What cheap web hosting can you trust?
Who can remember a time when if you wanted web hosting you had two choices, either buy it from the big names in web hosting or go with one of the free options. In today’s web hosting market there are literarily thousands upon thousands of companies who offer cheap web hosting. You still have the “big boys” web hosting whose pricing is reasonable for the service you are provided with but now the market is also flooded with websites offering web hosting at rock bottom cheap prices!
Having loads of options might seem like a good thing but the trouble is a lot of these websites are small companies who have not been in the business for very long at all and in some cases the company actually being one kid, working on his own on his bedroom with a reseller hosting account with a different company. Reseller hosting is web hosting that allows the user to reseller their bandwidth and space to other people and setup their own accounts. (it is a very cheap alternative to purchasing / renting a dedicated server).
So how do you avoid purchasing website hosting from a site that promises the world for only $99 a year only to find out your website is constantly down, slow and support takes 3 weeks to even respond! First thing to do when you find a possible company to host your website is to search their name on Google to find anything you can on them! Reviews, posts on forums, anything that might give you an idea how good their service is likely to be! Asking friends who have web hosting what theirs is like is always a good idea as you can never be sure that the really good review your read on “company x” was actually written by a “real” customer!
In conclusion! When looking for web hosting do not be dazzled by the cheap prices and generous packages and instead do your research and find out what their reputation is like in the web hosting world! There are affordable web hosting services out there that also provides a decent service!
