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| people may require a website just for hobby and | | | | requirements and then proceed towards hosting |
| others may want to start a small online business. | | | | company that provides your requirement at the |
| People can make their website by taking help of | | | | cheapest rate. |
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| that you are your own hosting account. People | | | | But yet it would be wise enough if you choose a |
| who have just newly started their business would | | | | web host who can provide you with at least |
| not prefer to invest much money in a hosting | | | | unlimited sub domains hosting. |
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| initially start with a low profile. After all, cheap web | | | | When you go for a low cost hosting company, |
| hosting can also come in good packages. There | | | | see that it provides you with mail and FTP user |
| are many web hosts in the market that are | | | | accounts. Check for separate mail ID facility or |
| cheap and at the same time good too. | | | | FTP accounts with different folder access ability. |
| This article will guide you towards selecting a low | | | | 4) Be able to have control on your account: |
| cost web hosting plan. You just have to follow | | | | See that your hosting company is in a position to |
| certain guide lines while selecting an affordable low | | | | give you maximum control of your account such |
| cost web hosting and you should also know what | | | | as SSH (secure shell) access, .htaccess file access, |
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| There are certain features that should be taken | | | | may sound jargon to you but at one point of |
| into consideration while selecting a low cost web | | | | time, you will definitely need one of these |
| hosting and they are as follows: | | | | accesses for your website. |
| 1) Concentrate on disk space and bandwidth | | | | 5) Should have the ability of installing open source |
| availability: | | | | softwares: |
| Now days, there are many hosting companies | | | | Your hosting company should offer installation |
| who can offer you a good deal with disk space | | | | facility of many open source softwares like |
| and bandwidth. Be aware of the fact that there | | | | wordpress, PhpBB MediaWiki, Zencast etc. You |
| might be certain hosting company who provide | | | | should be able to install through the control panel. |
| more disk space and bandwidth which is not | | | | 6) Check for support ability: |
| reliable or not having a good support system. | | | | Your low cost hosting company that you choose |
| However, in my opinion, you should also not select | | | | should at least offer mail support with a |
| the company which provides more disk space and | | | | reasonable response time. You can’t |
| more bandwidth, just because the offer is good. | | | | expect phone support. |
| In other words, you should buy only what you | | | | |