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Cheap web hosting for small business, how to choose one? At the time you decide to buy a web hosting provider price may not be the only consideration. Moreover, it’s your business at stake. Have you ever been disappointed with a web hosting provider? Maybe because the server is often down, server performance is slow or it could be because of poor support? Is this your first time hosting a website and you are currently looking for references on what to pay attention to before choosing the best hosting provider? Whatever your background, cheap web hosting for small business is a tricky consideration because you need a solid understanding of the things to pay attention to when choosing a hosting provider. This guide should help you: • So that you do not choose the wrong hosting, • So that you don't waste money, energy and thoughts • And the most important thing is that the hosting you choose can really support your business The first consideration is the PERFORMANCE. 1. Uptime at least 99.90% Not many people know about uptime, let alone users who are new to the world of hosting. In fact, uptime is the number one important factor that you should consider before deciding cheap web hosting for small business is right for you. Because this uptime is directly related to income. What is uptime? Uptime shows the total time when your website was online and running as it should (not 'down'). While downtime means the time when your website is offline or inaccessible to your visitors or potential customers. That is, if your website can be accessed, it is counted as uptime. If your website cannot be accessed (because of an error on the server), it is counted as downtime. Ideally, the average uptime on a hosting server is 99.90% in one month. The 99.90% score means your website will be offline (inaccessible to your potential customers) for 10 minutes per week or 40 minutes per month The higher the uptime score, the better, of course, but 99.90% is the minimum score a good hosting should get. And nothing is 100%, because big websites like Google.com, Facebook.com and Amazon.com have experienced downtime for quite a long time. The question: How to find out the average uptime of each hosting provider? Unfortunately, it is difficult to know the average uptime of a hosting provider. No one will know unless someone does uptime monitoring. You can see the results of our research on the front page. You might ask: Don't most hosting providers provide uptime guarantees? Is there a guaranteed uptime of 99.90%, 99.98% and even 100%? Yes, but do they have monitoring data that really shows that the average uptime is in line with what they claimed? 2. Choose a Hosting Provider That Has Been Proven to Have Fast Load Time Basically, the speed of a website depends on the overall structure of the website. However, hosting is the biggest factor that has the most impact on website speed. Because when someone visits your website, the visit information is sent from the hosting provider's hard drive to your visitor's browser. This is the first obstacle encountered. How the hosting provider manages the server network, the infrastructure and technology used, all affect the speed of the website. What are the consequences if you choose the wrong hosting? Whatever way of optimization you do, it will not have a big impact or influence, because (in brief) your hosting provider can only provide speed within certain limits. This means that if you previously chose the wrong hosting, there is no right choice but to migrate to another hosting provider that is faster or upgrade your hosting, for example upgrading from shared hosting to virtual private server. Other things to note: • Technology used: For example, have you used cloud technology? Are you using an SSD or is it still traditional (HDD)? • Web server in use: There are some of the most widely used options in the world, such as Apache, Nginx and LiteSpeed. LiteSpeed Enterprise + LiteSpeed Cache web server is the faster choice for WordPress websites. 3. Unlimited Storage/Disk Space and Bandwidth Almost all hosting providers offer unlimited bandwidth and storage/disk space. However, you should know this: Unlimited resources themselves have "limits" which if you use them more than the maximum limit, your website can be suspended. So, be a smart user, if you are confused about the rules for unlimited storage and bandwidth, please ask directly or read the terms and conditions of the cheap web hosting for small business you choose. My advice, if you want a good amount of storage and a definite unlimited, please use a VPS (Virtual Private Server): • Definitely the greater number of resources • Definitely better uptime and speed than shared hosting, • And definitely more expensive than shared hosting The second consideration is PRICE 4. Reasonable Hosting Prices The price of a reasonable shared hosting package is usually under $5/month or cheaper than the price of a large glass of ice cappuccino at starbucks. Unless you choose a package that is labeled by most local hosting providers as a “Business/Enterprise” package but is still in a shared hosting environment, the price can reach $89/month or even $120++/month. Each hosting server has benefits, make sure you understand what your business need. 5. No Hosting Setup Fee (Setup Fee) There are several hosting providers I found asking for a fee (setup fee) when buying hosting. My advice? Avoid them. Because almost all good hosting providers do not charge a setup fee to their new customers. Setup fees are ridiculous fees that shouldn't exist. 6. The Price of Hosting Renewal (Renewal) Is Transparently Listed These days, almost all hosting providers offer big discounts to their first time clients. You need to know, the discount is only valid for the first purchase, not when you renew your hosting. Good hosting providers are usually transparent about prices. They will include the normal price you have to pay when you renew your hosting in the next period. The point is, don't let you have to pay 3x more than the initial price (discount). 7. Free Domains For beginners, this free domain is very tempting and is usually bundled in certain shared hosting packages and you need to subscribe for at least one year. What I want to say is: Make sure that just in case in the future you want to change hosting, you can point the free domain to a new hosting and can also be transferred to another domain provider. This means, even though you can get your domain for free, its function is still the same, it can be transferred to another provider and the hosting provider will not hinder the transfer process. 8. Minimum 30 Days and Unconditional Refund Guarantee No one knows, maybe after buying cheap web hosting for small business, then using it, you feel disappointed with the hosting provider's services. Whether it's because of poor uptime, slow load times, poor support or for other reasons that make you uncomfortable. I always recommend choosing a hosting provider that provides an unconditional 30 day minimum warranty. This means that you can claim the warranty without the need to follow any terms or rules and the hosting provider should not ask the reason for your cancellation. In fact, the standard warranty in the hosting industry is indeed 30 days, but there are also many local providers who only provide a guarantee of only 7 days, 14 days, 20 days or some even do not provide a guarantee at all or provide a guarantee but with very strict rules. In my opinion, a hosting provider that does not provide an unconditional 30-day warranty is a hosting provider who is not confident in its quality. The third consideration is COMPANY REPUTATION 9. Hosting Provider Exist More Than Three Years I personally don't want to waste time testing the quality of a hosting provider whose reputation has not been well established and usually less than three years old, because it is riskier. And never buy hosting from a provider that doesn't even have a business address. Choose a provider that has clearly proven to be good, not only based on the reputation they have built, and they are confident in including their business address. 10. Have a lot of positive customer reviews Another way to find out the quality of a cheap web hosting for small business is to read customer reviews. Happy customers will usually explain their good experience at least on the social media hosting provider. Or you can easily find detailed reviews on blogs that discuss hosting. Look for reviews based on customers who have actually used the hosting, because a good review is a review from user to user. As for customers who are disappointed, they are usually more motivated to tell many people the reason, it's just bad! Reputable web hosting company would have their existence in social media. Just browse through it, you will find how happy their customers are. The fourth consideration is SUPPORT FACTORS & ADD-ONS 11. Support Services Available 24/7 An ideal cheap web hosting for small business provider would provide 24/7 support via live chat, as ticket and email support systems can be unreliable at times. But your problem will be quickly resolved if the hosting provider offers support services via live chat. Another thing that needs to be considered in terms of support points is the scope of support. Each provider has different support coverage and how to access it 12. Must Use cPanel Or Plesk cPanel is the most popular and most widely used control panel in the world. The main reason is because cPanel is specially made with a simple interface and because it is updated regularly, there are continuous improvements both in terms of convenience and security, most web hosting companies use cPanel. Another alternative to cPanel is Plesk. Plesk is also good to use and also recommended by many users. Based on many users’ experiences, hosting providers that are not using cPanel / Plesk do not perform as well as those that use cPanel. So, use cPanel or alternatively, can use Plesk. 13. Have a Complete Knowledge base / Tutorial Most of the good hosting providers always provide a complete knowledgebase for the needs of novice users who don't understand the basics of using hosting, domains, etc. Such hosting providers are usually very concerned about their customer satisfaction.

The fourth consideration is SUPPORT FACTORS & ADD-ONS

11. Support Services Available 24/7

12. Must Use cPanel Or Plesk

13. Have a Complete Knowledge base / Tutorial

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