domain option

Select the Create New Directory option and push assign. The process should take several minutes and will tell you if you have completed the assignment.

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Once you have assigned your domain name, you must wait up to 48 hours to process, before you can start building a website on the domain.