Website Developers Can Profit From A Reseller Web Space Hosting Account

By purchasing a reseller web space hosting account, not only can website developers create websites for their clients, they can also provide their clients with web space hosting. This is another great studio service that can be offered easily by website developers.

What Exactly Do You Need To Profit From Reseller Web Space Hosting?

Speedy & Reliable Web Space Hosting Support - Providing speedy and reliable web space hosting support is critical for success in reselling web space hosting. If something happens to your client’s website, it is of top priority to make sure that the situation is handled effectively in the quickest manner possible. An unhappy client will also affect the reputation of your other services as well, make sure that you’re clients are fully satisfied with the web space hosting services that you make available. Remember, word of mouth is one of the most effective forms of advertising for a business, it can either make you or break you. The choice is yours to make and the actions that you take will help determine the effect that word of mouth advertising plays on your business.

Control Panel - It is preferable that you have full administrative control over your clients’ web space hosting accounts. Make sure that your web space hosting provider not only provides you with a control panel that includes complete administrative facilities to easily manage multiple accounts, but, they also provide your clients with their own control panel as well. The most important issue would be that your web space hosting provider gives you the ability to hide their identity as a web space hosting provider that you use. This makes clients unaware that you are offering a service through a third party provider. Also, make sure that you have the ability to customize the control panels your clients use to suit your requirements.

Terms & Conditions - Terms and conditions become vital when offering any type of service. Make sure that every single client has a copy of your terms and conditions. Many people that are reselling web space hosting simply neglect to write their own terms and conditions. Don’t get me wrong, they take quite a bit of time to create and they don’t seem to be the most pleasing thing to write. Usually, if you contact a web space hosting provider, they will let you copy theirs or you will be supplied with a set of terms and conditions that was created specifically for this purpose.

Multiple Domain Hosting - In order to become a web space hosting reseller, you need to obtain an account that offers multiple domain hosting. For example, if you obtain a web space hosting reseller account that allows 8 add-on domains, you can use one to develop your web space hosting company’s website and 7 can be used for your clients. All that you need to do is pay your web space hosting provider their normal rate and charge your customers however much you wish. I would like to add in that there are quite a few web space hosting providers, including The Next Generation Host, that offers their reseller web space hosting clients unlimited add-on domains, this doesn’t limit how many domains you are able to host. I find this option very useful in running a web space hosting company.

Reseller web space hosting can be a rather profitable type of business. You have to have a good host in order to succeed. Also, don’t overlook the fact that it does require you to put some time into it in order to prosper. The time that you put into will lead to making your clients happier and will also help to improve your company’s reputation.

About the Author

Hypnotique is the owner of The Next Generation Host which provides inexpensive web space hosting.

Why to Choose Paid Hosting Instead of Free?

Many of you faced with the question today of having a web site.
And after developing your site you will probably starting to find good free hosting.
What’s the catch with the free hosting providers?

There is nothing in this world for free. Ask yourself a question - how do they survive?
They have to pay for servers, bandwidth, server software and got no income?

The answer is - advertising, yeah they place an ads on your site and usually have a tracking tools to decide whether traffic on your site click on their ads and generate income or not.
If not do not be surprised your account closed.

- Free hosting companies usually place their own ads on your site.
- There are some free hosting companies that do not place an ads but if you get some traffic on your site your free provider may close your account and place his own page with ads instead of your site.
- PHP, CGI, Perl and many other tech tools are disabled.
- You have very limited disk space and limited bandwidth.
- You have not memorized by others address like /freehoster.com/somedir/~youraccount
- You don’t have useful tools like Site builder, add-on scripts which some paid hosting companies offer for free.
- You don’t have email address similar as your account name.
- A lot of free hosts change their Terms without warning you.
- Because they are offering free hosting, the majority of them can not afford to offer 24/7 or any support.
- Very few free web hosts offer a control panel with their plans.

With pay host you eliminate all this inconveniences except one - it’s not free.
I know this is not simple step to decide to pay for hosting. So if you need just information
page for your friends then free hosting option is right for you. But if this is your presentation
site or you plan to do some business and need tools like PHP, CGI etc…
I’d recommend to take a look at paid hosting companies.

Why A Web Site, And Why Web Hosting?

Imagine having a filing system that could withstand a nuclear war. Hmm, I wouldnt like to prove it, but in theory that is what the Internet could resist with its virtual existence. If you transfer files of information around the Internet, operating in virtual space, it would be difficult to lose that information if you had a mind not to.

Possessing a website has advantages for many varieties of users; serving a range of different purposes.

For example, Net presence is of enormous benefit to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Conventional filing systems, where everything is stored as a hard copy, are cumbersome, and space consuming. With a website, all existing documents can be transferred one way or another, to the Internet and neatly organized using ‘hyperlinks’ (virtual pathways) for quick, easy reference. You no longer need to waste your time digging through a mile high pile of paper to find what your looking for, with your own website all it takes is the click of a ‘mouse’.

A website wouldnt only save you space and time, but cost too. The Internet is worldwide and a website can be used as a powerful promotional and marketing tool, viewed by prospective clients around the world. One can see what you offer in Hong Kong and Madrid at the same time.

Imagine the money youd save on promotional printing costs. Your website could reach the four corners of the globe and be available 24 hours a day. There is no longer a need to allocate high budgets to printing promotional material for prospective clients, they are able to access the information instantaneously, and download what they need.

Imagine, neatly organized links that move you, quickly to your destination.

A website is your identity on the Internet, kind of like an interactive ‘business card’. It can be the prospective clients first point of contact, presented by a knockout, easily updated, design, your site can sell you, your products and your services.

Once you have organised your web site and patted yourself on the back, that you have made your first flight into ‘cyberspace’, your next step is to have somewhere to ‘dock’ it, a place to put your website. A place such as M6.net - http://www.m6.net a ‘web host’ a place to ‘host’ your web site.

A web hosting company provides a space for you to put your web page documents (FrontPage, Dreamweaver files), images (gifs, jpgs), and more advanced pages such as ASP’s, those pages that have intelligence behind them creating such items as forms, news, bbs, chat; interaction.

If the Host is clever enough, friendly, supportful; it will offer a whole range of facilities, that you or your webmaster can take advantage of, to create an interactive, humanised, mechanised and automated business presence, on the Internet.

For businesses in the new millennium there is no future without an Internet presence. Trade costs will lower; communication will get smarter and faster. Reliability will be greater. Thus there will be a vast gap between businesses with Net presence and those without.

Every one will have a presence on the Internet some day, wether it is a corporate business, Aunty Flo’s bric-a-brac stall, or the family’s photo library.

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Shared Hosting VS Dedicated Server

Are you at a crossroads now, deciding which type of hosting best suits your needs? This is definitely an important decision as it will affect how your business will run on the webspace in the future. So, before you start submitting a ticket to the support department or calling the sales department of any hosting provider to ask regarding your confusion, take a look at the guidelines and tips which I’m about to introduce to you.

First of all, ask yourself, which type of web busineses are you planning to get involved in? Next, I’ll show you the advantages, disadvantages and features offered to you by both shared hosting and dedicated server hosting. Before I proceed further, let’s refresh your mind with the definition of both types of hosting. Shared hosting, as most of you should be well-versed, is hosting where a lot of websites share the same resources in one server. Resources here simply mean the total webspace, the memory, the processor speed, as well as the bandwidth.

Dedicated server on the other hand, give you the freedom of being alone. Alone means you are the sole owner of the server. You can do whatever you want and no other sites share the resources with you. It sure comes with a price as dedicated server is way more expensive than shared hosting. However, if you believe that the advantages which I shall be listing in a short while are the advantages you long to have, then it’s wise to conclude that these advantages can outweigh the expensive price (but still affordable) of dedicated server.

Facing the challenges in the world of sharing!

Here’s a simple analogy; renting a room on your own or finding a roommate to share the room with you. Simply, that’s the problem or risks you might be facing when you opt for shared hosting. Shared hosting is just like you rent a room with a few other roommates. Won’t it be congested to share in a small room? However, there is a reason why people choose to find roommates. Price is the main concern. Same goes to hosting industry. Shared hosting is cheaper and more affordable compared to dedicated hosting. Nowadays, you can find shared hosting with the price of USD4 to USD15 per month.

Therefore, if you think that price is an issue and you are still green in hosting world and your online business has yet to achieve heavy traffic, the best solution is to go for shared hosting first. Consequently, you have to bear the drawbacks of shared hosting but if you choose a reliable and experienced hosting provider (probably in a hosting industry for around 3-4 years), the provider will ensure the most minimal drawbacks for its clients. In shared hosting environment, you will encounter certain disadvantages as follows:

Sharing Same IP

Having the same IP address in shared hosting is the main concern when other sites in the server is actually being blacklisted for unethical activities such as spamming or generating illegal script. Since, you share the same server, it’s obvious you will share the same IP address. So, when other sites are blacklisted, those sharing the same IP with them will also unfortunately share the same fate - being banned alltogether by search engine. You will be the victim of crime which you don’t commit. However, there are times where you can buy yourself a dedicated IP but this usually is not needed unless you are getting yourself an SSL certificate. In cases such as this one, it depends on your hosting provider on how they deal with clients who do illegal and unapproved activities. Usually, a reliable and responsible host will suspend those sites which perform spamming in order to rescue other sites who are innocent. In short, to get yourself a shared hosting, get to know how your provider deal with those sites which are hosted in the same server as you.

Slow Server Response Time

Using the same analogy as above, if you and your roommates want to use the bathroom, you have to queue up, correct? Hence, it will slow down your daily work. Same goes to shared hosting. If one of your neighbours have heavy daily traffic, it will consume most of the bandwidth and when things get tighten up, you will feel the slow response time such as difficulty accessing your website. This is because server will respond to the requested file in order of the queue. If one of the visitor happens to request it later and is on a long queue, that visitor will experience slow response time and might eventually end up leaving your website.

Server Crashes Regularly

The factor to server crashes more often than usual, is the fact that certain scripts are generated and it can overload a server’s resources. If webhosting provider does not monitor the server’s activity, those poorly-written CGI script can give you more headache than relief. Hence, it’s vital for host provider to monitor the server regularly to prevent server from crashes and to protect your site from being affected. You as a client, please do take the initiative to question your providers on how they take precautions for cases like this one. A well-knowledgable and reliable host provider will be able to answer your question to your satisfaction.

Despite aforementioned bad points, a lot of websites also use this shared hosting solution and if a proper provider is chosen, you can be assured that such incidents will barely happen.

Dedicated Hosting - A world of your own

What makes people opt for dedicated hosting instead of shared hosting? Again, the most important criterion is money. If you can afford a costly solution like this, go ahead. However, don’t just simply go ahead without weighing the pros and cons of dedicated hosting. Even if you have money, and you are just a small medium enterprise, think twice for investing in dedicated hosting. Reason is because dedicated hosting is mainly for large and busy sites such as portal, search engine, online content provider, heavy traffic forums and etc. In addition, dedicated hosting usually requires more technical-savvy specialist to monitor it. Listed below are some of the advantages why dedicated hosting is a popular option:

You are the boss!

Here, it means you have more control of everything. You can install whatever applications and scripts you want. You can do script testing and if anything were to happen, no one else to blame but yourself. You will have the ability to customise the hardware and softwares installed on your server, which you cannot find this priviledge if you are under shared hosting.

No more limitation in bandwidth usage

Compare to shared hosting, you might get yourself a “warning letter” from your hosting provider if you exceed the maximum bandwidth allocated to you. With dedicated hosting, you have the amount of bandwidth of a server. Hence, downloading and uploading any materials from your site will not be a problem if you have a lot of daily visitors performing such activity.

More Secured

Having a dedicated server is in fact more secured compared to shared hosting. This is because dedicated server will be provided its own firewall. Therefore, the information stored in dedicated server is less vulnerable to attacks by hackers or any malicious codes. In addition, hosting provider will usually provide backup for you with added fee, but, in terms of security, it’s actually worth it.

Better Performance

Since dedicated hosting means only you alone are hosted in that server, the response time of the server to requested files will be so much faster compared to shared hosting. Visitors who browse your website will feel happy because your pages will appear on their browser fast enough to satisfy them. Fast loading time will always brighten anyone’s day!

Generally, choosing which type of hosting solely depends on your needs. So, to make a wise decision, do more researches and evaluations as well as consult those highly technical savvy people. Remember that a good and smart decision will determine your online storefronts’ success. Cheers!

About the Author

SY Ho

Online Marketing Executive

http://www.exabytes.com

Three Sure-Fire Tips For Choosing The Right Web Hosting

Once upon a time it was considered rare, unique and cutting edge to be able to answer “yes” when someone asked whether you had your own website. My how times have changed!

In fact, the whole world appears to be going global. And acquiring web space has become as common and easy as selecting telephone, cable or dish TV service - well, almost.

Web hosting is the service which allows anyone to post web pages to the Internet. It’s a simple enough idea. But finding the right web hosting service to meet your particular needs is far from simple. In fact, some of the difficulty in selecting the web hosting provider that’s “just right” is due to the huge selection and options that are available.

Here are three things you must consider when deciding which web hosting plan is right for you…

First, there are basically two types of web hosting services: free and paid. Free web hosting provides you free web space to post your web pages. But there’s a trade off. You’ll not only be limited in the amount of web space and traffic you receive, your website will typically contain advertisements from the company hosting your web pages. And often times, these advertisements appear in the form of large, annoying banner ads at either the top or bottom of each of your web pages. This might not be such a big deal if your web site is only a family or hobby site. But this type of distraction is totally unacceptable for almost all business purposes.

Second, if you desire a web hosting solution for business purposes, then you’ll want to consider paying for your web hosting services. And the first option you’ll want to consider is whether you want “shared” hosting - which means that you’ll be sharing web hosting space with other users, or whether you want “dedicated” hosting - which means you’ll have an entire computer dedicated to hosting your web pages.

Obviously, shared is cheaper than dedicated hosting. And, for a vast majority of web hosting needs, shared hosting is the ideal solution. Your website will be free of advertisements you don’t want and the cost of web hosting is reduced.

Dedicated web hosting is typically used by huge businesses or organizations that desire, and are willing to pay extra, to have their web pages hosted separately from other web users. There are a variety of reasons this might make sense. For example, a company may have sensitive information they need to host and a dedicated web hosting server is ideal to maximize privacy and security.

Third, you’ll need to decide which payment plan makes the most sense to you. Typically, you can pay by the month, every three months, yearly or a one-time fee for lifetime hosting.

How long you contract web hosting services for really depends upon your web hosting needs. If you’re relatively new to building and hosting your own web pages, then you might want to opt for a monthly service. Experiment a bit and extend the service if you find it meets your needs.

One thing you’ll definitely want to watch out for is the “trial” web hosting package. These contracts offer, for example, the first 60 days free and then require that you make a longer term commitment. While this type of arrangement may seem quite appealing, it’s based upon the web hosting company betting that at the end of the “trial” period it will be too much of a hassle for you to move your web pages to another hosting service, so you’ll just stick with them. So, forewarned is forearmed. Just beware…

The renewal of monthly, quarterly and yearly web hosting packages all work essentially the same way. Once the term is expired, you’ll have to renew your contract and pay another fee. If you’re late, your credit card is declined, or you simply decide not to renew, your web hosting account will be closed. In essence, it’s like paying rent on an apartment.

So remember, if you need to host web pages for a family project or hobby, a free website might be just the ticket. But any use beyond that almost requires that you select either shared or dedicated web hosting services if you want others to take your web site seriously.

Finally, with web hosting costing from $80 per year and up, you’ll want to carefully consider the features you get in whatever web hosting package you select. Remember, once you’ve chosen a web host provider and taken the trouble to upload your web pages and get everything set “just right” it’s a major hassle to take everything down and move to another web host provider.

About the Author

Jay Douglas - specializes in inexpensive “pay-once” lifetime hosting plans and website marketing tools that help make websites extremely successful. http://www.jaydouglasvideos.com/recommends/Life-hosting/

Web Hosting - The Life Blood Of Any Internet Activity Online

Simply put web hosting is a service provided by companies that will allow individuals and businesses to have websites visible to people surfing the web. Many people browsing the Internet are not aware of the vast networks of resources used to display those websites. Web hosts come in all different sizes from the teenage kid working from his bedroom to the large multimillion dollar corporate giant. They are all fundamentally the same and work the same way. They provide space on server usually in a data center which in turn are connected to routers to provide access to the server when you type in the url.

The teenage kid may lease a server at a data center or more likely lease a small portion of the disk space on a server. Some servers may have 100’s of people using it’s disk space. Next door to that server may be an identical server owned by a large household name web hosting company. The only difference between them will be the cost and the level of customer service and technical support they can provide on a day to day basis.

It has never been easier to become a host and offer web hosting to friends and family. All you need to do is to purchase a reseller account from any number of existing web hosts and once you learn how the management software works you can setup accounts and sites for other people. All this state of the art technology will probably cost you less than $20 per month. If you are hosting 50 sites and charging $2 a month per site you can see why there are so many web hosting companies offering their services.

Assuming that you have no desire to become your own web host you should choose your web hosting company wisely. As we have seen above, your host could turn out to be a college kid sat in his bedroom. When looking for a host it is always good to go with personal recommendations and not rely solely on how the hosting company’s site looks. A professional looking template costs very little and can often be bought for a few dollars so if you rely on how a site looks to choose your host you may be sorely disappointed.

Check the hosts performance statistics and ensure that they can answer any questions you have promptly. A few hours spent investigating potential web hosting companies now will save days of heartache and in the future.

For more information on web hosting visit http://www.thewebhostinginfosite.com , a website that specializes in providing advice, tips and resources on free web hosting solutions that you can use to help you get your website online as easily as possible.

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The setup of a free online PhpBB forum is done in seconds. All free forums are hosted for free on our dedicated servers (Dual Xeon / 4 GB RAM). Our users will have a free subdomain like user.free-forums.org. Every free forum is optimized for search engines (SEO). Instead of dynamical URL’s, every free forum will have static pages and it will be indexed quickly and better by all search engines.Our service is designed with security as a priority and the PhpBB software is always updated to the latest version.

Free-Forums.org offers over 250 additional skins and 18 additional languages.We provide a quick way for everyone to start their own community and grow it as much as they can.

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Success In Selling Your Web Hosting Company

Steps owners of web hosting companies can take to increase the probability of selling their company for the highest price and under the most favorable terms. TO SELL OR NOT There are a number of reasons to sell. For most business owners their wealth is tied up in the business. People sell their companies or even divisions when they want to move on with life, want to focus on another venture, or they believe the market value is high for what they have.

Businesses are not liquid A share of Exxon stock can be sold in 5 seconds, while many businesses are not even sellable. Any interest expressed by a company in the acquisition mode is worth listening to. The only time owners are 100% ready to sell is when the business is in decline and rest assured, they don’t like the valuation when that occurs. I know too many people who regret not selling when they had the opportunity and actually wanted to, but were too tough on price.

Companies seeking growth through acquisitions will almost always find something to buy. Whether it’s your company they acquire or not, it’s sometimes actually up to you. Many times sellers do their best to run buyers off, and don’t even realize it. Buyers will acquire a company they believe is a good strategic fit. You can’t control this aspect. However, with organized, timely, honest and decisive communication sellers can create a much more appealing deal.

Seller communication * It’s ok to tell someone, “Yes, I would entertain offers for my company.” This simply implies that it would be a good use of their time and money to explore your company further. It’s not a sign of desperation. * Playing “hard to get” usually informs the buyer the opposite. * Be realistic with yourself regarding price. Potential buyers can be lost forever to unrealistic expectations of “home run” offers. * Bottom line … buyers will not beg you to sell your company. There are simply too many other companies out there which are for sale.

BEING ORGANIZED

Business plans and business sales books There should not be a significant difference between a business plan used for internal management, raising money and planning, and a business sales book used to sell a business. Both of these documents should be 90% complete at all times. They give a wonderful first impression to a buyer. Never forget the buyer is the one with the cash and who is taking most of the risk. He is looking for any reason at all to walk away from the deal. Being organized and having the ability to give the buyer information in a timely manner is the MOST IMPORTANT and easiest thing you can do to increase the chance of selling your company for the highest price. Ideally, every time the buyer asks for information, it should be delivered in a timely manner, in electronic form, accurate and up to date. Try to refrain from providing 1990’s dreamy type pro-formas. They’re not in vogue anymore. One final point; buyers do realize that the last piece of due diligence information received is usually what the seller doesn’t want anyone to focus on.

Preparing the company for sale: Run your business like you plan to keep it for the long term. When sellers attempt to prepare their company for sale, many times they avoid making needed investments in the company. If you invest cash into a project that has yet to pay off, then get credit for it in the valuation.

Other thoughts: * Would you be willing to sell parts of the company or just the whole? * Do you want to stay on with the buyer or leave after closing? And why? * It is more attractive to buyers if there is someone at your company who can run the show upon your post closing departure. * Stock vs. cash for consideration? There are way too many variables regarding stock to be covered here. However, keep in mind you may prefer $900,000 in cash and $300,000 in stock, as opposed to just $1,000,000 in cash. If treated correctly, stock deals can be beneficial in many ways. THE PROCESS

The initial communication with a prospective buyer: In the first or second communication, the seller should determine who the buyer is, what they are looking for, and basically how they value it. Don’t pin the buyer down for exact valuations initially, because he doesn’t know what you have. Every business is a little different. There is no harm in telling a prospective buyer what you have in regards to number of sites, domain names, servers, employees, etc … after all it’s not your customer list. Inquire about their business and don’t forget many times the small fish eats the big fish.

Selecting an attorney: Find an attorney who has industry specific experience in mergers and acquisitions and understands the appropriate tax implications. Ask them how many deals they have done in the industry, how much they charge, etc. Please, don’t use your brother in law who is a great divorce attorney. Deals get stalled and even cancelled because an inexperienced attorney delays the process. There is a fine line between being thorough, and taking so much time with documents the buyer walks from your deal and seeks another company to acquire.

THE DOCUMENTS

The letter of intent should be short and sweet. The purpose is not to map out every single issue, rather to come to a gentlemen’s agreement on the very basic aspects of the proposed deal … without spending too much time or money. The basics which should be covered are stock vs. asset purchase/merger, valuation, consideration, assets included or not, timelines, etc. If everyone agrees to the letter of intent then each party, at their own expense, should start working on the purchase and sale and other closing items. If both parties cannot agree on a 1-3 page letter of intent within a week they typically will never make it through the entire process.

The purchase and sale agreement will spell out every aspect of the deal. If both parties agree on the letter of intent, then they should work on the purchase and sale while all of the other aspects of the due diligence process and pre-closing issues are being handled. Most of these events can and should occur simultaneously. Don’t forget, some variables are more important to the seller, while others are more important to the buyer.

Every once in a while there is a real “tough guy” on one side of the table or the other. This guy just has to have every variable to go his way or there’s “no deal!”. These guys kill mutually beneficial deals all the time and rarely accomplish anything. Hire “tough guys” for the collections department.

On a final note, always be honest and fair. This world is becoming smaller every day.

About the Author

Presently, Eric Furlow assists individuals and corporations both acquire, merge, divest and value technology companies. He has experience in over 150 transactions in the paging, SMR, cellular, tower, local phone, long distance, software, ASP, MSP, ISP and web hosting industries. He has a Masters in Finance from Bentley Graduate School of Business in Waltham, MA. Before heading up Furlow Consulting Corporation, he was the Mergers and Acquisition M

Web Hosting Business Opportunity

Web Hosting for Profit

If you are looking for a great business opportunity that doesn’t require lots of time and a large outlay of resources, take a look at reselling web hosting. The web hosting business is a simple business to enter and offers a great product to its customers. Here are some tips on running a web hosting service for profit.

Years ago it would cost someone thousands upon thousands to start a web hosting business, because of the need to purchase servers, man the servers, perform customer service and create advertising and technical materials. It was a full time job to say the least, but times have changed.

Now anyone with $50 bucks or less can start his or her own web hosting service complete with great reliable servers, 24 hour, seven day a week customer support, advertising materials and technical materials. Today many web hosting services offer these services not for thousands of dollars but for pennies on the dollar, some web hosting plans that offer unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage are offering a reseller plan for less then $20 a month. It’s incredible but true.

If you are interested in reselling plans, do a little research and take a look at what web hosts are offering, you might find that a web hosting reselling business is a great opportunity.

About the Author

Jay is the web owner of http://www.dsl-in.com DSL , a website that provides information and resources on DSL, DSL Service, and DSL Service Providers. You can also visit his website at: http://www.dsl-service.us DSL Service

Finding a good and relaible web hosting company

By Carolyn Clayton Web hosting is what you need if you wish to have a website on the internet. It is business that provides the services and technologies that is needed for web pages and sites to be viewed on the internet. Web sites are stored on a server which is a computer connected to the internet at all times. Once you have hosting then anyone anywhere can put your website address (domain name) into a browser, like internet explorer and then it will be accessible by anyone in the world.

You are paying for the space on the internet where you site is to be stored. Your website is stored on a web server which is a special computer which is always connected to the internet. So if the web server that your website is stored on goes down, so will your website, which means no-one will be able to view your site. So making sure you find a good reputable company is a must. You can turn your own pc into a server and then host your website yourself, but if you wish people to have access to your website all the time then your computer must be left on 24/7, 365 days of the year. It is much easier to pay for a company do this for you.

Finding a reputable company is very important, so what makes a good web hosting company? You want to find a company that offers good customer support as well as technical support. It can be very frustrating when you phone “customer support” and the representative has not got a clue how to help you and ends up passing you around their technical team. You should make sure that the company does not charge for support or have any hidden costs. The company should make it very clear what they offer for the fee and what is not supported.

Companies that have tutorials are helpful so as customers can look through them and see if they can manage their sites themselves. You tend to get what you pay for, so don’t go with a cheap web hosting site as the services will reflect this. A cheaper web hosting company will not offer support and they may make you have banner advertisements running of your site which can be off putting. You may think a large hosting company would be reliable and secure but this is not always the case. Some of the questions you need to ask are: How long the company has been in business? Is the current ownership the same as when it began? Are they successful profitable business?

You can find some of these questions out by talking to current or previous customers of the hosting company. Some companies will have success stories of their clients and if they do they should be only happy to pass you their details on. If the hosting company is unable to provide references from clients then this should speak volumes and I would stay well away.

About the Author

Carolyn is the webmaster for Discount Domains one of the UK’s most successful Web Hosting company. This article is free to republish provided this resource box remains intact. This article is free to republish provided this resource box remains intact.

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