If you have a website and you want to hire the service of a web hosting company for hosting the website, then you should also know the nitty gritties of requesting for an invoice for web hosting. It is often seen that people do not ask for invoice and therefore there are sometimes payment overdue or other problems that they might face. Earlier companies used to send bills for every service and people used to pay by checks often.
There are many ways in which you can get an invoice for your hosting. You would find that there are many companies that would set an account for the users who are hosting their websites. In this invoice which is auto generated, you need to either give your bank account or credit or debit card number so that the amount is automatically deducted from your account. But when you are going for such an auto generated invoice then you might face the problem of getting charged more than once monthly. Thus, it is better that you ask for an invoice if the hosting company does not send you one. For this you can send a mail to the hosting company or even write a letter asking for the invoice.
It acts as a proof that how much money you are spending for the web hosting and annual domain registration. The method of auto billing is good but without an invoice before or after billing, it might be troublesome for you. It is often seen that the invoice is e-mailed to you and if it is not e-mailed then you might find the details on your account page so that you can check whether you are overcharged or not.
You should also ask for the invoice even after you have paid the bill so that you can be sure that you are not charged more than once. Also once you get the invoice then match it up with the payments that go from your account. Therefore before choosing the web hosting service make sure whether they send an invoice by e mail to their clients or not. If you are not getting it then immediately ask for one by checking the website of the hosting company and writing a request to them.