Every website must have what is called a 'Domain name' often just called a Domain and a Hosting Service.

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Domain Names

The domain is the website address of your website.  The name you put on your business cards that a customer will type into their Internet Browser to access your site.  Your website might be something like www.YOURNAME.co.nz

Domain names should be kept small, easy to spell, memorable and related to your business.  The suffix (end part) should also reflect your organisational type or genre.  The table below details a few common suffix extensions.

Website Hosting

Once you have a Domain Name, you then require a hosting service for your website to reside.  Your Domain directs Internet Browsers to your Hosting service.  When a client types your Domain name into their Internet Browser, the computer knows to talk to the Hosting Service to receive your website pages.

Like Domains, hosting services are rented annually.  Your hosting service must be suitably sized to hold your website and manage the number of visitors and the amount of information transferred to your customers computer.

There are many low priced hosting services available with the majority having issue.  Some are very slow, and some are restricted, faulting when there are too many visits.  The quickest thing to turn a potential client away is a slow loading website or one that is no longer running.

Net Builders will manage and provide Domain names and high quality Hosting services.

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Your Website design

Your website design is the nuts and bolts of your website.  It is the program that sits on the Hosting Service and what your customers see.

Read Website Design & Consulting to find out more about the building of your website.