A domain name is simply the registration of a name. So, for example, just the name “ventraip.com.au.” Purchasing a domain name (also known as registering a domain licence) essentially gives you total control of that name, and you can do whatever you’d like with it, such as host a website and/or some email accounts. Without domain registrations, there would be no way to delegate who can use what names online.
A website (and sometimes email accounts) needs a home, and that’s what you would use a web hosting service for. A web hosting service is essentially a slot on one of our services, where we provide you with some disk space and other resources, which allow you to host a website.
Domain names and web hosting services are purchased and renewed separately; they’re not the same service. If you renew your domain name, that doesn’t mean you also renewed your web hosting service and vice versa.
