0302 – Finding a Web Host to Display Your Site

Hosting is a bit more confusing for many people. At HomeFreeMedia, we have our own hosting business, HomeFreeHost.com. If you contact me, I can take care of all those crazy little details for you, so you can concentrate on building your business.

You can also choose to go with a big name like Hostgator or another provider that has 24/7 help available. This decreases the amount of frustration you’ll have if something goes wrong or you feel stuck.

You host will let you buy an account in monthly increments, to keep costs low. You can get basic hosting for around $10 a month and this is where all of your site’s files will be housed so that when a visitor goes to your domain, the files are presented to them on your behalf.

Ask the hosting agent for the smallest package that gives you one site to start with. You can level up with more than 1 site later if you want, but that will save you a few extra dollars per month.

When your hosting is set up with your domain, you’ll log in to your domain registrar and “point” the servers to your new host. There are many tutorials on exactly how to do this for each hosting company, so just Google it. If you get stuck, call the host or domain registrar and have them walk you through it over the phone.