Domain registration

If you want to start your own business it might be interesting to start your own website.This way your customers can easily place an order online so that they do not have to go to your store.

Having your own website starts with registering a Domain and of course the corresponding hosting.In this blog post we are going to go through how best to choose a domain name and web hosting.

Choose a domain

Registering a domain may not always be easy, you should have an easy name that people can easily remember.For example, if you own your own business it is a good idea to just choose your company name as your domain name.

In this way your regular customers know immediately what the name of your website is if they want to look it up.It is also important to take into account the domain extension.

For example, if you are a company that does international trade it is useful to get a .com domain.This makes it a lot clearer for visitors from abroad to see that you also sell internationally.

Another thing that is important but sometimes forgotten is that your domain name should not be too long.If it is too long then there is a chance that people will have trouble remembering your domain name.
Therefore always try to use a short but powerful domain name that people can easily remember.It also doesn't hurt to have a .nl as well as a .be and .com domain for your website.

Appropriate webhosting

In addition to choosing a domain name, it is also important to make sure you have the right web hosting.For example, you have different Content Management Systems that you should take into account.

When you use a .net CMS like Umbraco it will not work on a normal total package.You will need special Umbraco hosting to get this working.

With more common systems such as WordPress you are fortunately already compliant with a total package but you also have options for upgrades.
If you want everything to be updated automatically, you can consider using Managed WordPress Hosting
.If you decide to take this option you no longer have to pay attention to any updates but everything will be fully automated.

a fast website

Nothing is as annoying as placing an order on a website and the website is too slow to place an order.Therefore you should always ensure that your website is fast enough for your visitors.

There are several measures you can take to make sure you have a fast website.For example, you can activate GZIP at MijnHostingPartner through the web.config.

This ensures that your files are compressed on the server so they can be loaded faster for the visitor.PHP files are converted into HTML files and the PHP code is only called when it is really needed.

Something else you can consider is to make use of SSD hosting.Here your website will be placed on one of our SSD servers and because these are different disks it will load faster.

An SSD drive has no moving parts and is therefore much faster than a normal HDD.In general, an SSD drive is 40-60% faster than a normal hard drive.

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