These days every one wants to own a website. Some people may require a website just for hobby and others may want to start a small online business. People can make their website by taking help of free web log platform available like blogger.com and wordpress.com. These blogging platforms are okay if you are making website relating to hobby but if you intend to have an online business then it is recommended that you are your own hosting account. People who have just newly started their business would not prefer to invest much money in a hosting account. They basically look out for cheap web hosting. In my opinion it’s a good idea to initially start with a low profile. After all, cheap web hosting can also come in good packages. There are many web hosts in the market that are cheap and at the same time good too.
This article will guide you towards selecting a low cost web hosting plan. You just have to follow certain guide lines while selecting an affordable low cost web hosting and you should also know what to look for while selecting a web hosting account. There are certain features that should be taken into consideration while selecting a low cost web hosting and they are as follows:
1) Concentrate on disk space and bandwidth availability:
Now days, there are many hosting companies who can offer you a good deal with disk space and bandwidth. Be aware of the fact that there might be certain hosting company who provide more disk space and bandwidth which is not reliable or not having a good support system. However, in my opinion, you should also not select the company which provides more disk space and more bandwidth, just because the offer is good. In other words, you should buy only what you need. You should first decide on your requirements and then proceed towards hosting company that provides your requirement at the cheapest rate.
2) Focus towards domains hosting:
Check whether your hosting company is providing unlimited domains and unlimited sub domains hosting. You may require to only host one domain. But yet it would be wise enough if you choose a web host who can provide you with at least unlimited sub domains hosting.
3) Hosting service should also provide mail and FTP user account facility:
When you go for a low cost hosting company, see that it provides you with mail and FTP user accounts. Check for separate mail ID facility or FTP accounts with different folder access ability.
4) Be able to have control on your account:
See that your hosting company is in a position to give you maximum control of your account such as SSH (secure shell) access, .htaccess file access, croj job, perl and python support. All these terms may sound jargon to you but at one point of time, you will definitely need one of these accesses for your website.
5) Should have the ability of installing open source softwares:
Your hosting company should offer installation facility of many open source softwares like wordpress, PhpBB MediaWiki, Zencast etc. You should be able to install through the control panel.
6) Check for support ability:
Your low cost hosting company that you choose should at least offer mail support with a reasonable response time. You can’t expect phone support. However if you do get that facility then you can considered it as an added plus point.
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Added: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:15 am GMT 