What is web hosting?

Explain it to me

Web hosting is a service whereby a provider (like Gridhost) rents server space and resources in order for you to keep your website on the internet all the time. A web host is responsible for providing you with allocated disk space to use as well as maintain your domain name and email services

What is a domain name

Simply put, a domain name is your .co.za or .com extension, EG: myblog.co.za or google.com

All of our hosting packages come with sitebuilders that allow all of our customers to build their websites within minutes of signing up. A user friendly control panel (cPanel) also makes hosting easier by providing our clients with effective graphical tools to manage their web hosting accounts.

Gridhost offers web hosting plans, reseller web hosting which allows you to start and run your own hosting business, cloud or VPS hosting which provides you with a dedicated resource based server at a fraction of the cost of a fully equiped dedicated server. Offering ADSL increases the line for our customers by providing affordable rates and one stop shop solution for all home and business internet needs.

Why Choose Gridhost

Out of all the web hosting companies out there, Gridhost set's itself apart by promoting several key factors when it comes to our hosting practices

• Our servers are not overloaded with thousands of clients
• We provide the best control panel (cPanel) software in the business
• Our servers run weekly and monthly backups
• We provide you with over 750+ templates that you can customize
• Instant activation on all web hosting accounts
• Convenient client portal to view your services and account history online
• Affordability for your hosting plays a majoy role
• You have access to our 24 hour support desk and online knowledgebase.

All hosting accounts come packed with features, from statistic software (AW Stats), PHP, MySQL, Email and more.

If you need more information, simply visit our shared web hosting page and compare our packages for yourself.