subject: Before You Buy Hosting [print this page] Buying hosting can be intimidated especially for new web developers. New web developers often feel overwhelmed when it comes time to find a hosting provider. The number of choices is mind boggling! How will you ever choose between them? There are some tricks and tips that you can use to speed the process along.
The simple truth is that buying hosting is not all that different from buying anything else in life. The buying process never really changes. Use these questions to narrow down your choices.
Do a ton of research. The sheer number of hosting companies and hosting packages that are available is staggering. Choose some of the companies that seem like they make good offers and learn all about those companies. Use offline research as well as online research to help you narrow your search. Try to find user reviews. Investigate the business practices of each company that interests you. Do not worry-you will never learn too much about your options. This is because you cannot be too careful when it comes to who you share your banking and personal information with on the internet. Does your project involve a network of websites or do you only need to build a stand alone site? If you only want to build a single site you have plenty of cheap options available to you. If your goal is a larger network of individual websites, you'll want to find hosting that can accommodate more than one domain name per account. Some hosting providers place strict limits on the domain names an account is allowed to have. When your project is extensive, you need to have more options available to you and your team. You will want to find a provider who will give you extensive hosting that won't cost a lot of money to use.
Try out the companies used by the site developers that you admire. It is easy to fake a good review on a website so if you want to get information that you can trust, ask your site developer friends which hosting company they like best. It's common to get help from the experts when you are new to the field. You might even be offered space on the site owner's server to help you start building your web project while you do your research on the hosting options that are available to you. Subletting server space is quite common in the web development world. The easiest way to get a good deal on sublet server space is to buy that space from someone you already know and trust.
There are a lot of criteria by which you can narrow down your choices when you are trying to find a web host for your site. Taking the time to do your research and thoroughly plan your project will ensure that you get the hosting you need for the price you want. You are absolutely allowed to ask questions and explore more than one hosting option at a time. You'll be glad you took the time to be sure.
