The Security feature is a must in case the website hosted is to be used for ecommerce applications. The web hosting company should be monitoring the activities round the clock as a protection from web hackers, who are at large looking for their prey and do their job of web hacking with immunity because of lapses in security.

The capability of quickly browsing the website or down loading of the content from the website depends on the server on which it is hosted. Therefore it is necessary to find a reliable webhosting company so that the web content can be uploaded easily and the visitors searching the site are in a position to access the website fast.

For a newbie there are many hurdles in the way to identify the right website hosting company, considering numerous companies offering website hosting solutions. One needs to make an extensive search and tabulate the features and the costs and make the judgment based on the evaluation arrived at.

The web technology is changing at a very fast pace and good website hosting companies make available the latest technology involving huge investment on their part. These reliable companies do not mind offering the new technology service in addition to their basic plans.

In case one intends to use e-commerce applications on the website, there is requirement of high web security besides certain tools through which one can make use of the tools to carry out all the ecommerce applications effectively and securely. If the webhosting company opted does not support the required advanced technology, it can result in financial loss and the customers.

After selecting the website hosting company, the next issue is how much space measured in terms of MB, shall be required by the website and annually how much data it shall collect, which is reflected by the bandwidth available for the website. Website requires latest operating system like: Unix, Linux or BSD along with tools like ASP, .NET, MS QL, SBS etc.

Domain name registration:

Before a website is to be purchased, it is essential to have a domain name registered. A domain name can be registered on the site of webhosting company. The domain name registration is done at a cost of around $10 per year, if the domain name is purchased for it’s validity for more than one year there are progressive discounts offered on the domain name for a longer period. For domain name registration I use Omnis Network.

One needs to prepare a list of about 10 domain names, if one domain name is not available one can choose the other among list or the service suggests similar domain names available from which the appropriate domain name can be selected and purchased by selecting it in the cart.

Now turn comes purchasing the website from various plans offered, which relate to storage capacity of website reflected in MB and available bandwidth with the package. After selecting the package one can send it to cart and make secure payment by credit card or paypal mode of payment. Once the payment is satisfactorily completed one receives a welcome message with password to access the C-panel and FTP account and instructions to upload the content on the website.

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