A beginners guide to servers, web hosting, domain and why you all three.
Your website does not live on your laptop. It lives on a powerful computer that stays online 24/7 – called a server. Hosting is the service that rents you space on that server so your website can exist online. A domain is your website’s unique name and address on the internet.
Think of it like this: Hosting = your house, Domain = your house address
You need both to build and run a website.
