by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 9, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
To check whether a domain is available, search it at any registrar or run a WHOIS lookup. An unregistered name returns no record. If the name is taken — and with more than 400 million domains registered worldwide, most short ones are — you have five options: change...
by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 9, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
Transferring a domain moves who manages and bills it, not where it points. So your website and email keep working, provided you copy the DNS records before you start. Four steps: unlock the domain, get the authorization code, request the transfer at the new registrar,...
by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 9, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
An SSL certificate is a small file that proves a website is who it claims to be and enables the encrypted HTTPS connection behind the padlock. Most sites need the basic domain-validated type, which is free and renews automatically. Paid certificates add identity...
by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 8, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
When a domain expires, the website and email stop working, but the name is not gone. Most domains pass through a renewal grace period, then a 30-day redemption period, before anyone else can register them. Renew during the grace period at the normal price. Redeem...
by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 7, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
Website uptime monitoring is a service that loads your site from outside on a schedule and alerts you the moment it fails. Done well, it tells you the site is down minutes before a customer does. Done naively — one check, one location, email only — it misses real...
by Webhost365 Engineering Team | Sep 7, 2026 | Hosting Explained, WordPress
A 403 Forbidden means the server understood your request and refused it on purpose. The site is up, so nothing has crashed. Something simply decided you may not see this page. Five things can make that decision — the web server, WordPress or a security plugin, a CDN...