The short answer
Web hosting is the service that stores your website's files and makes them available on the internet, 24/7. Every website - yours included - needs to physically live on a server somewhere. Hosting is renting space on that server.
Think of it this way: your domain name is the address on the building; hosting is the building itself, where everything actually lives.
Types of hosting
- Shared hosting - your site shares a server with other websites. Affordable and plenty for most small business or personal sites.
- VPS (Virtual Private Server) - you get a dedicated slice of a server's resources, isolated from other accounts. More power and control, for sites with higher traffic or specific technical needs.
- WordPress hosting - shared or VPS hosting tuned specifically for running WordPress sites, often with WordPress pre-installed and optimized.
What actually matters when choosing
For most businesses and game server communities, shared hosting is the right starting point - it's reliable, inexpensive, and handles normal traffic without issue. You'd only need to consider VPS if you're running something with heavy traffic, custom server software, or specific performance requirements.
Several of our hosting plans come with a free SSL certificate included - check the plan details on our hosting page to see which ones.
Not sure which plan fits? Our hosting plans cover shared, VPS, and WordPress-specific options, all with free SSL included.