| People carry this misconception that cheap means | | | | web hosting plans are foremost cheap, and now |
| bad, and that the quality is low. Without | | | | that the competition is huge, you can get lots of |
| researching further, this instant assumption, in my | | | | bonuses and all the features that are needed to |
| view, is not valid. Since hosting business thrives in | | | | effectively run your websites for a very low |
| a fierce competition, even the top hosting | | | | price. Most cheap hosting service is as low as $5 |
| companies are compelled to provide several | | | | depending on the hosting company. Like I said |
| incentives to their customers that reduce the | | | | even the reputed and top hosting companies are |
| hosting price significantly; thus the price seems | | | | offering this cheap hosting plan as it is practical, |
| very low; but the users tend to overlook the | | | | functional and perfect for people who are seeking |
| truth that the price has simply been discounted. | | | | for budget hosting and also reliability and |
| And this kind of cheap hosting services usually | | | | functionality for their websites. Of course, once |
| comes in the form of a shared web hosting | | | | your site gets big and receives a large number of |
| environment, which will be explained below. | | | | traffic then you can always adopt the Virtual |
| It is not necessary that you have to adopt a | | | | Private Server hosting or even the dedicated |
| cheap web hosting package, each hosting | | | | servers, where you rent the whole server for |
| company is unique in its own way, and offers | | | | yourself. Certainly, these two solutions will provide |
| several hosting plans. The customer can even | | | | more functionality, power, and robust control to |
| choose the free web hosting solution to host their | | | | your sites; however, they are pricier compared to |
| sites. But that option is not widely recommended. | | | | shared hosting plan, so these solutions are |
| Yes, you do not have to pay a dime out of your | | | | appropriate only if you need them. |
| pocket but you have to make lots of | | | | Otherwise, shared web hosting plan are just fine. |
| compromises along the way. The first and | | | | The price is affordable and the service you get is |
| foremost is that your site will be covered with | | | | more than what you need for running your basic |
| tons of advertisements in the form of banner and | | | | websites (ranging from personal to medium-sized |
| text ads, all over the place. Secondly, free hosting | | | | e-businesses). Most of these shared hosting plans |
| cannot be entirely relied upon. There is no | | | | nowadays come with unlimited bandwidth, |
| guarantee that their servers are monitored round | | | | unlimited disk space, free domain, MySQl |
| the clock. Also the servers are very populated | | | | databases, programming languages like PHP, Perl, |
| with a huge number of other websites, which | | | | Ruby, and almost all scripts and software for |
| directly affects the loading time of your website. | | | | your ease-of-use and functioning of your |
| Imagine you have a site that sells some product | | | | websites. |
| or goods, and then you are running it on some | | | | However, my suggestion is to do an extensive |
| free hosting, what would happen to your business, | | | | research while choosing the hosting provider. |
| if it is unreachable to your customers. Your | | | | Based on your needs, make a short list of several |
| business would certainly head towards the tank, | | | | hosting companies. Compare their plans and |
| and then you will lose money.Even if your site | | | | features. How is the support system? Is it 24/7? |
| provides value and useful resources to your | | | | It is actually a good idea to test the host before |
| users, there is no use, if it cannot be reached by | | | | buying their service. So, do not hesitate to email |
| the viewers! They would be frustrated and move | | | | or even call the host, and always ask questions. If |
| away. Also with free hosting, you barely get the | | | | you are able to get professional help within a |
| amount of bandwidth, disk space, email accounts | | | | certain period of time and you feel quite satisfied |
| or scripting software that are essential to run | | | | with them, then it would be easier for you to |
| your websites. And the security of sites is always | | | | choose the one that you like the most. Make sure |
| a prime concern with free hosting. | | | | they do not surprise you later with any hidden |
| So the better option is to select a cheap hosting | | | | fees, long term contracts, or even set up fees. |
| service, which is provided by web hosts in a | | | | Since, website hosting is a large market with |
| shared environment. Yes, you share the server | | | | many companies out there, approach cautiously, |
| with the other websites but this is the most | | | | and choose a reliable web host that fits your |
| popular plan that is being utilized by around 90% | | | | hosting needs. |
| of the webmasters. Why? Because this shared | | | | |