Domains

Domain Name Registration

The domain name is in effect your business on the web. Wherever you are in the world if someone enters your domain name, they come direct to your website. Ideally your domain name will be the same as your business name or you should choose a short domain name or one that is easily remebered. As you can imagine your name might not be available as there are probably a high number of A-B Taxis businesses for example. So it is important that you choose your name well.

Registration stables available: 

co.uk - Companies or sites based in the UK. org.uk - Charities and non-profit organisations use..com - Companies and general use..biz - Often used by media businesses..info - For portal or information systems ltd.uk - For UK limited companies only.plc.uk - For UK PLC's only.

Protecting your Business

One option you could consider is to register more than a just one domain name. Registering a .com and a co.uk name you are securing and protecting your business, increasing the chances of potential customers finding your site.

We here at Atomic Apple Design will sort out all your domain name needs for you including name registration and ensuring these point directly to you site. We can your domain name registered an active usually in 24 hours, usually less.

In order to have a website you need to have hosting for that website. This is usually charged annually and varies in amount depending upon the size of the site and the amount of visitors to your site. Website hosting can be explained by imaging you have to drive into town for work and you have to pay for your own car parking place. Hosting makes sure you have that space for your website for all of your web hosting period 365 days of the year, 24/7.

We will sort out and advise you on hosting when we design your package for you. The hosting company we use offers very competitive rates.