Resale Stores & the Web

If it sounds too good to be true, then it really is. Just as with many other things, if you want your business to be taken seriously you’ll want to avoid free web hosting. Free hosting comes with banner ads for other businesses and many times you’ll find those businesses to be competing business as it’s your keywords in your website that drive those ads.

As you can see, almost 25% of the right side of the page space is taken up with competing ads. You don’t want this and your customers/suppliers don’t want to see it either. And, yes, this is a real resale store website. I’ve limited the size of the photo in order to keep the identity anonymous because it’s not my wish to put down, but rather enlighten.

Business owners and potential business owners need to keep in mind that for less than $5 per month they can get reputable and reliable hosting to meet most if not all their needs and it’s important to invest properly into your business.

Hosting services are widespreadbut reliable web hosting is crucial and not all companies are equal. If you are having a difficult time determining which hosting company to sign up with I have personally worked with 2 hosting companies which I have been VERY happy with and both fall under the $5/month rate. They are: GoDaddy.com and for multiple domains on one account 1and1.com

Customer service I have found to be exemplary with both companies.

Additionally, if you have a website designer and they have a service they prefer to work with and it’s in the cost range described above then by all means you should go with their preference as they are the one who will be interacting on a regular basis with the hosting company. IF the cost is a lot more than that, then ask them what makes it more expensive. If there’s a legitimate reason – for example you’re setting your site up for e-commerce that’s fine. If you don’t receive an appropriate response then I think I’d be looking for a new designer to support my site and my needs. Certainly everyone is entitled to profit but profit on the services you actually perform rather than profiting off the hosting or domain name purchase. As you might ascertain, I don’t agree with this practice. :-/

Do you have a web host you’ve worked with and would like to recommend? Let me know and I’ll check them out.

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