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Internet has become the medium for most business-related transactions. This is the reason why every business has an online presence these days. Whether you sell your products and services online or not, if you run a business, you must have a website dedicated to your business venture. To initiate the process of getting your business website ready, you need to decide on its domain name and its hosting.

Let's first understand what is meant by domain name and website hosting. A domain name is the identifier through which people can reach your website. Every domain name has a unique Internet Protocol address. When a user types a domain name, the browser reacts to the input by loading data from the referred Internet Protocol address. Most hosting plans offer a vast choice of pre-registered domain names.

Having an identifier is not enough. Like every human has a personality in addition to his or her name, similarly a website has to have content in addition to its domain name. The content has to reside on a web server. Big businesses can afford to buy sophisticated servers where they host the data for their websites. But small businesses can't buy expensive servers and need to rent space on third-party servers.

Yes, some small businesses can purchase a medium-range server for hosting a website. But hosting a website on a medium-range server may lead to problems in future. If your website becomes popular, medium-range server won't be able to handle the enormous volume of incoming traffic. Therefore, it is best to rent hosting space on a third-party hosting services provider.

The numerous selection of hosting plans can confuse a new purchaser. To assist in choosing a particular plan, research websites listing independent reviews that will enumerate the less-obvious costs inherent in each plan and that will help you find the least expensive hosting plan that is sensible for your website.

There are many online forums to have good advice when assessing a service provider for hosting a website. Being well informed helps a lot. Therefore one should join these forums and get advice from those experienced people who have gone through this confusion before. Their experience will prove an easier wayout for you.