| Free Web Hosting providers have cropped up | | | | registration, which you might have to renew with |
| everywhere on the internet. They claim that they | | | | them for the years to come. |
| offer Free Web Hosting but do they really stand | | | | Initial Incentive: all the hype about the free hosting |
| by their words? | | | | is short lived. Free hosting is offered only for few |
| Let's think through some logical reasoning behind | | | | days or for a trail period and at the end of such |
| this and how can web hosting service be offered | | | | period the charges roll in. |
| free of charge when data centers are so | | | | Virtually Unusable: the features in the free web |
| expensive to maintain and run. | | | | hosting is so demeaning that you can't even use |
| Business Motives | | | | it. For example, free hosting for only one page |
| Any business started, whether its web hosting or | | | | website with no support or value. |
| not, wants to make profits. If the business is not | | | | Ads Ads Ads: other means of recovering the |
| started to make profit, its not even called | | | | free hosting cost is to bombard your website or |
| business, it called "Charity". You should know that | | | | control panel with advertisements. |
| starting a business to make loss is illegal and | | | | These are some of the tricks that free hosting |
| punishable under law. So if the motive of business | | | | companies play on you. Does it makes sense why |
| is to make profit, how can a free web hosting | | | | you shouldn't opt for free web hosting. Still want |
| help them reap profits. Just ask these two simple | | | | free hosting, then at least don't fall for the ones |
| questions: | | | | that are described below. |
| Do you think that the web hosting provider | | | | Back Door Operators |
| invests literally millions into their data centers | | | | There are few (not all of them) hosting providers |
| & servers to offer you hosting for free? | | | | that provide you free hosting but in offering it, |
| Do you know of any web hosting provider that | | | | collect your personal data. These data are then |
| provide or claim to provide free web hosting | | | | used to send Spam or even sold to various |
| business that are making loss? | | | | marketing agents who may fill your inbox or mail |
| You probably are baffled. But how do they do it? | | | | boxes with heaps of product offers. All that they |
| read on. | | | | want from you is your personal details and if |
| Tricks of the Trade | | | | possible your financial details. To get it they might |
| So you can't find one web hosting business that | | | | provide you with no charge website but you |
| offer free hosting that makes a loss. Thats | | | | should know that its in fact done to dupe you into |
| because they are recovering the loss made by | | | | misery. |
| hosting service through sale of other related | | | | If common sense prevails and you really want to |
| products. Free hosting providers recover their | | | | venture out in the online world, then regular web |
| cost through various means some of them are: | | | | hosting plan are the best choice. Stay out of the |
| Tying arrangements: meaning you will be offered | | | | pitfalls of free web hosting. If something is too |
| free hosting service only if you pay for some | | | | good to be true, it probably is not. |
| related product or service. E.g. Free web hosting | | | | There is nothing called "Free Lunch" in the business |
| only if you pay for non-transferable Domain name | | | | world. |