Domains, Hosting Websites Info

Here's the levels of a website

Own a domain name by purchasing thru a registrar
Name Server (DNS server or NS records for your domain (usually the domain registrar will be your initial DNS server location)
Purchase a hosting package/plan to host a website
Optionally use a CMS system (Wordpress, Drupal etc) to make creating/modifying the site easier
Hook an analytics account to your site so you can see who's visiting, how they found the site, what did they look at on the site etc. Make sure the web developer shares access to that analytics account with your google account
Setup Google Search Console (previously webmaster tools) to see what Google Search's opinion is of the website. Mobile compatibility, resubmitting website to Google Indexers etc

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

Change Name Servers/login to your domain registrar account.

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