What is Website Hosting you say? After you create your website - you need to have it available to all your potential customers on a 24 hr-7 days a week basis. The Hosting service does that. Technically the internet is connecting individual computers together over a phone line. A hosting service has their "computer - called a server" connected to the internet all the time, so anyone anywhere can connect to the information there. They "host" you site, so people can view it.

You can choose one of the free sites and that is all they do, or if you are serious about doing business on the internet - you can choose a website hosting service that lets you monitor the traffic that comes to your site and where it comes from, provides a secure site for those wanting to purchase from your site, allows you to send out newsletters or ezines, have chat, blogs, and all kinds of other features that make conducting business on the internet easier.

Depending on they type, and size of your business you might be able to start with the simple "Go Daddy" , eBay, Amazon sites. If you need one that does more check out Hosting.com and Aplus.net. I've worked with both and have had good luck with the customer service and all the services working.

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