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To Pay Or Not To Pay That Is The Question About Web Hosting |
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As with everything in life all the choices we make have distinct advantages and disadvantages. The problem is that we don't often see the disadvantages until after we have made our decision. This can also happen when we choose a web hosting provider. There are many web hosts that provide free hosting. Why pay for something you can get free? Free is great for hosting personal sites.
by LucasHeijn
As with everything in life all the choices we make have distinct advantages and disadvantages. The problem is that we don't often see the disadvantages until after we have made our decision. This can also happen when we choose a web hosting provider. There are many web hosts that provide free hosting. Why pay for something you can get free? Free is great for hosting personal sites.
Free web hosting sounds attractive. How does a free web hosting provider get any money? They are a business so they are there to make money. They do this by advertising. You see you get a free site. You then drive traffic to the site. This traffic now become potential customers of your web hosting provider. So your web host has given you a free site in return for free traffic.
Now let's say you don't want just a personal site, but you want to make money from your site. Now a free site becomes a hindrance instead of a help.
In setting up a commercial site you will need more resources and freedom to use your site. You see you will need MySql databases. You may want to run PHP or CGI scripts. You may produce a squeeze page and try to get your customers to focus on your product. But there are other products being advertised as well, products from your web host. There could also be an issue with looking professional and being a trusted business.
If you want to sell on the internet you will always be better off with a paid web hosting account. So then you would need to choose a hosting package that will best serve your needs. Let's look at some of the benefits of paid web hosting.
1. Can create a number of email accounts. This means that your email address will look more professional. Your email will look like this
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that will look a lot more professional than
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or any of the free email sites. I personally won't do business with anyone who uses a free email account as their support address; I feel it's too risky.
2. You can set up PHP and CGI scripts.
3. You will be able to use MySql databases. Many things you will want to run on your site such as a blog will require a database.
4. You will also have far greater disk space available to you. If you run out of available space your web host can easily and painlessly increase your allotted amount.
5. You will have the use of an easy to use control panel. This will also give you greater control over your site.
These were just a few of the reasons why you need to choose a paid web hosting provider there are many more.
You can choose to start small and expand. This can be done painlessly as your hosting provider just increases the limits that have been set with the package you chose at first.
So looking back to our question to pay or not to pay. Free web hosting is great for personal and family sites. They are not great for anyone that wants to set up a serious internet business.
About the Author:
Selecting the right web hosting service is an important decision for your internet business. Some web hosts also provide other free tools you would need to operate your business. One most important tool is the follow-up autoresponder
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