Domain Name and Web Hosting: What Are the Differences?

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Domain Name and Web Hosting: 
What Are the Differences? 
 
 
 
 
 
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Many beginners in website design may often 
wonder about the differences between web 
hosting and domain name. Fundamentally, 
your domain name is your website’s 
permanent address, and your web hosting is 
the engine that powers your website by 
providing space and resources. While these 
two factors are required together to build a 
website, they are separate services. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
These elements work alongside each other, 
but what are the differences between web 
hosting and domain name? Why is it 
important to understand each before making 
your website? Let this guide help you learn 
more about domain names and hosting — 
specifically how they work and how they 
differ. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What is Web Hosting? 
 
Web hosting is a storage location for multiple 
website content files, folders, and data — all 
of which are stored in a server or a 
computer specifically built 
for storing 
websites. These computer files include 
videos, images, documents, and HTML. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When a user tries to access your content 
using your domain name (i.e., website 
address), the domain name directs them to 
the stored files in the web server, where they 
can see your website online. 
 
 
 
 
How Does Web Hosting Work? 
 
A typical web hosting company goes beyond 
simply storing your website. Some of their 
value-added services and features include: 
Domain 
registration –  used 
for 
managing and purchasing web hosting 
and domain from the same provider 
Website builder – a drag-and-drop tool 
for web  editing used for website 
creation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email hosting – used to send and 
receive 
 emails 
from 
email@yourdomain.com 
Basic hardware and software support 
– includes server set-up and support 
for CMS, server OS, etc. 
 
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What Is Domain Name? 
 
Domain name refers to your website’s 
internet address. Internet users type the 
domain name on the browser’s URL bar 
to gain access and visit your website. 
This approach is a convenient way for 
users to access your website without the 
need to type an IP address 
— or the numerical label allotted to each 
website and server on the internet. 
 
 
 
 
 
Domain names usually have two main parts 
divided by a dot. Any letter and number 
combinations comprise the first part of your 
second-level domain (SLD), also called a 
brand name. The second part involves the 
top-level domain (TLD) — a domain 
extension that consists of a predetermined  
extension  such  as  .com, 
.com.uk, .org, and .net. Note that every 
domain comes with a unique web address, 
so there are no similar domain names 
worldwide. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What is Domain Name Registration? 
 
Registration is the first step to getting a 
domain name for your website. Domain 
registration is the process of registering a 
name to reserve it for a period. Users usually 
renew their license once a year. Some prefer 
to pay up to a decade to secure the domain 
under their name for a longer time. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The organizations and companies responsible 
for selling and managing domain names are 
known as domain registrars. The Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
(ICANN), an authority that organizes domain 
databases, compiles a 
list of domain 
registrars. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note, however, that you need to check your 
domain’s availability with a domain checker 
before proceeding with a domain registrar. 
Apart from your domain’s availability, a 
domain checker also checks the availability 
of various extensions, along with their 
prices. If other companies have reserved 
your preferred domain name, you may pick 
an alternative from the domain checker or 
form a unique name using a domain name 
generator. 
 
 
 
 
 
How Are Domain Name and Hosting 
Related? 
Domain name and hosting work together to 
make websites possible. One needs to keep 
the domain name system updated. Behind 
every domain name is an address of the 
corresponding web hosting service storing 
the website’s files. Without web hosting, you 
cannot create a website, and without domain 
names, potential clients won’t be able to find 
your website. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Although you can buy hosting and domain 
names from different companies, purchasing 
both services from the same company is 
recommended. The purchase avoids the 
hassle of having your web hosting company 
edit the domain name system (DNS) settings 
arranged by your domain name company. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchasing these two services also means 
easy management and renewal since they’ll 
be under the same dashboard. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Domain Name Registration vs. Web 
Hosting: What’s the Difference? 
Picture the relationship between website 
hosting and domain name: a domain name 
is likened to a home address, while web 
hosting is the house where the address 
leads. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A computer memory and computer hard disk 
physically store the set of words and 
numbers and website files used for the 
domain name. Interestingly, the main 
difference between domain name and 
hosting is this: You cannot create a website 
using web hosting without a domain name, 
but you can have a domain name without a 
website built. 
 
 
 
 
 
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to all clients and site visitors alike. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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