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 6, 2026 | Hosting Explained, Web Hosting
“Your connection is not private” means your browser checked the website’s SSL certificate and found a problem. Either the certificate has expired, it covers a different domain, or the browser does not trust the authority that issued it. In most cases...