Hosting is a type of internet service to provide websites accessible via the world wide web. This can be websites of individuals and organizations or webbased software applications.

Webhoster and service provider renting webspace often also offer products to manage and exchange data, such as database (MySQL, Oracle), e-mail-applications of ftp-access. Domain registration und managing can be handled on the hosting provider, too.

Depending on the scope and webspace there are different packages and prices. The price is offen set together by a single setup fee and a monthly fee for hosting.

Renting webspace at a hosting service provider usually presupposes a formal agreement that lasts for a certain time. Of course, you can leave your hosting service provider anytime, while paying for the rest oft the contract period. Furthermore you have to send a request for the domain shifting.

The scope and prices of hosting services varies widely. Therefore customers should get well informed about the service providers. There are often newcomer who have to cancel their hosting services already after a few month and cannot garantuee server uptime anymore, so that the websites are no longer accessible via the world wide web. This is the reason, why costumers should get to know how long the service provider exists until now.