The first step towards creating an online presence of your business is to approach a domain hosting company that provides web hosting and domain name registration. Even though it is tempting to go for a company that provides free domain name and free hosting, it is a waste of time and resources if you’re serious about doing business online.

For instance, a free domain hosting company will not provide you with a server that works real fast, which is very crucial in a medium that has exposure spans of not more than 30 seconds. Your pages will be lost in cyberspace, and that’s history. Then, why should you risk your entire business to save a few dollars? Of course, it doesn’t hurt if you’re domain web hosting for fun. A free domain host is fine in that case.

Firstly, when you approach a domain hosting or domain name hosting company, which is also referred to as a domain registration and hosting solution provider, you need to select a domain name of your choice. It is not necessary that a company providing hosting and domain names will get you the domain you want. You have to find out if the name is available for registration, and adopt it if you can. Generally, domain names have an extension of suffixes that end with .com, .net, .info, .edu, .org etc.

Secondly, it is important for you to discuss with the domain names hosting or domain name web hosting provider, the keyword content in your domain name. A good domain hosting company would provide this information free of charge. If you’re operating on a tight budget, you can opt for a cheap domain web hosting company that provides an affordable domain name registration and hosting service. However, be careful about hidden costs and other expenses that are not mentioned in the company’s website or leaflet. The danger working with a cheap domain hosting company is that, they don’t believe in after sales service. Customer service is not in their vocabulary and they don’t even bother to report to you that your domain name is about to expire.

Let me tell you a tragic story of my friend who went bankrupt after operating a profitable online business for five years. Few years ago, Kabir, a friend of mine who was a very enterprising young businessman, was keen to explore his fortunes in an online travel business. He registered a domain name called nort***avel.com with a cheap domain registration hosting company and worked hard until his business started to show exponential growth within a few years. The above web hosting company had also provided his website with email domain hosting at very low rates. But one fine day, Kabir could not access his website. The reason being the registration period for the domain had expired and some other competitor grabbed this opportunity to make a killing.
Imagine how devastated he must have felt when he saw his years of hard work turning to dust. To make matters worse the domain hosting company that had rendered the service had already gone bust.