WARNING : Hosting Your Site

During the experience of 5 years of serving customers in hosting, its necessary to lay down some warning factors to beginners or even experienced webmasters on choosing their hosting account so that they can have smooth running of their sites at all times.

Day by day the prices for hosting are dropping significantly. The reason behind it is competition. The main server is shared amongst many customers like you. This is normal practice. But what happens if all these accounts have heavy traffic, it will result in slowing down of opening your web page. To take precaution, you can ask the reseller the following or alike questions before purchasing your hosting account.

How many accounts you have on a single server? What will happen when the traffic is heavy? Will it result in crash down of server?

You can ask alike questions and get satisfied before purchasing your new hosting.

The next thing is research about the reseller who is offering you the hosting.

You have to go through the reseller for hosting. As reseller offers more discounts than the rates given by the original server hosting packages. This is because the reseller is paying a fixed amount for shared hosting and host as many sites as she wants in most of the cases. So she can offer you good amount of discount on original server rates.

Do not get mixed with reseller with affiliates. Affiliate is only joined the hosting server site free of charge and marketing the site at its original hosting plan rates. Affiliate cannot offer any discount in original plans. In case of reseller, she is paying some fixed amount every month to use the sharing part of the server.

But the reseller who has less experience in selling hosting might create more problems than to good to your account.

So what to do in this case? Simple. You can ask server related questions to ask the server information to the reseller. If you do not understand what she explained, then ask again asking her specific topics or questions what you did not understand.

If you get satisfactory answers from the reseller and that too in a simple language which you understand, you are one step ahead with this reseller.

This is the first part you have to look before you purchase new hosting. In next few days, we will look for more parts on the same directory. If you have any doubt or questions, please ask it here http://www.zeesales.com/hosting/support.php

About the Author

Uday Kurtkoti is expert in domains, hosting and php scripts. He has thorough knowledge of hosting, domains and creating websites with his collection of over 1000 php scripts. To know More http://www.zeesales.com

Common Problems with Hosting Companies

For those of you with Web sites, you probably know what a host is. Its a company that provides a location, or address, on the Internet where your Web site resides.

In other words, just like a physical business needs an address, so does a Web site. You cant have a Web site and just stick it up on the Web. Unless you want to set up your own server, you have to go through a hosting company who gives you that address, including server space and bandwidth, that enables the search engines and visitors to find your site.

Lets look at some common problems we often have with hosting companies:

• You can never find an actual person to talk to! They may have a 24-hour customer service line open, but you can never get through to a real person.
• Hosting companies often think that the lowest price will always get the sale, but they fail to realize that what people really want is excellent customer service, servers that are up almost 100% of the time, and a variety of services that come with the hosting package.
• Many hosting companies dont provide any other functionality other than Web site hosting. They dont provide a control panel full of goodies such as PGP secure e-mail, shopping carts, log analysis, database creation, etc.
• Guess what? Technical support people often dont make the best customer support people. They may be technical gurus, but their main interest lies in their high tech servers and other functionality, rather than solving the simple problems of their customers.
• In other words, weak customer service is a major problem with the majority of hosting companies these days.

Solution:

I recently had the pleasure of being introduced to Combustion Hosting Company, and to say I was impressed is a vast understatement.

Here are some things that struck me as unbelievable. When the phone rings, whoever answers the phone is required to stand up to answer it and talk. After all, the sheer act of standing up requires that theyre on the ball and are listening to your problems and concerns. And, you actually speak to a real person!

With Combustion, if you have a problem, they dont just tell you how to solve it, they solve it for you! Also, their services certainly arent limited to hosting. They can set you up with an account to where you can access the Internet through local access numbers no matter where you travel.

Their prices are extremely reasonable much better than I had been paying previously. Plus, the extras Ive received by going with Combustion are amazing.

But the one thing that makes Combustion shine over most Web hosting companies is their devotion to providing good customer service, and this is an area in which they truly excel.

So, if youre in the market for a new Web site, or if you arent pleased with your current host, consider Combustion Hosting. It will be one of the smartest moves you could ever make for your Web site. http://www.combustionhosting.com/moreinfo

If you want further proof as to the benefits of using Combustion, read: http://www.techvibes.com/absolutenm/templates/template.asp?articleid=39&zoneid=2

About The Author

Robin Nobles, Director of Training, Academy of Web Specialists, ( http://www.academywebspecialists.com ) has trained several thousand people in her online search engine marketing courses ( http://www.onlinewebtraining.com ) and is the content provider for GRSeo software ( http://www.se-optimizer.com ). She also teaches 2-, 3-, and 5-day hands-on search engine marketing workshops in locations across the globe with Search Engine Workshops ( http://www.searchengineworkshops.com ).

robin@searchengineworkshops.com

5 Common Web Hosting Mistakes

Mistakes aren’t necessarily a bad thing, but if you can learn from other people’s mistakes it can save you from having to deal with them yourself. When it comes to web hosting, there are basically two kinds of mistakes - technical and general business.

Technical mistakes usually come up because of a misunderstanding of the internet and how it actually works. The first mistake many people make when creating a website is to cram as much information, photographs, images, etc. on each page as possible.

This makes the site take longer to download, leading to many visitors just moving on and never actually looking at the site. It also makes it more difficult to find what they’re looking for if the page is unorganized.

Another common error is creating a web site that isn’t search engine friendly. If the search engines can’t determine what your site is about, they aren’t going to be able to send you people who are searching for what you offer.

A mistake that many people make when starting out is to choose a host solely based on price. This is obviously an important factor, especially in the beginning, but if you choose the cheapest host you may be limited in your scalability as the website grows in popularity and traffic.

On the business side of things, the most common mistake is trying to be everything to everyone. You should have a plan for your website - a purpose for its existence - and build according to that plan.

Choose your target market and stick with it. Advertise in places they would see. Market in ways that would be of interest to them. Resist the urge to branch out into other areas just because something catches your eye. A site that tries to do everything usually ends up achieving nothing.

Another common business mistake is following the competition’s lead. You’ll obviously want to keep an eye on them to see what they’re up to, but if you copy everything they do you’ll always be one step behind.

Use your creativity and come up with unique ways to stand out from the rest of the websites in your market.

About the Author

John Lenaghan writes about web site hosting and other related topics for the Hosting Report website. For more helpful web hosting information visit http://www.hostingreport.org

Avoid Getting Ripped Off By A Hosting Company…

Avoid Getting Ripped Off By A Hosting Company…

by: Dave Young

Chances are if you host multiple domains or websites you are spending too much money at your current hosting provider. Other hosting companies increase their profits by forcing you to create an additional hosting account every time you want to host a new domain or website. Lets say you have five (5) websites and they each cost you $10.00 a month. It is obvious you are spending $50 a month to host those five (5) websites, but did you know that you are getting ripped off?

Hosting companies are smart and they take full advantage of you. If youre an existing customer and theyve got you hooked, they know youll spend an additional $10 a month to host an additional website. What they dont tell you is they are ripping you off. Not only are you spending too much, but arent you tired of having to signup for a new account every time you want to host an additional website or domain? Arent you tired of having to keep up with login information for multiple accounts? And above all, why are you spending an additional $5, $10 and even $20 or more a month just to host an additional website?

You should be spending your time growing your business, not having to administer multiple accounts. You should be saving your money to foster the growth of your company. And you should know youre getting a good deal with your hosting provider, not getting ripped off.

You can easily avoid getting ripped off by a hosting company

To read the entire article, visit http://www.gp-host.com/article2.php .

About The Author

Dave Young is the President/CEO of GP-Host, a division of Gluepoint, LLC. GP-Host provides multiple domain hosting entrepreneurs and business owners.

info@gp-host.com

Avoiding the Web Hosting Scam

As the World Wide Web grows ever larger so, it seems, does the proliferation of web hosting companies. They offer more and more facilities at cheaper and cheaper pricing. Of course there are reputable web companies that offer affordable web hosting plans ? they have to compete in the market place after all. But, ever heard the saying “If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is” well, this is just as true with web hosting companies as it is with everything else.

There are certain limitations that all web hosting companies face regarding web server resources and specifications. There is no such thing as a web server that has a limitless supply of RAM and CPU. We have all seen web hosting companies claiming to provide unlimited space or bandwidth for your website. But it is a fact that, unless you have a large business website, the average web site uses 50 Megs or less of space and usually less then 1 gig of bandwidth per month.

So, why would a hosting company offer unlimited bandwidth and space per month? Simple,??.they don’t tell all the truth! They often make up unrealistic plans with huge amounts of space and bandwidth for around $5.95 a month. They play the percentages game. What I mean by that is, that they know, maybe one or two of every 100 websites that they host on these plans are going to use all the bandwidth that they claim to provide. How do they deal with these higher bandwidth sites? They usually close the accounts of these websites saying, “your site is using too many resources.” They are of course telling the truth about the resource usage. It is important to realize that bandwidth, and the space a website is using, have nothing to do with the server resources being used. Resource usage has to do with the amount of CPU and RAM a site uses. If your site is using a lot of bandwidth you aren’t penalized for using the bandwidth on your web hosting plan, your site is kicked off the server for likely using most of the web hosting companies servers cpu and ram. Also it is possible that the cheaper the web hosting plan offered, and the more bandwidth and space provided - the more sites per server the host will cram in to make their profit back. Which also means poorer performance for your website.

Another thing to bear in mind is that a lot of these “too good to be true” plans want you to pay for a year up front. You would think that a hosting company couldn’t care less if you pay monthly or yearly for your hosting. Because, if you’re happy with your hosting, you’re likely to keep your hosting plan going as long as you own the website ? certainly longer than a year! It doesn’t cost that much to process those monthly fees, so why pay yearly? Well, could be that their support sucks, their servers are slow, slow, slow, possibly your site downtime is also going to become an issue. Obviously If you pay on a monthly basis you’re going to move your site in double-quick fashion. If you paid for a year up front, it’s going to be a painful and frustrating 12 months for you and your customers!

One other red flag to be aware of, with cheap web hosting companies, are the claims of zero downtime. It is impossible to guarantee 100% uptime, as it is necessary to reboot all servers occasionally for updates to software and to maintain security. No updates to security means an easy target for hackers and the like, who trawl the web constantly looking for holes to exploit. You don’t want your valuable customer info to fall prey to security flaws at the server level.

So, now you are better armed to go out into the web hosting company jungle. As I said at the beginning, there are many web hosting companies out there that provide stellar service at a reasonable price. Follow a few of the guidelines touched on above, and you should have a relatively problem free start to your life on-line, ignore them at your peril!

This article was co-written with Jim Turner, the owner of hot5hosting.com Feel free to visit his site at http://www.hot5hosting.com Otherwise learn more about Martin’s businesses at Truepot.net http://www.truepot.net

Web Hosting - 10 Things To Avoid

1. Very Cheap Pricing

Ok, here’s the rub: there are thousands of web hosting companies out there that have very low prices. The fact is that a cheap web hosting company offering very low rates is doing this for a reason. And the reason is that they are doing a tremendous amount of volume. To a cheap web hosting company, you are just a number, especially if you are a small business. Here’s something else to consider: How many other websites will you be sharing your IP address with? You’ve heard of Spammers, haven’t you? Well, aggressive spammers generally go with the cheapest web hosting package they can find. Why? Because they know that they only plan to be in business for a certain amount of time. Did you know that spamming can get your site banned by the Search Engines and your ISP? In short, when you share your IP address with, say, 1000’s of other businesses, and one of these businesses happens to be a spammer, the entire IP address can, and most often will, be banned by the Search Engines. Then it’s goodbye, business. You probably won’t even know what has happened to make your traffic drop so dramatically. On top of all of this, a very cheap web hosting company will generally have very slow servers and common services will be denied because there is not enough bandwidth. You will be doing yourself and your business a tremendous disservice by going with a cheap web hosting company.

2. Limited Room For Expansion

Your online business will almost certainly expand. You should be able to choose from different web hosting packages that will help you do this. Even better, the web hosting company should be available to consult with you and help you make decisions when the time comes. Are they interested in your business, or just your money? One size definitely does not fit all. If the web hosting company doesn’t understand this, then it’s time to move on.

3. Underdeveloped Website

Web hosting companies should have a well-developed, informative and easy-to-navigate site. It’s that simple. The site’s FAQ and Help features should be visible. Also you should have a way to contact them, and not just via email. Who has time to wait 24 hours for an answer?

4. Dubious Claims

99.99% guaranteed uptime. How many times have you seen this claim? Does it mean anything anymore? The truth is, most web hosting companies claim that they can deliver this. Very few offer real guarantees in the form of money back or similar guarantees to ensure your satisfaction, and gives you alternatives if they don’t deliver. Don’t let web hosting companies get away with this.

5. Lack of References

A good web hosting company will have a list of satisfied customers, and will welcome your contacting them to get references. You should know whom you are going into business with. If the web hosting company refuses your request to check references, keep moving. Make no mistake about it, web hosting is not just a business, it is a partnership. Does the web hosting company that you are considering understand that?

6. Aggressive Selling Tactics

When you call the web hosting company for information, are they constantly pressuring you to upgrade, buy this, buy that? Does every call end with them trying to sell you something? Specifically, are they asking you to pay for a whole year of web hosting upfront? Did you realize that if you do this, and later decide that their services are not working for you, your money is gone for good? Can you afford to do this? Do you want to risk it?

7. Bait and Switch

Look at the fine print. Does it say one thing in the headline and another in the small print? For example, does the web hosting company limit the number of emails that you can have and/or send out at once? Features such as these are critical if your business is going to be able to service your customers quickly and efficiently. You don’t want to purchase a web hosting package based on a promise only to find out later that there is a catch. In any case, you wouldn’t want to trust your business with a web hosting company that would do this. Don’t just walk away. Run.

8. Package/Software Inflexibility

Are the packages that the web hosting company offers limited? Are they able to direct you to the web hosting package that is right for your business? Or do they direct everyone to the same package? A web hosting company’s ability to be flexible should be key in your decision to either go with them or to keep looking.

9. Very Large Companies

Just because a web hosting company is very large, doesn’t mean it is the best. You need to ask yourself if you will get the personalized web hosting service that your business deserves, or will you be just a number.

10. Shoddy Customer Service

A web hosting company’s attitude toward customer service is your indication as to how reliable they are as a company that you are entrusting your business with. Any web hosting company should give you all of their contact information. As a matter of fact, this is a must for any business. Who is answering the phone? A recording? The Sales Department? No one? Online business runs 24/7. These days, impersonal web hosting service cannot be tolerated. You need someone to answer your questions now. No one wants to leave a message, or worse yet, receive an impersonal email. The bottom line is that for the most part, all any web hosting company really has to sell you is their service. That’s the bottom line. If they don’t understand that, they shouldn’t be in business in the first place.

Greg Cesar knows web hosting! Find out how hundreds of webmasters benefit from Greg’s web hosting and internet marketing knowledge by visiting his Web Hosting website.

About the Author

Greg Cesar is a successful Internet marketer, web designer and web hosting provider with over 10 years’ experience. He specializes in providing innovative web hosting and internet marketing services that help business owners make more money online. To improve your online business immediately and work with someone who understands what it takes to make real money online, visit: http://www.hostpartnerplus.com

Hosting Service Providers and Identity Theft

My Hosting Service, My Security Service: How much protection does your web host give you from identity theft…and how much can they?

There are laws now that protect us from identity thieves, sure, but oftentimes, by the time the law gets involved, the damage is already done. Your website may be defaced. Your name may be sullied. Your hosting service may have locked you out. You lose customers. You lose money. To recover, you have to regain lost ground, which also takes time and money. But what can you do to protect yourself? And can your web hosting service help?

In two words: they’d better. At the very least a hosting service in the age of spammers, hijackers, and hackers (oh my!) should at the very least have one or more firewalls protecting your data. They should also be able to offer you protection from Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, a common outcome of internet identity theft. Some hosting services may offer you a Virtual Private Network (at relevant expense, of course) for additional protection.

Your payment area should be completely secure, at the bare minimum promising SSL digital encryption of all incoming and outgoing data. You should also make sure the shopping cart your hosting service provides is compatible with the major online payment processing gateways, such as PayPal, NETeller, Citadel, FirePay Click2Pay, UseMyBank, and others.

Identity thieves will often try to access your hosting service account using the “fruits” of their thieving. Once inside, they can hijack your domain away from you or delete important files from your hosting service. If this happens to you, one thing to do is check the server logs of your hosting service to figure out the exact date and time that the theft occurred. Note the IP addresses involved in the action and contact the associated ISP. This alone won’t resolve the problem. But it’s a start.

If your email address is stolen, you may find you start receiving returned messages that you appear to have sent but which you know for certain you did not. Print each and every one of those messages out immediately and make copies — they’re evidence. Not only may they come in handy in tracing the source of the theft, but they may be the very things that keep your hosting service from terminating your account (if, for one hypothetical example, a thief uses your email address to send X-rated material).

The other immediate action to take if you ever suspect yourself of being a victim of internet identity theft is notify your hosting service, your ISP, and your domain name registrar. Any instructions they give you, follow. You could also file a police report (and probably should, at least to get the crime on record), but as it’s unlikely anything will come of it (at least not immediately), this should really only be done after you’ve first contacted your hosting service, ISP, and registrar.

About the Author

Hosting-Review.com is the premier resource on web hosting. Visit http://www.hosting-review.com for comprehensive reviews and rankings of over 50 web hosting service providers , as well as informative articles about everything to do with hosting.

Things to Look For While Choosing a Hosting Company

So you want to have a website of your own? You worked overtime to design and code that beautiful website. Or might be you hired a web designer. But now comes the time to upload this to a web server, so that the world can find your amazing site. So you do a search for webhosting, and are bomabarded with a million people trying to sell you the web hosting. So what choices do you have? How do you separate the grain from the chaff? Let us begin by seeing what choices you have.

Free web hosting with Tripod/Lycos/Geocities or similar sites: Pros:

Totally free.

Cons:

Large, Irritating ads on your website.

No support for PHP, MySql etc.

Generally no support for FTP.

Control panel is limited.

Go for this if you have a very basic/personal website. Not at all recommended for professional websites.

Professional webhosting.

Pros:

Very reliable.

Quick support.

Feature packed.

Cons:

Generally very costly.

Go for this if your budget can afford it or you have a very demanding website.

Budget webhosting:

They try to balance free and professional webhsoting.

Pros:

Cheap yet somewhat reliable.

Cons:

Some features may be missing.

Might be plagued with downtime, server crashes etc.

Go for this if you can accept your site being down.

It is also important to stay away from fly by night operators which claim to give every thing without the catch.

About the Author

Grinhost.com provides totally free web hosting with PHP and unlimited mySql databases . You get 200 MB storage and 2 GB data transfer. Our forums provide free and quick support for any web hosting need. Participation in the forums is a requirement for being hosted with us. Author: Shabda Raaj

Web Host Overselling - What It Is (And What It Can Mean For Your Hosting Experience)

What is Overselling?

Overselling is a marketing gimmick that many hosting companies use where they promise more (often far more) resources than they have available to try and lure clients onto their servers. Extreme amounts of disk space and bandwidth for very low prices to try and convey value are the hallmark of these providers.

If you’ve recently gone searching for a hosting plan, you’ve undoubtedly seen an ad or two (or a thousand) promising ?$2 a Month! 500 GB of Storage! 2 TB of Bandwidth! Host Unlimited Domains!?or some equally outrageous offer. This is overselling at its finest.

Anatomy of the Oversell

A new hosting provider leases a dedicated server with 2 GB of RAM, a 120 GB hard drive and 500 GB of monthly bandwidth and costs $150 per month.

Now let’s suppose that this host was planning to sell hosting packages for $3 with 100 GB of disk space, and 500 GB of bandwidth (which, by the way, is nowhere near the extremes that some hosting plans go to).

Anyone who understands basic math instantly recognizes that if the host actually allowed just a single user to use the resources he or she has purchased, he would have nearly used up his entire hard drive and would have accounted for all of his monthly bandwidth on the server he is leasing. All with one $3 a month client.

In order for this hosting provider to arrive at any reasonable amount of success in the business, they now have to pack as many clients onto this server as possible (quite often up to 500 or more are put on a single server) in the hopes that the clients never actually use the resources they have purchased.

What Can Overselling Tell You About the Host?

Overselling can (and should) raise several warning flags to those searching for a hosting plan including:

? That they are involved in hosting only for the short term (or possibly even as a hobby during summer break). The barrier to entry is very low in hosting. Anyone with an allowance a reseller account and a website can portray themselves as a legitimate company. These types of hosts, not knowing anything about providing hosting services, think that by setting up shop and offering the moon for $3, they’ll be on the road to riches. A more likely scenario is they’ll disappear at the end of the summer leaving you without an account (and more importantly, your data).

? Quality of service is not a priority. Many hosts that oversell need to pack as many clients onto a single server or reseller account as possible in order to realize any profit from their operations. With this many people fighting for the same RAM and processing power of the server, poor service quality is inevitable. Clients often have to endure this low level of service for months (if they haven’t bailed by already) until the host can save enough funds to get an additional server. Even then they will likely start overcrowding that one as well.

? Customer support is not a priority. By offering cheap plans, a host that can attract new clients in large numbers now has a new dilemma on his hands: how to support a large user base with any kind of quality. Long response times to help tickets and responses that do not solve the problem but only buy time for the host should be watched out for. ?We’re taking a look at this issue? is a popular response hosts use to keep you waiting another few hours.

How Can Overselling Impact Your Hosting Experience?

Account Suspension/Termination: A host who oversells is counting on you to never use the resources you’ve paid for. Their business depends on it. If your blog, forum or online store becomes popular and your traffic increases significantly, you run the risk of your hosting provider suspending or terminating your account so that they don’t have to live up to their advertised offers.

Frequent Migrations: If your site gains any degree of popularity or your ecommerce site sees an increase in transaction you may be asked to pay more or leave. In other words, if you actually use the resources you were promised you will likely not be welcome anymore.

Slow Site Performance: As mentioned above, with often hundreds of sites competing with yours for valuable resources, servers can easily bog down and become unresponsive. If a solid support and monitoring system is not in place, you can be stuck in this situation for days.

Exposure to Malicious Users: Cheap hosting (especially those with 30 Day Money Back Guarantees) is very appealing to spammers and other users with less than admirable intentions. Being able to get in on the cheap, run their scripts and leave without much accountability (if any) is the perfect vehicle for this crowd. Many hosts will try and protect against this kind of behavior but if you’re not on the ball 24/7 monitoring activity, you may not see them until they’ve done their damage.

Things You Can Do to Avoid an Overseller Nightmare

Ignore the Sales Pitch: Forget how big the resource allocations are. In reality, you are not really getting all of these resources anyways. Look for other signs of value such as: software and tools offered with your account, tutorials (if you’re new to hosting), reputation of the host on forums and message boards, account transfer services, a comprehensive knowledgebase, a busy company forum, multiple avenues to contact the company, etc.

Pay Attention to Response Times: Send a sales inquiry or technical question via the company helpdesk and note the response time and the quality of the response itself. You often tell if a host takes their business seriously by how quickly they get back to you and how well they answer your questions.

Ask About The Company’s Operations: If a host owns their own equipment and has significant investment in their operations, they are likely (though not always) to go the extra mile and provide a higher level of service quality.

Is the Company Organized as a Formal Business Entity?: Using a formal business entity (corporation, LLC, partnership, etc) can be an indication of how serious the owners of a hosting company are likely to be. This process takes time and investment to do properly and most “fly by night” hosts do not bother with this formality.

Are there hosts that don’t oversell who provide poor quality of service? Sure. Can you wind up with some of the same experiences noted above with a large company? Of course. Overselling is an unfortunate part of today’s hosting industry and is unlikely to go anywhere anytime soon. One thing you can and should do to avoid a hosting nightmare is to do your own due diligence when looking for a host and remember, with hosting (like with so many other things in life), you ultimately get what you pay for. The next time you see an outrageous hosting offer that seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Steve Harwood is the CEO of NetLab Inc., a Grid Hosting company in El Segundo, CA. For more information please visit us at http://www.netlab.com

STOP Don’t Buy That Web Hosting Reseller Plan!

Before you pay $24.95 a month or more for that reseller web hosting plan, read this article and at least evaluate all of your options. A reseller plan generally offers you more space and bandwidth then a regular shared hosting plan. However one thing to keep in mind that a reseller plan is still a form of a shared hosting plan. It’s not a dedicated server, and there will be other sites on the same IP address and server as yours. So what other alternatives do you have to host multiple sites for one monthly price?

Interesting enough several of the hosting companies that offer these reseller plans are now offering multiple domain name setup on one shared hosting account. What exactly does this mean?

Let’s go through a scenario, you signup for a shared hosting account at Hostgator.com. At the time of writing this article, Hostgator is offering unlimited sites hosted on the 3 larger plans of the four they offer. So once you’re setup you can login to you cpanel, and through their add-on domains/sub domains link you can begin to add two, three, four or more domains to that one account. Is this a possible feature you can take advantage of?

If you’re not running a small hosting company that needs separate admin panel screens for your users to visit, view stats, setup their own email addresses etc. Then this is definitely something you should consider. If you have several medium to small sites you’re running online you might as well save the money a reseller plan will cost you and go for a multiple site shared hosting plan.

Another feature you may want to look for at the hosting company of your choice is what their upgrade options are. If you start with a shared hosting plan, with 3000 MB of space and 8 GB of bandwidth and you begin to outgrow it after 6 months to a year. Will your hosting provider allow you to upgrade to a larger account? Will they help move the sites to the new server? Always think down the road and where your web sites will be in 6 months, 1 year.

Since you took the time to read this you may have saved yourself $15 too $20 bucks a month; and remember while a reseller plan offers multiple admin panels and domains it’s still a shared hosting plan. So really the only difference between a reseller plan and shared plan is the accessibility to setup your plans, and have separate cpanels. Its kind of a shared plan on steroids, just weigh that info against the price of the plan before you dive in.

About the Author

Vistit The Web Hosting Hound to search for your next web hosting plan. Search by space, bandwidth, or any other feature important to your business and website.

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