How to Get Reliable Web Hosting Without Sacrificing the Features?


by Bedrich Omacka - Date: 2007-03-17 - Word Count: 511 Share This!

There are innumerable shared web hosting providers out there, but it can be difficult to choose the right one for you. However, shared web hosting solutions are worth checking out before you settle on a single one.

Generally, shared servers or dedicated servers are being used for small business web hosting. You can choose the either type but it all depends on the confidential data that is stored in the servers and the complexity of the web application. Many service providers offer shared web hosting for nominal fees.

Do check the features provided by the web hosting company because there are numerous options to buy the features that you want from them. You can purchase a plan that suits your requirement in small business web hosting. In the shared servers, the number of email accounts provided is limited in nature. If you want more email accounts, you ought to pay separately for each and every additional account.

You can get free domain name from the web hosting provider. Do research on the Internet to find such web hosting companies. But be careful before opting such servers because they may give you only less amount of space, and data transfer. Feel free to ask them about the free components that are available, the database that is supported, sub domains allowed, and options to have your own custom components.

Do look at the back ups and the restore facilities, which are available with the account in a small business web hosting.

Do you know handling Spam is really a Herculean task? Hence choosing an email account with Spam protection is an obligatory one. That's why the majority of the small business web hosting companies provide you an anti-Spam package as their part and parcel of their offer.

In order to alleviate the flooding of worms and viruses from reaching your inbox, anti-virus solutions are also offered in the web hosting package. Usually most of the small business web hosting packages are provided with password protection. These servers offer password-protected directories also.

If you're having a business entity to set up an online store to display and sell your products online, small business web hosting packages are the suitable one. For these type of businesses, e-commerce web hosting is available for a moderate fees.

As the payment details are going to be transmitted to the merchant account, transaction in the e-commerce websites have to be secure. SSL security is afforded for all those transactions. Separate modules are available in small business web hosting for order processing.

You can avail the shopping cart facilities in the checkout pages and custom error pages of the web hosting service. Inventory in the stores can be easily managed by separate tools available for that purpose along with the package.

If you're not well versed with web designing, you need not worry or seek the help of a web designer to build your site because some of the small business web hosting providers offer easy to use templates for building your own website. Many web hosting packages provide support for design tools like Dream weaver and FrontPage. Happy Hosting!


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