What’s the difference between domain name and web hosting?

Your domain name, is the name of your website, shown in the address bar on your browser.  For example, Yourwebsite.com.  Domain names are registered with a company. Typically, that’s the same company where you purchased the domain name from. Common examples of companies that sell domain name registrations are Godaddy.com, Networksolutions.com, Tucows.com, and many others.

Web hosting is the service that is required to store your website and serve it to the general public. Essentially, this is where the files that make up your website “live”.