Is it necessary to buy hosting and domain from the same company?

[River Brown]

I am planning to purchase a domain name from another company than my hosting provider.

[Jamie Lee]

Yes, of course, you can.

[Aaron Martin]

You can purchase a domain and host from different companies.

[solarvps]

Yes, you can buy a domain and host from different hosting providers. It is not necessary to purchase hosting and domain, the same providers

[Milo Adey]

You will need to edit your DNS settings to point your domain name to your web hosting company.

[cooper smith]

The hosting providers offer services that others do not offer so consider this thing and then buy your domain.

[Clara Smith]

Can I hand over my website to a new hosting provider?

[Hazel Williams]

Yes. You can. The easiest way to hand over your website to a new hosting provider is using FTP. You can connect to your hosting account and then download the files from there.

[Clara Smith]

Yes, you can download them to your PC and then upload it to your new hosting account.