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No matter how wealthy your
business is, it pays to economize on your spending. This assertion holds true in
web hosting too. Particularly for start up businesses, it is important to
approach web hosting with a thrift attitude so as to have more money in savings
for business expansion.
If you need to obtain a web hosting service, look
for companies that will waive set- up fees for you.
Set up fees is usually a way for web hosting
companies to make a guaranteed income. Look at this.
If you are not satisfied with a hosting service, the
best thing to do is to quit. Since set up fees are
usually not refundable, the company makes money
should you leave. Set up fees are usually commitment
fees. If you are on a budget, skip these companies
and look for ones with no start up fees. This way,
you make some savings.
Look for a host with a Control panel. A control
panel is a graphical interface for managing your
domain. This is the point at which you configure
your email, manage your files and take advantage of
any feature your host offers you. Traditionally, web
files on host servers have been managed through ftp
but as web content gets more dynamic and graphical,
CPanel comes to the rescue.
A site with a built- in search engine submission
tool will save you a lot of SEO Dollars. Some sites
will automate the submission of your site to search
engines from your host panel.
Search for host with free scripts. A script is a
small program that will allow you to do a lot of
tasks. A script normally runs on the web. There are
scripts that allow you to send mails, manage your
affiliates, run a bulletin board, manage a
classifieds website and a lot more. Some of these
programs are free on the net but configuring them
requires the skills of a guru. You can avoid paying
money to these gurus by looking for a host which
offers preconfigured scripts.
If you intend to run several websites, it is
economical to obtain a reseller package from your
host. A reseller package offers the same features
for a regular client but charges are reduced for the
reseller to make some profits. So a site might offer
web hosting services for its regular customers at
say $5 a month but offer the same service to a
reseller at $4 a month. The reseller acts a
middleman or a promoter of the host so low prices
compensate for bringing customers to the company. If
you intent to manage several domains, then it is
advisable to obtain a reseller status and sell the
service to yourself at low prices to make some
savings.
Avoid paying for a 3 year straight service. First
test a service by applying for one year. If the
service is good, you extend. Else you can easily
back out without locking in capital. Should there be
a problem with refund, then you don’t have much
financial commitment to worry over.
One useful money saving tool in web hosting is
domain pointing. Domain pointing refers to practice
whereby different website URLs all point to one
directory on a server. Lets say you have five
websites with approximately 1Gigabyte load of
information. If your host has offered you 10
Gigabytes of space, you can divide your total space
into five sub directories with 2 gigabyte of space
each. In your control panel, you redirect all
requests to the website to these sub folders. So
instead of setting up 5 websites on 5 hosting
services, you have all these on one host, saving
money.
So, if you are considering hosting on a budget, then
remember that these options. They may save you some
few bucks.
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