Domain Name Registration and Management Services | What is a domain name?

We are often asked by beginners: what is a domain name and how do domains work? If you are a beginner, then you may have heard that you need a domain to make a website.

A domain name is the address of your website that people type in the browser URL bar to visit your website.

In simple terms, if your website was a house, then your domain name will be its address. For example, studio60design.com.au.

We can help you purchase your domain name and manage renewal.

Website Hosting Services | What is web hosting?

Web hosting is essential to ‘house’ your website and emails that are associated with your personalised domain name.

Web hosting is the place where all the files of your website live. It is like the home of your website where it actually lives.

A good way to think about this is if the domain name was the address of your house, then web hosting is the actual house that address points to. All websites on the internet, need web hosting.

When someone enters your domain name in a browser, the domain name is translated into the IP address of your web hosting company’s computer. This computer contains your website’s files, and it sends those files back to the users’ browsers.

SSL Certificate For Websites | What is an SSL Certificate?

SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization’s details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser. Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites.

SSL Certificates bind together:

• A domain name, server name or hostname.
• An organizational identity (i.e. company name) and location.

Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate?

SSL Certificates protect your sensitive information such as credit card information, usernames, passwords etc. They also:

• Keep data secure between servers
• Increase your Google Rankings
• Build/Enhance customer trust
• Improve conversion rates