When you get a Website designed or even create one yourself, you will need to store it so it is accessible to other users of the Internet. This is known as "hosting". Fast-name.co.uk offer various sized hosting plans designed to meet your individual requirements.

With a "Shared Hosting" solution the server resources are shared amongst all Website's hosted held on a particular server. This is the most common form of hosting and is suitable for the vast majority of customers.

Dedicated hosting is when a complete server is leased to a customer for the hosting of a single Website. This is only really necessary for large Website's which receive high numbers of concurrent visitors, and for obvious reasons is generally a lot more expensive than than hosting on the standard 'shared hosting' environment.

No - not at Fast Name. When you order any domain name with Fast Name, you receive e-mail facilities and a Website holding page as standard, so you do not require any hosting packages unless you want to upload a Website to your domain name.

So you have built a Website on your computer, but to make it available across the Internet it must first be uploaded on to an Internet Webserver. This is commonly called Website hosting. Basically you are renting some computer space, under your chosen domain name on which to place your Website. The Website will be found by typing in your chosen domain name.

The Website development software you are using to construct your Website will govern the method of connecting to the server and uploading your Website. However most are similar and quite straight forward. You have access to a Website Hosting Control Panel, from where you can upload files or get access to what is known as a FTP address, logon and password. This information is entered into your software program which then connects to the server and allows you to upload the required files to the Internet.

A comparison of the hosting plans available can be found here. If you are still unsure as to which hosting plan is best for you then please telephone +44(0)1429 280583, or e-mail us here.

Hosting can be added when you order a new domain name or transfer an existing domain, here. If you are unsure what hosting plan is best for you, then please telephone +44(0)1429 280583, or e-mail us here.

Yes - Just telephone +44(0)1429 280583 or e-mail here and someone will be able to guide you in making the choice that is right for you or your business.