Factors to be considered while choosing the web hosting company are price, experience and reliability. No doubt that reliability is very important factor but in this competitive market, where there is no problem of availability, the customers will give importance to the price factor. This is not at all shocking to know that there are lots of plans ranging from free to $50 per month. One should be very careful while making the choice, as he should not choose the cheapest plan as for it later on it can prove much more expensive due to the extra costs along with other hidden costs. To explain in better way just take an example, where it is written on a board along the road side a sign showing $2 mechanic inside. Now what is the effect of such sign? Will it attract someone to go in? Answer is No. The reason being first of all it will come in one’s mind how good could be a $2 mechanic is? Second thought that will come is one’s mind is why would a mechanic with skill and experience charge so less for his service? Thus it is worth paying a mechanic. One doesn’t want to be overcharged, but one would realize that an experienced mechanic is having some value. Now this example is quite similar to the hosting world. Where some argue that car is more important than a website. But it’s really not at all right as a fellow whose main business is based on website, let say like online reservation system for him website is his bread and butter. If one’s business depends on a website to either completely drive or supplement sales, then one can assume how important a website can be for him.
When it comes to choosing a host, there are not enough choices centered on experience and reliability. These are the foundations for any good company. A mechanic who is continuously working on cars for let say 10 years is better versed with his trade than a mechanic who is having just 2 years experience. If one is deciding on a mechanic, then it is must that one would prefer that mechanic who is having more experience.
Now the customers who are in search of web host should keep the money factor aside and should first of all search out for an experienced company i.e. a company working for last number of years. One should pick up a company that is working from at least five years in this field, but this does not mean that the company working from two years will surely be a non-reliable company. But yes experience does count.
Now if the customer selects some companies then he first of all should prepare 10 or more questions that he should ask with his future host. No matter if one knows the answer. The reason behind asking questions is not to see if the answer provided are right or wrong rather to check the response time as well as to compare the quality of the answers provided by all the hosts. On the basis of these 2 factors one can make decision, as that is exactly the type of response one will get in case a support issue arises afterwards.
Also in addition one should get the web addresses of 4 or 5 sites hosted by the particular company and should visit over them frequently let say for a period of a week or so to check if there is any downtime or blatant sluggishness. One can also email the owners of these sites and can ask about their host and should note their reactions.
Doing this much of hard work for choosing the web host for website will be very favorable. By doing this homework one can easily save himself from cheap web hosts who creates big problems afterwards. Now one is able to know what are the hidden problems with the hosting package that happens due to selection of cheap web host. Also when one just looks at price then he overlooks some essential factors, such as experience and reliability. If one’s website is important for him then he is not in position to take risk with it, instead he should rely on experience which gets converted into quality service afterwards.
