his article is to help So, it is important to determine,
people who are planning to the amount of disk space and
start a website. To become bandwidth required. Required
a successful website owner, the bandwidth depends on your
first thing is to determine the website’s geographical appeal. If
nature of your website and your site is of some use for all
hosting requirements for it. regions in the world and for all
population, you will require more
Why the nature of your website is traffic bandwidth.
important?
Do not invest more than what it
To know how much disk space and requires to start a website. A
bandwidth you require. Many website’s success cannot be
hosting companies offer just too guaranteed. Several things
much of disk space and bandwidth. influence the success of a
If your site is a personal site website. If you invest too much
or restricted to a community, you too early into a website, you
do not require that enormous might end up losing a lot of
space or bandwidth. Most of the money. Failed sites will not have
times it is virtual disk space. a good resale value and a
Normally, for 90% of the sites website’s assets are not
100 MB hosting space is enough, tangible. Nobody wants to
with variable requirements of consider site’s popularity in its
traffic bandwidth. You will be heydays. A website is appraised
given an option to add more on its current position. Several
domains/websites to your account. people plan their websites on a
Unless you are experienced web grandiose scale. Most of such
master, such options only add to sites are caught in unending web
confusion. development cycles and time
delays.
sites all the time.
Unless you have a brick and
mortar shop that requires a web What are the costs involved in
counterpart at any cost, plan getting a website up and running?
your website in such a way that
it gets up and running with The visible costs are domain
minimum investment. If your site registration (varies between $10
is noticed and chances are high to $40 per year), web hosting
of its success, then proceed to (varies between $15 to $100 per
add new features and facilities. year), web designing (varies
Always remember that a website between $50 - $5000) and
remains successful until a promotion (varies between $100 -
competing/similar but superior $10000 recurring). Free hosting
site comes up. There are highly and free templates doesn’t make a
competent people in web world to good site. There are several such
ensure that your site will not sites hosted on free servers with
remain at the top for a long sub-domain names, but with a
time. You need to cash on your low-commercial or resale value.
site before someone else notices To start a website you require a
the traffic/profits you are good domain name and reliable
getting and comes up with a hosting. Depending on the
better site. Start small, make objective of your website, you
changes fast, cash on it and can go for suitable budgeting for
don’t compete foolishly with new web designing and promotion. You
similar sites that come up. New need to search for a good web
is always more attractive than developing company or a
the old. Remain in the fray for a freelancer and decide upon the
while and let the old site die types of promotion. Sometimes you
its natural death. I am sure; you may require a full-time web
will get several ideas for new master for your site. You can
consider web designing and planning a website. Hosting
promotion costs as hidden costs. companies respond fast and well
Many people get lured by web to all your pre-sales inquiries.
hosting companies that offer Hosting is a low-margin,
hosting for a few dollars a high-competition sector. These
month. It is easy to signup with people need a large number of
them and gets hosting disk space. customers to survive. Don’t think
However, the real work and that building a good web site is
expenses will be waiting in the a low-cost affair, because domain
form of web designing, promotion names and hosting are cheap. A
and site maintenance. This is complete and good website in all
why; you can find millions of respects, costs a few thousand
domain names that don’t have a dollars to make and will have a
website. good resale value.
Consider all the costs before
About the Author:
Jayakumar patchala
The author is a web developer and web hosting provider. The author can be contacted at jkpatchala@gmail.com, Author’s web sites http://www.hotbusinesssolutions.com and http://www.hostingplans4all.com
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