Before you get to grips with hosting and domains, it’s important to understand what they are and where they come from. When you load a website, what you’re in fact doing is downloading files from a machine somewhere that stores the website in question. That machine is the internet in it’s most physical form. It is always on, always connected to the internet so access to that website is always available. Every website on the internet is stored on a similar machine and this is called ‘hosting.’

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Web Hosting

When you choose a web host what you’re essentially choosing is who will store your website. Selecting the best web host for your site comes from finding a good balance between the requirements of your site and what your hosting company can provide. The biggest deciding factor will be the technology our team will be using to design your site. At Pavilion Web, we work with two leading hosting companies; WordPress and Magento.

Domain Registration

Before you select a host, we’ll work with you to register a domain. This is a simple procedure whereby you reserve the right to use your chosen domain name (eg. “www.johnsmith.com”). If you already have a domain name you want to use when building your website with us, it’s easy to transfer it to our control. You don’t even have to transfer it completely, just allow the the name servers of your domain to point to Pavilion Web. If you’re new to setting up domain names, we’re always happy to help and talk you through the process and get everything running smoothly for you.

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  • Daily Back-Ups
  • Zero Downtime
  • Regular Updates
  • WordPress Experts providing you with a reliable support base

What if I already have an existing WordPress site or WordPress hosting elsewhere?

WordPress is very easily transferable so you’ll be able to use your previously set-up material with us without any issues whatsoever. And what’s more, we’ll be able make the move for you in just a few minutes!

Using Magento and a VPS

Designed by Ebay, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that Magneto is the perfect hosting option for companies looking to sell products online via their website. Magneto has a wide variety of hosting options that are most recommended for our E-Commerce clients. It has a fantastic reputation for being one of the most flexible, adaptable, expandable business platforms around.

If you’re running Magento, you’ll need a VPS (Virtual Private Server) to give Magento the power it requires to operate successfully. A VPS is shared hosting and essentially means that you’ll have several virtual servers running from one physical server.

Some of the advantages of this include:

Designed by Ebay, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that Magneto is the perfect hosting option for companies looking to sell products online via their website. Magneto has a wide variety of hosting options that are most recommended for our E-Commerce clients. It has a fantastic reputation for being one of the most flexible, adaptable, expandable business platforms around.

If you’re running Magento, you’ll need a VPS (Virtual Private Server) to give Magento the power it requires to operate successfully. A VPS is shared hosting and essentially means that you’ll have several virtual servers running from one physical server.

Some of the advantages of this include:

  • No upload restrictions
  • Options to host multiples websites, domains etc.
  • Flexible and easy to customise

The main risk that comes with using a VPS is that shared hosting can often mean sharing your IP with other websites. This can all run smoothly but it’s worth thinking about it like shared housing, you can never be quite sure what the other tenants are going to be like!

If you’re unsure what options are best suited to your business, discuss hosting and domains with a member of our team at Pavilion Web and we’ll be happy to give you all the advice you need.

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