You can buy a domain without hosting, and you can also register a domain name before you find a host provider. A domain is simply the name of your website, whereas a host provides space on a web server for the website to store its files. You can have a website domain without a website host, but you cannot have a website host without a website domain because your website will be untraceable. A website domain gives your website its www. address, whereas a host is just the platform on which it is run. Don’t worry if it’s a tad confusing, we speak domains and hosting so you don’t have to.