If you are thinking about building your own website, one of the most important decisions that you have to make in the early stage is the choice of an adequate hosting plan. This choice will not only influence the amount of resources that you have at your disposal, it will have effect on most of the aspects of the operation of your website, including reliability, availability of different tools and solutions, internet marketing efforts, and a number of other essential aspects of operating a website. Seeing how this is fairly complex question, we only provided you with some basic guidelines, but you are more than encouraged to do a much more extensive research on the subject.
Type of Hosting
Type of hosting that you will go with will depend on your exact needs, there is no universal answer to this question, and the one you will provide has to be carefully thought out, with all things considered.
Most websites will do just fine with VPS hosting, which offers the best balance between price, control over server settings, reliability and scalability, but if you are making a demanding corporate website with lots of media and eye candy, you might want to consider dedicated hosting. Shared hosting may have been a great alternative to dedicated hosting before the introduction of VPS, but it is slowly losing its appeal, and most people that would go with shared hosting should at least look up the advantages of VPS hosting plans.
Register Your Domain Separately
This is not really necessary in all cases, but is a nice precaution to take. Your domain name stays with you as long as you have the site, it doesn’t need to be tied to the first hosting provider whose services you used. Sure, it might be somewhat more convenient to register the name with your current provider, but in this case, you’ll experience much more hassle if the provider goes down. That’s why registering your name with a reliable company that has been in the business for many years and seems to be here to stay, and then using the services of just about any hosting company that you find appealing can more than make up for the initial inconvenience.
Read the Terms Carefully
You might think that this is a no brainer, but you’d be surprised at how casual people can be when getting informed on their plan. Some providers will offer unlimited resources, which is nowhere near the truth. Read the terms carefully to find out just how much ‘unlimited’ really is, and sign the contract only after you have a firm grasp on exactly what it is that you are getting.
Solutions Availability
Different hosting plans come with different tools and support for different kinds of solutions, So, if you are, for instance, thinking about building an ecommerce website, make sure to check beforehand what solutions you will have to use, and whether the provider that you are considering is offering support for them.
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Samuel Evans is a blogger and writer. Currently exploring everything related to technology,especially web hosting,cloud computing and mobile phones.
