How does one start a website hosting?
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at
7:35 am
Sharon asked:
How does one start a website hosting? Do you need to have a special license? ….like Yahoo! is a search engine did they have to acquire a license to provide geocities for web builders?
I don’t mean how do you start a website – I mean, how does one start a website host, like a website that will host other websites.
How does one start a website hosting? Do you need to have a special license? ….like Yahoo! is a search engine did they have to acquire a license to provide geocities for web builders?
I don’t mean how do you start a website – I mean, how does one start a website host, like a website that will host other websites.
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Thats a site to create a website.I don’t think you need a liscens or anything, but i think you have to email google and all to get it on there search engenes.
Depending on what kind of site you want, there are a number of options. You can use something like Google pages (https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=pages&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.google.com%2F<mpl=yessignups) to make a small 10 page site for free, or Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) to make a free blog.
If you want more flexibility in the way your site is designed and run, then you need to buy some hosting (from a company such as), which can range from cheap to very expensive depending on what you want to do with it.
You don’t need a license – thats one of the best things about the Internet – anyone can in theory do anything (providing their hosting contract allows it)
Yahoo doesn’t need a license to provide Geocities because it’s a free service – the users agree to abide by Yahoos terms when they sign up.
I’m not sure exactly what your asking,so I’ll try answering anyway
if you’re asking how do you start a company that YOU host websites for other people.then all you really need is a computer running Linux with a big hard drive and a Internet connection with allot of bandwidth and some geek to set it all up for you
.there is no hosting license that i know of,you just really need to know what your doing though
on the other hand if you are asking how do you put YOUR website online,then the answer to that would be to search for a website host that gives you the features that you need for a monthly price within your budget.you signup for an account with them, upload your files to your space on their server (or email them to someone at the host),and blam they are online for the world to see.if you’re on the east coast of Canada or us,i would recommend forcenet computer services (http://www.forcenet.ca/) as they are really helpful to people that are new to website hosting and treat clients like people instead of just account numbers or dollar signs like some of the larger hosts
You can buy your own Server which would be very expensive or be a re-seller for a hosting company (basically you pay for a large amount of space per month and then resell small parts of it to others for whatever price you can get )
I pay about $10/mth for my hosting package and maintain several other small websites for others and charge them each $10 a month to host it and do minor updates. I work with those who don’t know much about web design but want their own small site for a small or home business which I maintain and control. So not giving someone else outright access to the space on my account where they could do anything to get me shut down too, lol.
U can check my profile for more information regarding websites, and website hosting, all the best
hope it helps 
no there is not required any license. If you wants to your own server/computer, then you have to registered your computers/servers IP address. this registration will do your domain register-er. then you can do it. other wise you can take reseller ship for business or hosting packages from other host.
Here are some websites and web documents on how to start a web hosting business. These websites give you information on how to set up your own web hosting business:
HostingResolve.com’s Starting a Web Hosting Business
Becoming a Web Host Company
HostLibrary.com’s Starting a Web Hosting Business
Another way of course is to simply become a reseller of a web hosting company, which is easier to start. Many hosting companies offer private label programs where you use their infrastructure but you can brand the business with your company name. An example of how this goes is Hostway’s Private Label program