Every website that you visit consists of a domain name and a web host. The easiest way to picture it is to think of the domain name as the address and the hosting as the physical building. When you’re browsing the web and you type in a URL (i.e. http://www.niscclod.com), your web browser basically queries that domain name (i.e. nisccloud.com) and asks it where the website is hosted. The browser then loads up the contents that are stored there. Hosting is effectively the process of using a server to host a website, and there are all sorts of different types of hosting available out there in the market. Nisc Cloud, just like most web hosts offers different packages so that their customers can pay for just the resources that they need. The more popular the website is, the more resources it’s likely to need to function effectively. The good news is that with Nisc Cloud, you can scale your hosting package as and when you need it, so you can start off with Single hosting plan and gradually upgrade to other different web hosting packages or even a dedicated server and a VPS server later for more power.

Your website is basically a collection of files and (in most cases) database that are served up to your visitors as they browse around it. Nisc Cloud will allocate space for you to store your website and database. When you sign up with Nisc Cloud™, you’ll receive login details to access your hosting account’s admin panel. At Nisc Cloud™, we offer custom built hosting control panel. Using our control panel you can carry out basic hosting management, monitor resource usage, create email addresses and install content management systems (CMSs) like WordPress. Note that this is different to the admin panel for your website, which will be created when you install a CMS. This is the admin panel for your server as a whole.

Yes! Hosting comes in all different shapes and sizes, with different setups suitable for different types of a webmaster. In general, hosting can be broken up into the following categories:

Not at all! Nisc loud makes it as easy as possible for unskilled users to pick up the basics as they go along. Many of the everyday tasks, such as setting up an email address or installing a content management system (CMS), can be done with just a few clicks and with no technical knowledge whatsoever. However, don’t let that fool you - while it’s easy to pick up the basics and get going, our hosting packages are also suitable for experienced developers. After all, there’s no reason why something can’t be both user-friendly and powerful at the same time. If you’re struggling, there’s no shortage of online guides to walk you through the most common tasks that you might want to carry out, and we also have a customer support team who’ll be more than happy to help if you get stuck. But for the majority of our customers, no help is needed - and if you just want to jump in and get started, it’s quicker and easier than signing up for a new social network.

Yes - and we actively encourage it! If you’re using one of the more common CMS platforms such as WordPress then there are plenty of tools available to make it easy to export from one host and to import into another. But if you’re not using a common CMS - or if you need a little help along the way - then just let us know. Our staff will do everything they can to help you to make the transfer and we’ll do it free of charge!!

Not long at all! We’re proud of the fact that setup is instant. That means our new customers can get started straight away without delay. Just create your account and walk through the setup process and you’ll be ready to log in and to start managing your new hosting account immediately.

That depends - what kind of website do you have? And what’s your budget? As a general rule, shared hosting is the best place to start, and Nisc Cloud™ hosting is suitable for almost any kind of website. Our hosting helps you to keep the costs down during the early days of your website while allowing you to pay only for the resources that you need. If your website starts to take off, you can easily upgrade to higher tier plan and pick up some extra resources. Ultimately, every website is different. If you’re not sure, why not get in touch with our team so we can chat it through with you and make a personalized suggestion based on your needs?

We take security very seriously because there’s no point having a website if you can’t be sure that it’s safe from attack. We use BitNinja to protect all of our users, and we go out of our way to ensure that our servers are secure as possible. This includes running advanced, custom-built security software and regularly updating our infrastructure.