In summary: Just as your physical store in order to be accessible to your customers is housed in a physical space, your digital presence must be “housed” in a digital space in order to be accessible to users.

Web hosting is a service that allows users to upload their website to a digital environment so that it can be accessed by other users on the internet. Hosting companies undertake to provide the space and internet connection to their customers for an annual fee. Without them having to bear the cost of purchasing equipment (e.g. servers) or the problems of connection-maintenance.