Web Hosting
At Siam Communications Group, we provide web hosting services to a wide variety of corporations and individuals around the world through our sister company SCG Domains. Our hosting plans are affordable, and we are the most reliable place to host your site, offering features like a 99.9% network up-time commitment, 24/7 support, and free access to our exclusive Value Applications - with EVERY hosting plan!
At scgdomains.com, we develop, run, maintain and support our hosting plans in our own facilities, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year long. So for safe, reliable and affordable web site hosting, play it smart. Just scan through the individual plans and choose the one that’s right for you! Need more power? We have Virtual and Dedicated Hosting Plans available too.
No setup fee, no ad banners or pop-ups, no annual commitment required!
We have categorized this page into several topics to help you getting started with your online business.
- What is Web Hosting?
- What do I need to know?
- Basic Hosting Packages
- Virtual Hosting Packages
- Dedicated Hosting Packages
- Additional Tools coming soon!
- All About Domain Names coming soon!
If you have any further questions or just need some help, you can call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at +1 (480) 624-2500[click for more options] or Contact Us via our online form.
What is Web Hosting?
Once you have purchased a domain name, and you have built your website, you now need to put your pages somewhere online so that other can view them.
You need web hosting.
Hosting can be easily described like this: you have a book, and you want to put the book on a shelf, but you need to pay for space on that shelf to allow others to read that book. Hosting is the space you will pay for to have your site on the Internet, so others can see and use your (book) web pages.
What should you consider?
Reliability is Important, so you want a hosting provider that is always ‘up’ or ‘online’. The meaning of always ‘up’ is that any time your web site name is typed in, a reader should find your pages, and not a message stating the website is unavailable. A hosting provider that does not provide accessibility 24 hours a day and every day of the year is not a reliable hosting provider and should not be considered.
Hosting is accomplished using servers, which are computers, networked to the Internet, holding millions of pages allowing people from around the world to view those pages. The hosting servers must be fast, continually working, and should be backed up by other computers to allow that constant ability to provide pages on demand. The permanent Internet connection allows anyone to type in your pages at any time, to see your website when demanded.
Know what you are getting. Additional services are provided by hosting companies, such as email, marketing services, domain name registration services, shopping cart (ecommerce) services, and more, to help you advertise and sell your products or message. Read the fine print, know how much you will pay per month or per year, and compare these prices with other hosting services.
What do I need to know?
Your website name, or Domain Name, leads people to you, but you have to have a ‘place’ where your Name will be found. Similar to renting office space, you need to rent space on the Internet from a hosting provider for your website. Choosing a hosting provider can be easy when you research and read a little on the services provided.
There are also some basic questions you have probably been asking your self about the type of web hosting you need. Simplify your questions to the following:
- How much money do you want to spend on having your website online monthly?
- What are you going to be posting on your website? (Photos, videos, text)
- How much space do you need for your website, now and in the near future?
If you are just starting out, keep to the basics. You don’t need a high end hosting package to get your self started. Start small, keep it simple and move up when YOU are ready. Most web hosting companies will help you upgrade when you are ready.
As you progress, make a list of questions as they pop into your head. Research the questions using a search engine, like Google. If you still don’t quite get it, don’t worry, everyone had to learn some where. Call your hosting provider or send them an email with your questions.
You don’t need it all on day one - Most hosting providers offer a complete suite of products and services for you to operate an advanced website with the most economical hosting plan.
At the end of the day, the choice is about which hosting provider offers you personally what you need.
Basic Hosting Plans
We have three Basic Hosting plans for those that just need the basics to get up and running; Economy, Deluxe and Premium. These packages have been designed to allow a business or individual to setup a web site and grow their traffic to a substantial size before any upgrade is required.
Price per Month
Min. Contract Period
Disk Space
Monthly Data Transfer
Email Accounts
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All packages come with a variety of additional features and Free Applications. For a detailed list of specifications and a complete list of included applications, see our SCGDomains Basic Hosting Plans.
Virtual Hosting Plans
We have three, Ready-To-Go Virtual Hosting plans for those that just need to get up and running quickly; Economy, Deluxe and Premium Linux Server Plans. There are also pre-built plans for Windows Server 2003 or you can also Build Your Own Virtual Server.
These packages have been designed to allow a business or individual to setup a web site and provides more control over the server environment. This allows you to add any applications that you desire to your virtual server and manage multiple web hosting accounts from one convenient administration control panel.
Price per Month
Min. Contract Period
Disk Space
Monthly Data Transfer
Server
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All packages come with a Plesk Control panel and administration tools to help you start hosting web sites for your own customers. These hosting configurations are more for the Intermediate to Advance Internet Professional. For more information, visit the Virtual Server Configuration page.
Dedicated Hosting Plans
Our ultimate server packages – customize and configure your own Dedicated Server. Simply choose one of our popular plans or select your own Linux or Windows server and plan options. No long waits – your server is provisioned within hours.
The following are three, Ready-To-Go Dedicated Linux Hosting Plans that can be provisioned with in hours of your order. We also have three Ready-To-Go Windows Hosting Plans or you can Build your own Dedicated Hosting Server.
Price per Month
Min. Contract Period
Processor
Disk Space
Monthly Data Transfer
Memory
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All packages come with a Plesk Control panel and administration tools to help you start hosting web sites for your own customers immediately. These hosting configurations are for the Advanced and Experienced Internet Professional. For more information, visit the Dedicated Server Configuration page.
