Website hosting companies each offer seemingly endless lists of features, services, additional software add-ons, domain name registration, so many that it becomes confusing just to read the websites to find out what comes with your monthly or annual subscription.
When you're planning to build a personal website, a business blog, a business site or other online presence, you should know what you're getting from your web host.
You also should expect that as your site grows, you'll want other services and features even if you aren't using them when you first sign up.
here are some tips for sorting out what website hosts offer, what you need, and what to look out for.
A quick comparison among sites will easily demonstrate what the basic services are that every company offers, and at what price.
usually a low price is quoted monthly, but that generally will only apply if you sign up for a year or more.
Expect to pay more per month if you are billed monthly instead of annually.
Nearly all hosts now offer web storage, bandwidth limits, email and POP mail accounts, MySQL databases, and software for bulletin boards, blogs and more.
whether you get these features included in your subscription fee will differ among all the companies.
Best of all is to get unlimited access, included for no additional fee.
This way as you grow, you won't risk being hit with a bill down the road for additional usage you didn't expect.
Make sure you aren't also going to be charged for items you didn't realize you needed.
For example, one company charges extra for "private" domain name registration, which means your name and address as registrar of a domain name is not made public.
Some hosts however provide this for free.
Also, does your host register domains at all? Not all do, which means you must register your domain name with one site, then come back to the website hosting company to host it for you.
Many people prefer to have everything in one place, to easily manage their accounts.
When you're planning to build a personal website, a business blog, a business site or other online presence, you should know what you're getting from your web host.
You also should expect that as your site grows, you'll want other services and features even if you aren't using them when you first sign up.
here are some tips for sorting out what website hosts offer, what you need, and what to look out for.
A quick comparison among sites will easily demonstrate what the basic services are that every company offers, and at what price.
usually a low price is quoted monthly, but that generally will only apply if you sign up for a year or more.
Expect to pay more per month if you are billed monthly instead of annually.
Nearly all hosts now offer web storage, bandwidth limits, email and POP mail accounts, MySQL databases, and software for bulletin boards, blogs and more.
whether you get these features included in your subscription fee will differ among all the companies.
Best of all is to get unlimited access, included for no additional fee.
This way as you grow, you won't risk being hit with a bill down the road for additional usage you didn't expect.
Make sure you aren't also going to be charged for items you didn't realize you needed.
For example, one company charges extra for "private" domain name registration, which means your name and address as registrar of a domain name is not made public.
Some hosts however provide this for free.
Also, does your host register domains at all? Not all do, which means you must register your domain name with one site, then come back to the website hosting company to host it for you.
Many people prefer to have everything in one place, to easily manage their accounts.
Source...