Choosing Your Own Web Hosting (Bethany McKenna)
Aug 31, 2010
Even kids know how to build websites. If you don't mind including your web host's company name in your domain name, you might even be able to get some web server space without paying any money out of pocket. Take a moment to ponder this. How many blogs or websites have a URL made of something like companyname.username.com? Paying for web hosting is the best option for people who are really serious about their website projects. Getting hosting for your project is the best way to keep your options open. Each hosting company is different! Choosing your hosting is a decision that needs to be taken seriously. Here are some ways to make your choice easier.
Choosing a package deal can make a lot of sense. In order for you to buy hosting you usually have to already have a domain name for your project in place. Some providers offer domain name services as well as hosting. Instead of spreading your money around, give it all to a company like GoDaddy, which offers lots of different package deals for web developers to choose from. When you use a single company for your whole project you can cut down on your stress level by quite a lot! Problem solving is much easier with one company. Solving issues with your website is harder when you use different companies for different services.
Check out all of the ways that a company provides customer service. Make sure that your potential hosting provider has live customer service reps that you can speak with. Call the number provided by the company and see what the customers service agents are like. These people need to be well versed in company policy and technical assistance and need to be able to help you even if you ask them about extremely obscure web hosting subjects. If the agents simply transfer you to each other over and over again until you hang up, move on to the next company that you want to explore. It is possible that an agent has a bad day so call back a couple of times to make sure that this was not the case on your first attempt if that call went badly. Live chat is also an option that many companies offer. If talking on the phone is not something you enjoy doing, look for hosting companies that offer this live chatting as a customer service option. Do not trust a company that does not use live agents in some form for their customer service department.
Ask your friends and fellow site builders which hosting companies they use. The best way to get reviews that you can trust is to ask your friends and the site owners you admire which hosting company they like to work with the most. Don't be afraid to ask for help; most website owners are happy to help new site builders decide which hosting options are best for them. You might even be offered space on the site owner's server to help you start building your web project while you do your research on the hosting options that are available to you. There are many site builders who earn money by selling server space on their accounts for small fees. If you want to explore this option find a site owner you already admire and trust and buy space from them.
There are many different methods of figuring out whether or not your project will work well with the packages offered by a particular hosting company. Some quick research should present you with plenty of options to choose from. Don't let a company get your money without first checking into it. Being too shrewd is not even a remote possibility!
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