What do you need to start building a website?
There are 3 main things you need to get your business online with a new website: a Domain Name, Website Hosting and a Website Designer (like Kazam Creative!).
So what the *bleep* do these terms mean and how can they best be explained?
What is Domain Name Registration?
The domain name for your website is the part that says “mybusinessname.com.au”. For example, our domain name is “kazamcreative.com.au”. Think of a domain name for a website like a street address for your house. Your domain name points to the location where your website lives, which is why it’s also known as a “website address”.
To register a domain name for your website, you will need to purchase it through what’s called a “Registrar” and pay the yearly (or many years) cost for it. Depending on which company you use and which domain name you register (e.g .com.au, .com, .org.au, .net, .biz etc), this can range from $16 – $80 per year – some domain names can even cost a few hundred or a few thousand dollars! The price can also vary between agencies as well, with some charging $80 or more for the same domain name another company will only charge $30 for. Our price is fairly modest at only $30/yr for a “.com.au” domain name, which includes features that some agencies will charge you extra for.
Website Hosting
Think of Website Hosting as the “block of land” that your website sits upon. For your website to be found on the Internet you need to store it somewhere – this is called Website Hosting. For customers to then be able to find your website, they type in your street address, or “domain name”, and this will direct them to your website! You will also need to pay a monthly fee for this to keep your website hosted on the Internet for everyone to see.
The monthly fees for website hosting are quite reasonable, ranging from about $16-$80 per month, depending on how big your website is. The bigger the space you need to rent for your website, the more you will need to pay. There are also many other factors with website hosting that this analogy just can’t describe! Factors like Bandwidth, CPU and Memory Allowance, which are all important things that we need to consider for you when setting up your website hosting. Without boring you, these are just settings for your website hosting that will ensure your website will load as fast as possible, allow many people to visit the website and allow it to run smoothly.
At Kazam Creative, we can help you with all these factors and can recommend the best hosting package suitable to your website. We also provide FREE professional email accounts and a FREE SSL Certificate with every website hosting package purchased with us – just one less thing you have to worry about!