| Besides the common features which all web | | | | services in most countries is generally a little more |
| hosting services provide for their customers, a | | | | expensive in comparison to the same services in |
| business web host must offer two additional | | | | Canada and the United States. Specifically, |
| important features. These two features are | | | | American web hosts offer a much better value |
| mentioned below: | | | | for money than any local hosting. |
| Shopping cart: With Shopping Cart, you can | | | | First try to choose a reliable business web hosting |
| accept PayPal® and credit cards via your site. | | | | provider which is uptime. Hosting uptime refers to |
| This software allows online shopping customers to | | | | the percentage of time the host is accessible via |
| place items in the cart. | | | | the internet. It is very important your service be |
| SSL Certificate: People are getting smart about | | | | uptime (functioning and available for use). It |
| online security. Today most of them are looking | | | | means you can access your account whenever |
| for the padlock icon and "https" prefix in the | | | | you want to update your web pages, |
| address bar of their browser before submitting | | | | and customers can enter your website |
| personal information online. An SSL Certificate | | | | whenever they refer to your site address. If |
| helps your customers do their online transactions | | | | your hosting service is not uptime it can be |
| under a secure service. If your Web site doesn't | | | | catastrophic! |
| have an SSL Certificate, visitors may leave | | | | There are many websites which display a couple |
| before making a purchase or creating an account. | | | | of companies as the best business web hosting |
| | | | | providers and leave people confused without being |
| Take into consideration that web hosting is a | | | | helpful. To make things even more confusing, |
| global service. It does not matter what country | | | | some hosting companies are cheating and lying to |
| you are located in; US, UK, Canada, Australia or | | | | their customers! |
| India. It is good to note that the cost of hosting | | | | |