| Wow, you talk a about a lot of different web | | | | bad news because you do not actually own your |
| hosting companies to choose from, there are | | | | site. This "free" hosting company could decide to |
| simply a ton of them to choose from. Businesses | | | | shut down you website for any reason. They do |
| are starting left and right on the Internet and lets | | | | not have to explain why they have shut your site |
| face it we all want to have a good web hosting | | | | down or anything. It could be for the simple fact |
| provider so that our visitors will be able to view | | | | that they do not want to host your site with |
| our website. In order to have a good web hosting | | | | them. |
| provider it is important that you take these points | | | | It Is All About Customer Service |
| into consideration. | | | | Another kick in the pants that I often find novice |
| Free Hosting Is Not Good | | | | webmasters or new business owners falling for is |
| First and foremost, I want to mention that just | | | | signing up with a company that doesn't really |
| because something is free doesn't me you take | | | | offer any customer service. Just recently I was |
| advantage of it. What do I mean? Well, there are | | | | working with a client and there was no telephone |
| ton of free web hosting services out there that | | | | number to reach the hosting provider at. I had to |
| will allow you to host your site with them. | | | | fill out a support ticket and wait 15-20 min for a |
| However, I do want to mention that you get | | | | guy named "Lemon" to respond to my questions. |
| what you pay for when you use a free host. | | | | It took me 2 hours to switch over my DNS. Talk |
| There is barely any space (usually about 25 MB), | | | | about a long day! |
| little customer support, if any, and they are | | | | Support Your Scripts |
| usually plastered with advertisements. | | | | The third and final mistake people make is they |
| Not to mention a free hosting service will usually | | | | will sign up with hosting services that do not |
| have some downtime and not come with any | | | | support anything they need. For example, they do |
| support for MySQL, email accounts, or any other | | | | not support WordPress or some eCommerce |
| scripting support. I see a lot of beginner | | | | features. Always do make sure that you check |
| businesses fall into this trap of hosting their | | | | with them to make sure they meet your needs. |
| domain with a free hosting company. This is really | | | | |