What can a Web site do for me?
Your Web site can be used for a large number of tasks such as:
- Making public announcements
- Providing support to your customers
- Receiving feedback from your visitors
- Sharing/distributing files and images
- And, of course, selling your products
Those might not sound impressive, but don't forget that you'll be able to do those things for people around the world at any time of day or night. You have the potential to become a house-hold name 10,000 miles away.
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How does a Web site work?
A Web site is simply a collection of files that reside on a computer connected to the Internet. When someone visits your site, they are actually contacting that computer, and that computer (called a Web server) gives the visitor the files they want to see. It sounds very simple, but most normal computers don't have the power or the software needed to constantly respond to all the requests made by all the visitors to a site. And even if they did, they'd need an extremely fast connection to the Internet to keep up with all the requests.
Most people and small companies don't have the resources to run a Web server, and that is where Web Hosting comes in.
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What is a Web Host?
To have a Web site on the Internet you first need to have a Web server. Unfortunately, owning a Web server can be very costly and requires technical expertise that most businesses don't have. This is where Web Hosts come in. Web hosting companies provide the equipment and other technical resources that you need without the headaches that come when you have to do it yourself.
Think of a Web Host as the landlord of building. A landlord rents out storefronts to various businesses. Each business decorates and runs their store differently, and doesn't worry about the maintenence of the building. In a similar way a Web Host rents out space on a Web server, (or entire Web servers), to various businesses. Each business builds their own Web site and never has to worry about the maintenence of their Web server.
In other words, the Web Host provides the place on the Internet where your Web site lives. It's a lot cheaper than buying your own server, and you don't have to hire the technical staff to take care of it.
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What does it mean to register a domain name?
When you register a domain name it is assigned/licensed to you and associated with a (DNS) computer on the internet that you designate during the effective period of registration.
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How long can a name be?
The new long format allows for a minimum of 2 characters up to 63 characters plus the extension. Valid characters are (a-z) and (0-9) and the dash (-) as long as it is contained with in the other characters. It can not be a leading or trailing character. If you use capital letters they will be translated into lower case which is what the domain name system (DNS) recognizes.
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What is a domain name extension?
(www. your-name .com) It is the (.com, .net, .org .biz .info) that follows the name that you have selected. It can indicate the kind of organization that is hosting the site. .com/commercial, .net/network, .org/nonprofit, .biz/business, .info/informational. These are the most common top level extensions used by individuals and businesses today. More and more people are buying all five to protect their name from others taking advantage of their hard work. Anyone can register a domain name in any of the five extensions if they are available.
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Who should register a domain name?
All businesses especially small businesses need to have a presents right now, not necessarily to gain market share but simply to survive and to be compatible in an environment that eventually will be the primary way that buyer and sellers communicate. This is also the way individuals will communicate.
You should have domain names for both you and your business. More and more people are registering domain names for their family while there are still choices. If you are creative and look hard enough you will find a good name.
Names are being registered at an incredible rate of over 400,000 per week, but the real rush is yet to come. Some projections are a 93% increase over the next three years.
Registering all the names within your budget that you think you might want in the future is not a bad idea. The cost is a lot lower than trying to buy then from someone else in the future. Besides, if you decide later that you don't want them just don't renew them and they will go back in the pool. Some names go for big money, example: business.com/$7,500,000, AsSeenOnTV.com/$835,000 very few names sell at this high rate but their is a big market in reselling domain names.
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What is DNS?
Your domain name is a long set of numbers that would be very hard to remember so we use descriptive words and let the (DNS) Domain Name Server software translate the domain name into sets of numbers (IP address xxx.xx.xxx.xx) so that a browser can locate your site.
Your domain name is considered parked at the servers you specify. When you register a domain name with dynamichosting.biz it is parked free for you until you are ready for it.
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What is a URL?
(URL) Uniform Resource Locator which is a line of text that uniquely specifies a resource such as a complete file.
Each computer (called a server) that hosts a web site is assigned it's own unique IP (Internet Protocol) address. A string of numbers and dots. You could type in the string of numbers and dots, but entering and remembering the name is a lot easier. Let the DNS which has special software do the work.
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Why should I pay for registration when other advertise it for free?
Their is a lot of misleading advertising out their making claims of free or cheap deals. If you spend a lot of time and read and re-read their agreement or ask all the right questions you will find hidden charges, (example: interNIC will bill you $70 separately or the name is in their name, or it is a sub-name and extension of their name). At dynamichosting.biz their is only one low fee with NO HIDDEN charges.
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Will my name and contact information be publicly available?
Yes. The information that you provide on the registration form (except for your secure payment information) is publicly available on any whois site. This information has been deemed necessary to facilitate the enforcement of consumer protection, trademark issues and other laws and technical problems and allows for rapid resolution of these problems.
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What is SSL?
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology is a security protocol. It is today's de-facto standard for securing communications and transactions across the Internet. SSL has been implemented in all the major browsers and Web servers, and as such plays a major role in today's e-commerce and e-business activities on the Web.
The SSL protocol uses digital certificates to create a secure, confidential communications "pipe" between two entities. Data transmitted over an SSL connection can not be tampered with or forged without the two parties becoming immediately aware of the tampering.
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What is a Merchant Account?
A Merchant Account involves a special type of arrangement with a bank or clearing house that allows you to accept credit card payments into a special bank account (your "Merchant Account"). The results of any credit card transactions passed through your online authorization company are then, hopefully, credited to your account if the transaction is approved.
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Why use a Merchant Account?
Having a Merchant Account is the most cost effective way of accepting payment by credit card. It's not the only way, click here for other solutions. But, put simply, once you have a merchant account (and a company who will authorize the payments online), you will be able to accept credit card numbers on your site, and then receive any payments due to you. It's as simple as that.
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How does it work?
Getting the money from your customers credit card and into your account involves several stages. The first is actually approving the sale and taking the customer's credit card details on your Web site.
Next, the card has to be verified and approved, to check that it's not been stolen, or has expired. Your Merchant Account company may provide this service, or you may choose to use an online authorization company, such as DataCash. It's wise not being too cheap with companies who provide authorization services, since accepting invalid credit card transactions could cost you dearly.
After the card has passed rigorous security checks, your merchant account provider (or online authorization company) then passes the details to their credit card processor who debit the customer's credit card and deposit the money into your merchant account. This chain of events takes between 1 and 2 days with most merchant account providers, although the features that your chosen provider offers may turn out to be different. We'll be covering a number of merchant account providers in our reviews.
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