When you start a website, you will hear three words again and again: domain, hosting, and email. They sound technical, but the idea behind them is simple. Think of them as three parts of one setup, each doing a different job.
Your domain is your address
Your domain is the address people type to find you, such as yourbusiness.com. It is how customers remember you and how they get to your site. You can register a new domain, or you can bring one you already own. If you already own a domain, you do not have to give it up or buy a new one to get hosting elsewhere — in the Webcraft storefront, choose “I already have a Domain Name” when you buy hosting, and the cart charges hosting only.
Hosting is where your website lives
Hosting is the space on a server where your website’s files are stored and served to visitors. Without hosting, a domain is just an address with nothing behind it. Without a domain, hosting has no easy address for visitors to use. The two work together: the domain points visitors to the right place, and hosting delivers the website when they arrive.
Email runs on your domain, too
Business email uses your domain in the same way your website does. Instead of a free personal address, you can have addresses on your own domain, such as info@yourbusiness.com. Setting that up means creating the addresses and setting up the mail records that tell other mail systems where to deliver your messages. On a Webcraft managed plan, that setup is included: we create your addresses on your domain, set up the mail records, and hand you the logins.
What about moving a domain?
Moving a domain from one registrar to another is called a transfer. In brief, you unlock the domain at your current registrar and get its authorization (EPP) code. The domain must be at least 60 days past registration or its last transfer and not expired. Transfers take about 5–7 days and include a one-year extension. If you are unsure whether to transfer or simply point your existing domain to new hosting, ask before you start — the right choice depends on where you want the domain managed.
Put together, it is straightforward: your domain is your address, hosting is the home for your website, and email gives you a professional address on that same domain. Get those three working together, and visitors can find you, read about you, and reach you without confusion.