Domain registration and web hosting: what you need to consider

A domain is the internet address of your (future) website. The domain consists of two parts. You can fill in the first part yourself (e.g. Mediabirds) and you can choose the extension (e.g. .nl or .com). A URL starting with your domain name always goes to your website. But how does domain registration work for your company?

Before you start using a domain, you will have to do a domain check. First of all, you will find out whether your desired domain name is still available. Also, a domain name may not yet exist. Moreover, it may not infringe on the trademark or commercial rights of another company. You can easily do this domain name check on various websites. We ourselves always find Google Domains a fine website.

When registering a domain name, it is important to choose a suitable party. If your company works with Microsoft products, it might be useful to choose a suitable provider (such as Access or ASP.NET). We work with Google Workspace ourselves, which makes it obvious to choose Google Domains for registering your domain name. Actually, all good hosting providers target a certain audience. So see which one suits your organisation. A tip from us? Take a good look at the support options.

A number of questions are important to consider when choosing a hosting provider. For instance, most components are not as obvious as you might think. We have listed six crucial questions that will help you make an informed choice:

• Does the hosting provider's offer match my goal?
• What about security?
• Does the hosting party have a reliable SSL provider (SSL certificate)?
• Is there a CDN layer to the hosting?
• What are the support options?
• What are the expansion options? (MySQL databases, email boxes, web space)

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The number of companies offering domain registration on the Dutch hosting market has grown considerably in recent years. This does not make it easy and often confusing for you. Within the hosting industry, there is a saying that "cheap is expensive". And we can confirm this wholeheartedly. Many of these cheap hosting parties offer little or no support. If you have a question about DNS settings, for example, you may have to wait two weeks for an answer (if you get an answer at all). Moreover, the fields where you need to adjust the DNS settings do not have a clear interface. When you need to arrange your mailing, for example, this can cause quite a bit of frustration. By cheap hosting parties, we mean those that already offer hosting for ten euros a month.

Would you like to have your website created by a professional and creative web agency, or would you like to forget about your hosting? Then contact us via the contact form. We will be happy to talk to you.