Direct Answer
A domain is your website address (yourbusiness.com), purchased annually from a registrar like Cloudflare or Namecheap for $10–$30/year. Hosting is the server space where your site's files live, sold separately by hosts like Vercel, Netlify, Kinsta, or SiteGround for $0–$50/month for small business sites.
Voice answer (≤30 words)
“A domain is your address like yourbusiness dot com. Hosting is the server where your site files live. They are sold separately.”
Always buy the domain in your own name on a major registrar — never let an agency or freelancer hold it.
Use Cloudflare as the registrar — wholesale-priced renewals, free SSL, and the world's largest DNS network in one place.
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