What to look for in Paid Web Hosting

For selecting a paid web host you need to consider points mentioned below to ensure you get the best deal and don't repent after a month or two of great service followed by unreachable support.

a. Reliability -- Are they skilled at doing what they claim to do? Do they have any testimonial to share? Do they have good infrastructure, bandwidth and quality material deployed, or is the server running in a basement?

b. Space and Bandwidth offered -- Though you may get a lucrative offer of 5GB for $3, you may end up paying $15 for bandwidth, so you have to make sure you get clear idea of what space and bandwidth is offered.

c. Network Uptime -- While most of the hosts claim uninterrupted service, they often fail to deliver the advertised uptime.

d. Support -- While it is impossible to forecast call volume (which leads to variation of hold time) - does the company seriously provide tel support which is responsive and intelligent?

e. Contract Duration -- Does the company force you for year long contract or you have a choice for monthly / quarterly billing?

It was mentioned somewhere that you should purchase domain name from a different source and web hosting from another - well, it is not true that company you buy hosting service from becomes owner of the domain all the time. Decent service providers register the domains in your name and you may verify the same on whois search (if you wish to have a public registration) For a small fees, service providers allow you private registration (to avoid spam or to prevent unwanted information about your contact details floating on the net or available to all the netizens.


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