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The Difference Between Hosting and Registration

One issue that often leads to confusion is the distinction between domain registration and domain hosting. The following chart illustrates the various types of domain registration available, as well as the various hosting services offered by TAISWeb.

Domains must be registered in order to exist; this is done through a registrar. Different registrars are responsible for different Top Level Domains (TLDs), which includes Global TLDs (gTLDs) such as .COM and .NET, as well as Country Code TLDs (ccTLDs) such as .UK (United Kingdom) or .DE (Germany).

The act of registering a domain through a registrar ensures that the domain will exist under your control as long as the registration remains paid. When initially registered, a domain's registration is prepaid for one or more years. You must then renew the registration with the registrar in order to retain control of the domain. For some TLDs, only one registrar is available; for others, competing registrars may have different payment schedules, terms of service, and other requirements.

In order to use a domain after it is registered, you must obtain hosting services of some type. There are thousands of hosting providers, providing everything from e-mail to Web site hosting to distributed content delivery. The hosting services usually have fees associated with them as well. Therefore, in order to effectively use a domain on the Internet, you are paying registration as well as hosting fees.

You are encouraged to purchase both registration and hosting from us; however, we cannot merge the two services into a single fee. The fee for registering your Domain Name depends on the TLD that you choose. Regulations require that domain registrations be charged separately and paid immediately upon registration, and those fees are non-refundable. Our hosting services, however, include a money-back guarantee, and are renewed automatically unless cancelled.

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