MerchantKit.com > Setup Web Site > Web Hosting Setting Up Your Web Site: Web Hosting Web hosting companies store your web pages on their specially configured computers, making your web pages available to people browsing the Internet. There are many web hosting companies offer a vast array of different features, including: How much storage you are allowed for your site. How much bandwidth (the amount of information transfered into and out of your site), you get per day/month. What kinds of server scripts (programs that run on the web host's computers), they can support. The most common varieties of such scripts being ASP, CGI and PHP. What kinds of database (to store information about your customers, your products, or required to run certain scripts), they can support. Whether they support SSL ("Secure Sockets Layer") for securely transfering information such as credit card details over the Internet. Please note: You may not need this facility for some ways of accepting payments, but you generally will if using your own Merchant Account. Most web hosts require that you design your web pages and then place them on their computers to make them accessible. If you don't want to do all that messing around with HTML, there are a few hosts that provide a simple online store builder. Hosts like these may not be quite as flexible as other hosting companies, but they do allow you to get something up and running quickly. One option would be to use them to build a web store quickly, and then build a separate more fully-featured site on a second domain name at another host. You can find a free guide to choose a web host, as well as a listing of many web hosts at HostingCavern.com. Another site that you may find useful is WebHostingPicks.com, which allows you to search for web hosts by price, features, etc. Related Pages Domain Names Web Hosting Links HostingCavern.com A free guide to choosing a web host. WebHostingPicks.com A searchable directory of web hosting companies.   MENU Home What To Sell Setup Web Site   Domain Names   Web Hosting     Books     Software   Web Site Templates   HTML Design   Register Copyright Accept Payments Shopping Carts Start Affiliate Program Marketing Copywriting Customer Service Books     Privacy    Terms and Conditions Copyright © 2001-2008, Answers 2000 Limited With any business, it is up to the individual owner of said business to ensure the success of the business. You may make more or less than any sample figures or results that might be quoted on our web sites or other publications. All business involves risk, and many businesses do not succeed. Further, Answers 2000 Limited does NOT represent that any particular individual or business is typical, or that any results or experiences achieved by any particular individual/business is necessarily typical. In Association With Amazon.com All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All third party content and adverts are copyright of their respective owners. Some graphics on our web sites are Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Hemera Technologies Inc., and used under license. All such pictures are provided for viewing purposes only and are not to be saved or downloaded. All such pictures of recognizable individuals are models and used for illustrative purposes only, and not meant to imply any association or endorsement of said individual with any product or service.