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If you’re going to build
your website from scratch or with a pre-built,
website template, then you’re going to need a
web host provider to host your site for you. And when choosing which web host provider is
right for you, there are several points to look
at and consider as well.
Pricing:
Although pricing is the first thing that many
people look at when getting ready to choose a
web host provider, it shouldn’t be the final
deciding factor. The old saying, “you get what
you pay for” can many times apply to web hosting
as well.
Choosing your web host provider based upon the
cheapest price can become a big mistake,
especially if you’re relying on your site to
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Services such as in-house tech support and
technology equipment such as high-end servers
cost money. And companies which offer free
hosting will most likely not be able to offer
such high-end services.
Be sure to look at the features and services
first of each web host provider and then compare
prices before making your final decision.
Area of specialties
It’s important to choose a reputable and
reliable web hosting company to host your
website. But it’s more important to choose a web
host provider that’s right for you and the needs
of your business.
This is why it’s best to look into web hosting
companies whose main specialty is ecommerce or
offers a variety of ecommerce features. And then
choose the hosting company that understands your
particular needs as an ecommerce customer.
Technical specifications and limitations
When hosting an ecommerce site, it’s important
to choose a good quality hosting package from a
good quality hosting company. And a good quality
hosting plan will provide the RAM, processing
power and the disk space to serve all your
needs, and you won’t have to worry about
downtime or loading issues as well.
Technical support
When it comes to building and hosting your
ecommerce website, it’s important to have free,
24 hour, 7 days a week access to high quality,
technical support for whatever problems may
arise.
And if something does go wrong, it’s even more
important to be able to speak to a tech support
agent who can find the problem and fix the
problem right away, or at least tell you how to
fix the problem yourself.
The last thing you want to happen is to have
your income source/website go down and not be
able to call technical support for immediate
help, support and solutions. And this is where
in-house, 24/7 technical support becomes crucial
to ongoing success.
Therefore, be sure that free, 24/hour, 7 days a
week technical support is available and ready to
assist you at any time, no matter what the
problem may be.
Features and extra options
When it comes to choosing a web host provider
for an ecommerce website, it’s important to look
for features that will benefit your business
such as ecommerce, shopping cart and payment
processing solutions, website templates, SSL
Certificate, website add-ons, data backups,
multiple email addresses, auto responders,
sufficient disk space and monthly data transfer
and free, 24/7 phone/email support. |
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Customer reviews
Be sure to search Google for customer ratings
and reviews on the web host provider in
question. And you can also check them out on the
BBB website as well. Find out what other
customers are saying about their phone and email
support, and problem resolve response time as
well.
If enough complaints are found on a web hosting
company, and they are indeed legitimate
complaints, then that may be a good enough
reason to move on to the next hosting provider.
But if all you hear are good and positive
customer reviews on that particular hosting
company then that’s one more reason why you
might want to choose that hosting company over
the others. |
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Easy control panel and user interface
The control panel within your hosting account
should be easy to use and very much self
explanatory as well.
Your control panel should make it easy for you
to set up email and FTP accounts and you should
be able to do so without the help of phone or
email support. Forms and scripts should also be
easy to install with just a few clicks of the
mouse.
Choosing your web host provider is easy to do.
And most web hosting companies offer everything
you need to start, build and run your own
ecommerce website at an affordable price.
However, before making your final decision on a
web host provider, be sure to do so based upon
features, options, customer support, technical
support, reputation, customer reviews and last
but nor least, pricing as well.
Then proceed to register your domain name,
choose a web hosting package that’s best for you
and then start and build your website.
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