The Web hosting company you choose for your business is the most IMPORTANT aspect as to whether your business thrives or dies!
Once your ready to start a business on the Internet choosing a name for your website will be your first order of business. Then you'll need to find a reliable hosting service to make your site come to life on the web. Choosing a good web page hosting company will be the most important decision you ever make for your business.
Life and Death Aspects of Your Website
The reason I say this is, if the web server your site resides on is down, more than up, your business might as well not even exist. Not only will you lose revenue because of the loss of sales, if the search engine bots visit your website and cannot find your pages you may be dropped from their index. This doesn't happen the first time, but after several tries to access your website it could very well happen. So any free traffic you may be receiving at this point from the search engines will be gone.
Website Hosting Fees Are Just Peanuts
Running your website doesn't have to be expensive. As a matter of fact, if you have a good product or service the nominal hosting fee of $10-$20 should be just peanuts to your pocketbook. If your looking for a hosting service that is cheaper than $10 or $20, of course you can find it, but the service you receive may not be the best. You know the old saying: "you get what you pay for"...
One of the things you might want to do is visit the hosting review sites for tips on good hosting companies. Just do a search at any of the search engines for "web hosting reviews".
Check Under the Hood
I feel customer service is critical, and I mean the #1 consideration for choosing a good hosting company. I recommend you take them for a test ride. Check under the hood, see what kind of power the engine really has... In other words, send an email to hosting company's customer service department or go to their website and submit a contact us form. Evaluate the company's response on quality of service along with how helpful they might be to growing your business.
Is everything about more money? Some smaller companies that work more one-on-one with their customers may go the extra mile for you. It is these types of web page hosting companies that become your "jewel" in the haystack. Once you find them you'll never let them go.
Some things to remember when looking for a hosting company:
1) Does the company offer educational tutorials on their website to assist you in growing your business?
2) Do you have access to software that allows you to build pages without knowing html?
3) What about a membership area that provides additional resources for learning to market your website? There is a learning curve for making a website profitable so ebooks, videos, and audios make a great addition to the web hosting package.
4) Do they offer a Price Freeze Guarantee? This ensures that your hosting price will stay the same even if the web hosting prices go up in the future.
5) How long as the hosting company been in business? This is one of the greatest fears talked about on the hosting forums, in that the hosting company goes belly up and leaves you high and dry.(mind you with no warning) Be sure to look for companies that have been around for at least 2 years.
To your success!
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