Frequently Asked Questions

How can i purchase web hosting?

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:04:28 +0000

As of today, there is a huge market and lots of service providers that sell you web hosting. You can always use seach engines to find web hosting providers and select the one you think fits your budget and needs.

If you wish to buy from us, please see our web hosting plans and fill out the request form and we will get in touch with you.

Which one is better, Windows hosting or Linux hosting?

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:57:07 +0000

Both have their own set of pros and cons. The best way to select is to look at your requirements.

Windows Hosting is costlier than Linux Web Hosting because of the proprietary software Windows Server use including Microsoft Windows while Linux servers run Linux variants, PHP, Apache etc all of which are open source.

Generally a normal static html web site works well on both. There is no specific point choosing Windows servers unless you really need some software or feature that is not provided in Linux Servers. For example, if you web site programmed in MS Dot Net, then you must buy Windows hosting whereas a php programmed site can easily operate in both Windows an Linux environment.

You need to see what you “need” and then choose the variant.

What are Linux and Windows variants of web hosting?

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:52:30 +0000

Web you buy web space, you actually buy (actually not buy, you rent it) physical space on a hard disk that is located on remote, powerful computer called Web Server. It is just like a normal computer, but with high end, power configuration like huge RAM, high speed internet link, 2 or more processors etc.

Just like your desktop pc, and Operating System is required to run this server, and based on what operating system is installed, we get the variants. So a linux web hosting server has a variant of linux installed on it (like RedHat, CentOs etc.) while a Windows web server has Microsoft Windows installed on it.

Windows servers are generally costly because as you know, Windows is a proprietary software while Linux is an open source. Further there are softwares that are required on Windows servers which again are proprietary while Linux servers ususally have open source softwares which makes them less costly comparing Windows.

What is Web Hosting?

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:46:15 +0000

Web Hosting is the process of “hosting” your files on the web. When you host your site on the web, you actually host it on a physical computer (often high end comuters called Servers) that might be located anywhere in the world and is connected to a network called Internet which makes it accessible to almost anyone around the globe.

Web hosting is often used in place of web space or internet space which actually refers to the “disk space” on a physical computer where you web site is being hosted.

What is Domain Appraisals?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:14:45 +0000

Domain appraisal is an estimated amount that a domain name might fetch when sold. This estimation is based on various factors like the person’s experience in the industry who is appaising the domain name, the domain name extension, the name part of the domain itself (eg. wanttohost is the name part of wanttohost.com). The more generic the name be, the higher it will be priced.

There can be other factors also. Like if the domain is already in use, what kind of traffic it is receiving. Such analysis is particularly useful from marketing point of view. The more the traffic, the more likely the domain will be successful in new hands.

what is Domain Auction?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:13:39 +0000

When someone wants to sell a domain name, they can either fix a particular amount for the domain name or put it on auction where various buyers bid on the domain name. The highest bidder gets to buy the domain for the specified bid. There are several domain auction services in the market. Usually they charge a percentage of the auction price.

What is Domain Forwarding?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:13:20 +0000

When you type a domain name in the address bar, there are chances that you make a mistake. These mistakes are generally in spelling the domain name. To protect their brand, companies usually registry such wrongly spelled domains that their users might type. These wrongly spelled domains are “redirected” to the main domain. This redirection is called domain name forwarding. Domain forwarding is also used for domains with different extensions like .com, .org, . net etc.

And when this redirection is for a url, then it is called url redirection or url forwarding.

For example, www.wanttohost.com is our primary domain. We may secure our brand by buying www.wanttohost.org and forwarding it to www.wanttohost.com which is our primary domain name. We may also consider, www.wantohost.com (note the missing T after ‘www.want’).

What is domain name resellers?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:12:19 +0000

The domain name resellers are sub registrars under a parent registrar that itself is under the domain registry.

Domain resellers are not directly accredited by the registry but they buy-and-sell from domain registrars on little profits.

What is Domain Name?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:11:58 +0000

Each computer that is a part of the internet is identified by a unique address which we call it’s internet address or more prominently, Internet Protocol or IP address, like 255.255.255.0

Each of these 4 blocks of numbers separated by dots can range from 0 to 244. You can imagine the complexity of the IP address and how difficult it is to remember, specially when you have hundreds of IP addresses to remember. To solve this problem, domain names were invented.

A Domain name is an easy-to-read AND remember textual form that can be associated to a particular Internet Protocol (IP) Address. For example, www.wanttohost.com

Our IP address is associated with this domain name. So whenever anyone has to visit our website, they don’t have to play the number game to recall that particular IP address which we are associate with. Simply remember www.wanttohost.com, i.e our domain name and type it in the web browser. You will be automatically taken to our website.

Automatically? Really? No, actually it’s no magic. There is a process behind this called “resolving” or “mapping” of domain names to their respective and unique IP address. This is done by servers which are set up specially for this task and are called Domain Name Servers (DNS).

Who can book a Domain Name?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:11:12 +0000

Anyone! From an individual to an organization to multinational companies. Anyone who wants to have a web presence can book domain name.

These services for domain name registration are provided by domain name registrars who act as a bridge between the domain name registry and the registrant (end consumer).