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Depending on the company, cheap web hosting can either be a blessing or
complete nightmare. As with everything in life things are cheap for a reason.
Whether your site will be hosted on an old server or whether it will have
restricted functions, there is always a reason why a host offers cheap web
hosting. Sometimes hosting will be cheap initially as the hosts hope to get you
to upgrade to a more expensive hosting solution as you discover you need more
functionality.
Before you sign up for cheap web hosting there are a number of steps you can
take to ensure that you get the right hosting for you. The easiest way is to
narrow down your choice of host to 5 or 6 possible hosts based on budget. Then
create yourself a spreadsheet so that you can compare what each host will offer
you.
The first thing to compare will be bandwidth and disk space. The key point to
remember is that disk space costs a host very little whereas bandwidth is quite
expensive. So if host A offers you 20gb of bandwidth and 100 megabytes of disk
space and host B offers you 500 megabytes of disk space and 15gb of bandwidth
Host A is making the better offer. Armed with this information you may be able
to get host A to provide an even better cheap web hosting option and get them to
increase their disk space as it won't cost them much extra.
The next step is to ask the hosts to show you some sites that they are
already hosting. You are asking to see these so that you can see the speed that
the site opens at. Too slow and you should not use them. It is advisable to
check these sites several times during the day as some servers get very busy
throughout working hours but quiet for the rest of the time. Once you have the
site details make sure to check it out at a site like whois.sc as it will tell
you how many other sites are hosted on the server. Next check how many email
addresses you get. You now should have a good idea of who you should be using
for your cheap web hosting.
Two final points to note. Never combine your domain name purchases with your
website hosting it will give the company too much of a hold over your sites and
should you have a dispute they could prevent access to your site or domain.
Finally, remember. If cheap web hosting looks too good to be true it most
probably is.
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