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> Get Articles > Web Hosting > Cheap Web Hosting is No Bargain! Cheap Web Hosting is No Bargain! Download as PDFJim Edwards jimthenetreporter.com 33 Days to Online Profits http://www.33daystoonlineprofits.com ===================================== Cheap Web Hosting is No Bargain! - by Jim Edwards (c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved ===================================== Ever heard the saying "Penny-wise and Dollar-foolish"? Well bargain priced website hosting may just represent the perfect example of watching a jar full of pennies while bucket loads of dollars fly out the window! When I launched my first website (way back in the "dark ages" of 1997) I paid almost $150 a month in hosting and data transfer charges. My web host watched how many files I uploaded like a hawk and always seemed to send their hefty invoices earlier with each passing month. I'm obviously not the only one who felt that way, because suddenly a whole industry of "bargain" web hosts sprang up all over the web. On the surface they all sound great, especially when you think you can go from $150 a month down to $4.95 a month! Five bucks a month sounds great, until you realize the amount of data transfer (number of page views) and bandwidth (the amount of data transfer your host allows in a given period) you get for that low price potentially hampers your ability to do business. This realization - along with a panic attack and a quick lesson in calculating data transfer and bandwidth - usually comes at the least convenient time. When you exceed your limits, a bargain host usually just shuts you down with no warning. Most webmasters realize they've made a mistake choosing a bargain host when their site suddenly loads a blank page in the middle of a big promotion traffic spike. Believe me, everything just stops! Here are a few bargain hosts that provide good service, but you need to carefully check the fine print for how much bandwidth they allow. www.FeaturePrice.com For about $24.95 a month you get to host up to six independent websites with a single account. You get unlimited data storage, unlimited email and a variety of other higher end services, but their bandwidth policy seems hard to understand. They did shut me down when we had a moderate level of success even though I paid them an extra $300 to get what they called "maximum" bandwidth. I was NOT pleased and promptly moved the site (http://www.7dayebook.com) to another host. www.HostSave.com Host Save is another low price hosting company that delivers a wide range of services for only $6.95 per month. They recently raised their allowable data transfer, but their policy on how much bandwidth you can use at a given time seems non-existent. www.DotEasy.com For $25 DotEasy offers a domain name purchase along with one year's hosting. Sounds incredible until you read the fine print to discover they limit you to 1 Gigabyte of data transfer a month. Not much data once you start getting reasonable site traffic. The moral here? Either prepare to have your business shut down mid-stream if you get successful, or pay a few extra bucks each month to ensure you have enough bandwidth and data transfer to operate without any service interruptions. At a minimum, specifically ask about and read the fine print regarding the host's policies before it's too late! Jim Edwards is the co-author of the best selling ebook: "33 Days to Online Profits" ============================================================ How much would you pay to get day-by-day instructions from 2 top Internet marketing experts every day for 33 days? ** How about 88 cents? ** You can start with a few bucks and a good idea to make lots of money online! I did, and I'll teach you how no matter what product you sell... === http://www.33daystoonlineprofits.com ============================================================ ** Attn Ezine editors / Site owners ** Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include our resource box as listed above. Feel free to substitute your affiliate link in place of our link in the resource box. Earn up to 45% on every purchaser you refer! We pay out *Thousands of dollars* each month in commissions! Affiliate details are available here: http://www.thenetreporter.com/ezineinfo.html If you do use the material please send us a note so we can take a look. Thanks. How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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