subject: Can You Really Afford The Risk Of Cheap Domain Hosting? [print this page] You want to get your enterprise onto the internet. You are wondering just how much it is going to cost you. Then you see a web host that is offering cheap domain hosting. You are obviously tempted to jump at it, but before you do, carefully consider the risks that you are taking.
Customers who jump at the opportunity of cheap domain hosting risk having their domains stolen. Designed to pull you into the profit making process of the internet, subscribing to these cheap domain hosting packages may not be the smartest or safest decision.
Registering your domain through these avenues, does not necessarily mean that all safety procedures will be well attended to during the registration process. In the long run you may find that the domain you thought was yours has been stolen and is being used by someone else who will have followed stringent registration protocol to ensure that you never get it back.
Secondly you undertake great security risks when you opt for cheap domain hosting. Most of these hosting plans are provided on shared servers. You are probably just one of the hundreds or thousands hosted on the same server. Mischievous webmasters on the same server can pose a great security risk to your data and the performance of your web site.
Another risk that you undertake when you opt for cheap domain hosting is that of frequent system crashes. The reliability of shared hosting will always be questionable. Even with measures to stabilize shared servers, such as load balancing; placing thousands of web sites on a single server is bound to have its inherent problems. Such machines are always plagued with failures. This means that your web site too becomes a non-performer and you lose visitor and potential business opportunities.
Before you leap into the murky waters of cheap domain hosting, consider the pros and cons of choosing that option, then consider your business and finally make a prudent decision; because whatever you decide will have a direct effect on your business.
Due to the fact that so many webmasters, on shared servers, are sharing web space and bandwidth, there may be the risk of your web site not performing at optimal levels.
Any spike in the traffic to the shared server will affect the loading speeds of your website, and if you are hosting downloadable content on your web site, be sure that you run the risk of loosing your site visitors for good.
Consider a situation whereby your website is down due to server side problems. Maybe the server crashed after too much demand on the system resources. You pick up the phone to call customer service. At the same time another client on a dedicated server needs the same services.
It's a no-brainer as to who will get first priority from the support department. Opting for cheap web hosting will put you at the lower ranks when it comes to getting attention from support staff. This will of course lead to unresolved issues lasting longer than they normally would and your web site suffers.
