Although having a website is typically defined as simply uploading files to a server and linking a domain name to them, in fact an entire set of services lies beneath any site you see online. Just a couple examples would be the chance to create and handle databases or e mail addresses, to access your files using FTP, to check visitor stats and to manage a variety of domain records. Each one of these things contributes to your presence online in one way or another and if any of them is absent or is hard to handle, the overall management of your site could become frustrating. In this light, it is essential to not only have total control over your hosting space and domains, but also to have the ability to manage them without difficulty.