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Cheap Webhosting Is It For You
here's an old adage which After looking at this clients
states that "You get what needs, I was shocked to find that
you pay for". there was nothing special about
his site that justified his being
In most areas of life, and on anything other than a basic
business, this holds true. Not shared webhosting plan. We quoted
necessarily so, however, in the him a monthly rate of under five
webhosting industry. Often, you dollars.
pay too much, and don't get what
you pay for. In this case, the client was
being raped by an unscrupulous
Several weeks ago I got a call host who was not only
from a web designer friend of overcharging him, but not even
mine. providing the basic support he
needed.
"John," He said "You won't
believe this". This is an extreme example, no
doubt, but it all to often
He went on to tell me about a characterizes the poor deal which
Plastic Surgeon he was most website owners fall into.
redesigning a website for. This
client was paying $600.00 per Several years ago, there was no
month for his webhosting account. such thing as a webhosting
industry. Nearly all websites
were hosted by local ISP's. The
"The incredible thing is" He average monthly cost for hosting
related, "I can't get the current a website was $20.00 per month.
host to return my phone calls or Often, if you called the ISP with
emails". a technical question, they would
tell you to buy a book or take a
class. gross, and most companies just
can't afford that.
Around 1996, we saw the emergence
of a few "webhosting" companies. So how do cheap webhosting
These were companies which were providers offer such a low price
strictly committed to hosting to begin with?
websites. Using the economy of
scale, they were able to offer Part of it is that servers, hard
incredibly useful webhosting drive space and bandwidth are
packages for around $10.00 per much, much less expensive than
month. What's more, some of these they were several years ago.
companies provided useful tech Cheap webhosting providers
support which was geared towards capitalize on this.
meeting a website owners needs.
Another part is that cheap
Fast forward to 2005 and we now hosting providers use a different
see the emergence of a new type business model than the older
of web host - the cheap providers. Webhosting is a very
webhosting provider. These are competitive business. Until
companies which offer hosting for recently, web hosts attempted to
less than $5.00 per month. compete by providing the most
tools and features. The problem
Generally, cheap webhosting with this model is that not
providers are newer companies. everyone needs everything. Most
There's a reason for this. It's web hosts provide free backup
extremely difficult for the older services to all of their clients.
companies to lower their prices Backups are costly, and not
when they already have a large everyone needs or wants them, but
customer base which pays higher everyone pays for them because
prices. They'd be slashing their they're built into the cost of
the package. usually yes.
A cheap webhosting provider, on Obviously, not all cheap
the other hand, might give you webhosting providers will give
the basic features that everyone you great service. But not all
uses, but offer weekly backups as expensive webhosting providers
an available add on feature, will give good service either.
putting the cost of backing up Our Plastic Surgeon friend
websites on only those customers couldn't get his $600.00 host to
who want that service. return his emails.
This all sounds great, I know, But, with a cheaper provider, the
but what about service? Will I key for the providers success is
get competent and fast customer customer retention. A savvy web
support from a company which host will endeavor to please his
charges me $4.00 per month? existing clients by providing the
best support possible.
The answer, surprisingly, is
About the Author:
John Pierce is a technology writer and the Customer Service Manager for Gold Zero Web Hosting - http://goldzero.com -and the Webmaster for Cheap Webhosting Info Guide - http://cheapwebhostinginfo.com.
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