Web hosting companies, just like any other business, sometimes go out of business. Your domain name SHOULD be protected because every domain is registered through an ICANN accredited registrar and ICANN has policies in place that will protect the domains and they will be transferred to another registrar.
Hosting companies have no such protection, however, so it is best to be prepared for you host going under. It is rare, but since they hold all your website files if they are suddenly gone and you don’t have your files backed up somewhere then you could be in a lot of trouble.
We recommend backing up your site every time you make a significant change or update and keeping a full copy of your website on your computer. That way, if your host should go out of business, you’ll just need to find a new host, change the DNS on your domain name, and upload your files.
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