Short answer
Shared hosting means one server runs many customers’ websites at once, each in its own isolated account. Splitting the cost of the machine is what makes hosting cheap. The trade-off is that resources are shared, so it suits small and medium sites rather than very busy ones.
This is a general web-hosting explanation, not specific to Traxio.
Learn more
- What is shared hosting?How shared hosting works, why it’s so affordable, what ‘fair use’ limits mean, and the kinds of website it suits best.
- Shared hosting vs VPS vs dedicated serversHow shared hosting, virtual private servers and dedicated servers differ in cost, control, performance and the skills they need.
- Understanding your hosting limitsWhat disk space, bandwidth, CPU, memory, entry processes, I/O and inodes mean on shared hosting, and what happens when a site reaches a limit.
Traxio is simple, self-managed web hosting for 99p a month: the first 30 days are free with no card, then £0.99 a month.