How to Choose a Web Host
I recently decided to start a website for my small business. The vast majority of my business takes place at art and craft fairs so I didn't feel I needed a website at first. As my business started to grow, however, I realized that a website was the next big step for expansion. As I looked for a web host, I learned quite a bit about what you should look for to get the best experience and service.
How much the hosting costs is, of course, usually the first question people ask. This is a very important question but don't assume that cheapest is always best. Not all web hosts are created equal and you don't want to end up with one that is unreliable. Give yourself a budget and be willing to spend it on a trustworthy and high quality host for your website.
You will need to think about big your website will be. I don't mean how many pages you will have. Instead, I mean the actual size of the files that make up the website. Videos, music and photo files all take up much more space than text and simple graphics. Talk to your web designer about how much space your site is going to need.
You can build the website yourself, too, if you know how. If that is the case, you should call up different web hosting companies and ask them about their different size limits. They will be able to give you examples in real world terms about what each hosting package offers.
This also gave me the chance to evaluate their customer service quality. One web host I was looking at had me on hold for 15 minutes just to answer a question about one of their products! It goes without saying that this experience alone turned me off of that company.
Along with the quality of tech support, reliability as far as the actual hosting services is paramount to finding a host worth your money. You can look online for reviews of web hosting companies to determine who is most known for having their servers and things of that sort that you want to avoid.
The web host I finally went with got my attention because they have an environmental aspect to their mission. All the power that runs the server my business website is hosted on is produced from renewable resources. Solar panels and wind turbines keep my website and running without hurting the environment.
I use a web designer for my website and an environmentally friendly web host company to run my business website. Do some research before you choose your host and ask all the questions you have. The website has already started bringing in more money for me. Finding a good web host that I feel comfortable with was a great help to getting my online presence off the ground..
How much the hosting costs is, of course, usually the first question people ask. This is a very important question but don't assume that cheapest is always best. Not all web hosts are created equal and you don't want to end up with one that is unreliable. Give yourself a budget and be willing to spend it on a trustworthy and high quality host for your website.
You will need to think about big your website will be. I don't mean how many pages you will have. Instead, I mean the actual size of the files that make up the website. Videos, music and photo files all take up much more space than text and simple graphics. Talk to your web designer about how much space your site is going to need.
You can build the website yourself, too, if you know how. If that is the case, you should call up different web hosting companies and ask them about their different size limits. They will be able to give you examples in real world terms about what each hosting package offers.
This also gave me the chance to evaluate their customer service quality. One web host I was looking at had me on hold for 15 minutes just to answer a question about one of their products! It goes without saying that this experience alone turned me off of that company.
Along with the quality of tech support, reliability as far as the actual hosting services is paramount to finding a host worth your money. You can look online for reviews of web hosting companies to determine who is most known for having their servers and things of that sort that you want to avoid.
The web host I finally went with got my attention because they have an environmental aspect to their mission. All the power that runs the server my business website is hosted on is produced from renewable resources. Solar panels and wind turbines keep my website and running without hurting the environment.
I use a web designer for my website and an environmentally friendly web host company to run my business website. Do some research before you choose your host and ask all the questions you have. The website has already started bringing in more money for me. Finding a good web host that I feel comfortable with was a great help to getting my online presence off the ground..
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