Although our first winner here at Web Hosting Wednesday has hinted that he wants to use his 1-Year package to help create a web presence, i would imagine that most people just want a place to put their stuff (media files). They want somewhere hosted, that they can access from anywhere with an internet connection. Although there are many ways to go about doing this, I am offering by far the simplest one. No upload limits, no ads, no monthly payments. In fact, WHW Winners make no payments at all, ever. It’s as simple as 1 Year for 1 dollar.

Still, in my opinion, the best way to use your hosting package at WHW is to link it to a domain name. That way you can benefit from the full range of services that surround your domain.

With a domain name linked to your WHW package you can:

• Setup a website. This can be 1 page, 3 page, 100 pages, it’s up to you.
• Create a professional mailbox for yourself – like yourname@yourdomain.com
• Create a publicly shared folder at your domain – like http://www.yourdomain.com/publicfolder/

That’s just the tip of the iceberg..

I’ll be writing a lot more about the benefits of owning your own domain name and getting the most out of your WHW hosting plan. So fire up those feed readers or just bookmark this site and check back soon.