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Website hosting

In plain language

The service that stores your website and delivers it to visitors.

The metaphor

Like renting shop space on a busy street: the landlord keeps the lights on, and you decide what goes in the window.

Going deeper

How it works

  • Your files and database live on the host's servers.
  • Includes the certificate for the padlock.
  • Speed, backups and updates vary by plan.
  • Your domain points to the host.

How WILDCARD handles it

Managed Hosting runs the site, keeps the certificate renewing and looks after updates.

In practice
  • A clinic moves from a free builder to a managed host.
  • A shop checks its site is backed up.
  • A firm changes host and keeps its email.

A question owners ask

Is cheap hosting fine? For a small brochure site, often. Check backups, updates and who responds when it is down.

Where WILDCARD handles this
Managed
Hosting
  • Hosting, managed
  • Updates and backups handled
  • Uptime watched
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Related terms
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