Basic Online Business Model Part II - Web Hosting Account

We discussed domains in my last post,let's talk about website hosting account today. Your domain is useless for all practical purposes at this stage because visitors can not be led to any where by typing it in the address space in the browsers. It is like in real life world where you booked a unit in a new housing project from the developer or its agent but can not view it because the project has not started yet.
Your domain should be associated with an existing website so that the address it represents will point to that website. This website have to be kept somewhere on the internet, in other words it must reside on a remote server which is referred to as a Host.A company providing this type of hosting services for websites is called a Web Hosting company (what else? lol).
There are providers of free hosting services around also just as in the case of domain names. But I strongly advise you to go for a paid service for several reasons. Firstly you will appear professional and people will take you seriously. Secondly, free hosting companies will insert advertisements on your web pages whenever they are loading which not only slow down your pages load but also irritate your visitors. Thirdly and also the most important factor to consider is whether the free host will stay in business for long term. It will be very sad if they wind up without warning and go down together with all your hard works over the years.
I personally use Host Gator here's the link Host Gator
The support of this host excellent. Another bonus is that you can either be their reseller or affiliate if you are interested.Now there is a difference between the two here. A reseller has to sign up for a reseller account, and pays a monthly fee then sells the service at whatever price he sees fit. Whereas an affiliate needs not pay any monthly fee but the price charged is set by the company, you only earn a commission on any sale closed. When you are at the Hostgator page,

you will see there are 3 categories of hosting are offered :

1. Reseller Hosting
2. VPS Hosting
3. Dedicated Servers

Click on the first option if you are interested to be a reseller, otherwise go to the top and click on the View Web Hosting Plans button. When you are at the next page,

Select the BABY option, the HATCHING option is too small to be useful, unless you want to use it for capture page or one page sales letters.

The next screen allows you to buy a new domain or use your own existing domain. Enter the new domain you just bought at Godaddy.com, click CONTINUE TO STEP 2, you will be taken to the billing page fill it up and you are done! We will learn how to set up your website on this new host in my next post.
By the way, I am a reseller of Hostgator. I accept local bank transfer if you do not have credit cards,Paypal,Alertpay, etc.

My email Benson Law