Domain and hosting: what they are and who should own what
A domain is your website's address; hosting is the place where the site lives. You need both, and both are paid separately from the building of the site. One thing matters most: the domain should be registered to you.
The domain
A domain is a name such as yourcompany.cz. It is registered with a registrar for a year and renewed every year. Whoever is listed as the holder owns it, so insist that your company is listed, not the agency.
Hosting
Hosting is the server the site runs on. Speed, availability and backups depend on it. With us the servers, the certificate (https) and backups are included, or we hand the site over entirely. Details are on the hosting page (Czech).
What to ask
- Who will the domain be registered to?
- Are backups included, and how often are they made?
- What happens to the site if we part ways?
- What does running it cost per year and what does that include?
If you part ways
If the domain is yours and the agency hands the site over, you can leave at any time. If the domain is registered to the agency, you depend on it. Ask beforehand.
Running and building
The price of building a site and the price of running it are two different things. Build prices are explained in how much a website costs for a tradesperson.
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