| Most people are ecstatic when they get a good | | | | and happy webmasters refer the cheap service |
| deal, like a dirt-cheap web host who offers too | | | | to others and the result is that the client base |
| much for next to nothing. In actual fact instead of | | | | grows at blinding speed. |
| joy, this kind of deal should send alarm bells ringing | | | | What follows after that is disaster as suddenly |
| loudly in your head and here's why. | | | | users find that their sites take too long to load |
| Two Dirt Cheap Web Hosting Possibilities: | | | | and inevitably they lose many hits in this way, |
| When your hosting deal is just too good to be | | | | because impatient prospective visitors just click |
| true, more often than not one of two things has | | | | their way out of the site that is taking ages to |
| happened both of which are not good for you. | | | | load and end up going elsewhere. Downtimes also |
| Either the web host is overselling hosting | | | | become so frequent that your site ends up not |
| resources, which means that you will inevitably | | | | loading at all most of the times. The result is a |
| end up with lousy services and a site that loads at | | | | classic illustration of why cheaper can often end |
| snail pace and many times is not even accessible | | | | up being much more expensive. |
| at all. In other words, the cheap will end up being | | | | Hosting Business Model From Hell: |
| so expensive that it will clearly be unaffordable to | | | | An increasing number of new web hosts have |
| you in terms of lost clients and revenue because | | | | been offering increasingly more bandwidth for less. |
| people cannot access your site most of the time. | | | | This has really not caused concern because most |
| The second reason could be that the web hosting | | | | people have heard that the prices of resources |
| business is out to try and grab as many clients as | | | | used in web hosting have been dropping in price in |
| possible collecting the maximum amount of | | | | recent times. However the truth is that some |
| revenue in advance and then filing for bankruptcy. | | | | hosting rates have been dropping much faster |
| This has happened many times and naturally | | | | while offering virtually unlimited bandwidth and |
| chances are that you will never see a refund. This | | | | resources. There is no such word as 'unlimited' in |
| is the only road such a business strategy will end | | | | business because somebody has to pay the bills. |
| up on. Many have had the idea of using a business | | | | The whole idea here is to secure as many hosting |
| model where they go out for as much market | | | | clients as possible and then raise prices in future. |
| share as they possibly can at a price that is below | | | | Or in some cases declare bankruptcy. Both |
| cost with the intention of raising prices later. In | | | | options will leave you, the hosting client in big |
| reality this will hardly work in an industry that is as | | | | trouble. |
| competitive as web hosting is. | | | | In Conclusion: |
| Hosts Who Oversell Resources: | | | | This article has clearly shown some of the |
| Overselling refers to the situation where a host | | | | reasons why you need to get very nervous |
| goes out for more clients than what their available | | | | when the hosting deal is too good to be true |
| resources can support. Webmasters usually sign | | | | because even when everything appears to be |
| up like crazy and at the beginning when the | | | | alright at the beginning, you may well have signed |
| resources are yet to be stretched all looks well | | | | up for a disaster that is waiting to happen. |