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FAQ: Virtual Domains/Hosting of Virtual Domains
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What is virtual domain/website hosting?
If you were to put your website on the Internet (yoursite.com), it would be as expensive as:
- Buying a server (a good server with RAID can go for about $10,000)
- Learning how to use that server and configure it for a webserver
- Buying routers, switches and other expensive networking equipment
- Ordering hi-capacity communication lines to allow people to connect to your
website. This involves monthly fees of thousands and installation fees of a few
thousands more.
- Paying at least one system administrator
- And much more...
This amounts to a lot of money. But what if you could "rent" a server, communication lines and all that equipment. And just pay a small monthly
fee?
That's what Sanders Hosting does. Your website will
be "hosted" (placed) on our servers. We provide you
with everything you need to put your website on the
Internet for a small monthly fee. When people visit
yoursite.com, they'll never know the website
is being served from our servers. And, instead of spending
thousands of dollars upfront and monthly, you just pay
a minimum of $5.95 per month. Why so inexpensive? Because
the same server and resources are shared by many other
sites, which all together help pay for the expenses.
Other sites do not interfere with yours in anyway, and
your visitors will never see those other sites.
Don't worry about other sites slowing down yours. Servers like the ones we use can easily handle millions
of visitors per day, and we never overload them.
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How do I put my website's files on your servers?
Check out our
FTP tutorial to learn how. You can also use
FrontPage if you have it. Check our
FrontPage tutorial.
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Do I have access to update my site 24 hours a day?
Yes. You have access to your account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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Can I resell space within my account/domain?
Yes, it's your website, so you can do anything you want with it (as long as it does not violate our
policies).
You can have multiple user accounts or subdomains depending on the type of webhosting account you oder.
Check our
Compare page for more information.
Note: domains will *not* be pointed to directories within your account.
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How much do you charge?
Check our
Products page for more information.
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Do you accept international orders?
Yes, we do, as long as you pay with a VISA/MasterCard
via PayPal.
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Do you provide technical support?
Yes, we provide 24/7 email tech support. Check
the Support page for more
information.
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How long to set up a new account?
Once we recieve your payment via PayPal it
will only take a few hours to get your account up and
running. It will however take 2 to 3 days to get your
domain name working (this is a limitation of the internet
and not of Sanders Hosting).
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Do you handle the domain registration process? Even transfer an existing one?
Yes, we do. We give free domain names with all of our account, you just need to let us know what available domain you want and we will register it for you. If you want a domain transferred from
another webserver to ours, we can do that too. The Internic will send you a transfer authorization email, which you just need to reply with the
necessary information. Make sure you read the instructions on the email they will send you. Check our FAQ on
Domain transfers.
What is a "transfer" of a domain? If your website is hosted on "XYZ Hosting", this means that yoursite.com points to their servers. If you
want it to point to your website on our server, a domain transfer needs to be done.
The transfer of a domain is "transparent" to visitors. Once the transfer is authorized, it will take between 24 and 72 hours for visitors to be sent
to the new server (ours). This change is gradual. That is, in some parts of the world, yoursite.com's visitors
will be sent to the old server, while others will be sent to ours. As time goes by, the change will take effect in the entire planet. This also means you
can't take down your old site for at least a week, until the transfer spreads throughout the world.
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How much will I be charged for a new domain?
You get one free domain name with every account
we offer. If you are wanting to create an extra domain
to point to your website (for instance if you have yoursite.com
but want to register yoursite.net) you will be charged
$15 per year.
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How long for a new domain to be active?
After a new domain is registered, the new domain will take around 24 hours to become active and 24-72 hours for the new domain's info to spread
throughout the world.
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Can Sanders Hosting host non-U.S. domains?
Yes, we can. But you will have to take care of the domain registration or domain transfer. Just follow their respective procedures and point the domain
to our DNS servers.
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Can different domains point to the same website?
Yes, it can be done free of charge. Contact
us to configure this.
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