Free Web Hosting …….is it Really Free???

With growing competition it’s really very difficult to find the right host among several other thousands in the market. Their feature is also almost same with cheap to highly expensive range of their packages. Today, huge lumps of pages on hosts one could easily find on web. Some companies are of huge reputation and some other have their own standard beyond faith.

One can, while searching and listings for web host can come across a host offering a package of his/her choice. Why? Simple! To earn some money which can be around 100 to 200 hundred from one client? Now this is unimaginable for anyone to get so less output by investing so much of input. However these plans offered are quite abundant in unpredictable denominations. Also in the market there is wide range of packages where one can opt for a very cheap alternative but the overall result would be great loss afterwards in any other way. In today’s era there are thousands of hosts who are not even keeping proper record of their cost structure. Now these hosts do not properly services their accounts doesn’t matter what kind of profit they can earn from it.

It’s really unimaginable to even think that one is able to get hosting services in such low prices. Now the question emerges are those hosts stable? Now just consider for a situation where one working on a computer suddenly notices that his website is no longer visible on the net. At that moment of time the only thing that will come to one’s mind is he has paid $12 for the year last month so he/she should not have any problems”, but he has to. Its even not surprising if one’s host, who is perhaps operating from his/her own place suddenly went out the business without informing his/her client.

Its sounds impossible but in reality it happens. Not only that, even worse is the cost of trying to get back one’s lost $12 worth it? Surely not! Then what was the reason of the provider’s going out of the business? The answer is quite easy. They were simply attracted by the sheer number of clients and the negative cash flow. But, the clients have now adapted to such sort of things. In the present era, when the hosting can be for free, everyone can easily get a free host for the largest most featured rich plan, the search of host is just a click away. Is the good period has begun? Certainly not! There are immense of barriers and drawback in the service and one cannot get a satisfactory or acceptable reply from the host. If the company is not providing the good service one must share and disclose his problem with other customers of the same hosting company. That will highlight the problem. Formation of client’s forum can be an effective measure

But in free hosting problem does not finishes here only .The customer is liable to face problems, one or the other .If someone is going for a complaint, the reply will be that this is a free hosting and if someone is not satisfied he may go and find another. The performance observed by the clients is totally disappointing. Such site owners always have reasons one or the other to convince the costumer and to hide their drawbacks. After hearing such type of reasons and answering the customer it becomes totally exhausted and miserable. However one should not find any way, loosing his belief in such facilities forever.

Can people still say that, hey! Look at me I have got a good hosting service at free charges. The answer is NO! Surely not!

Is the only solution that one must join a host who charges a lot more but will not throw his/her business suddenly into the garbage .Some hosts can definitely possess a sound business plan and also a group of technicians that can immediately tackle out customer’s problem. One can think it is an expensive but at least that host will be able to get a real amount of storage and bandwidth. Not one of these 100mb to 500mb plans that charges someone around $10 to $25 per month. Now, that is said to be a clear -cut way of robbery and another object of its own style.

So one should be intelligent enough in selecting a host and if one’s pocket is not tight enough he/she may go with a host that is little more expensive, but it is assured that they are more reliable and consistent. One is taking the service of these hosts with an anticipation of bond for a long time but their existence depends on their success.

How Much Does Your Domain Name Really Cost You?

It may surprise you to know that one of the most popular questions I get asked by newcomers to internet marketing is related to buying a domain name.

Now I know if you’ve been around a little while you’re probably thinking “Buying a domain name! How hard is that? Just choose your name, click and buy!” But actually, on reflection, it can be a bit of a minefield out there…

From the minute you arrive at your preferred domain seller you’re bombarded with choices, processes and options that are designed to get you spend a deal more than, say, the $4.99 you Originally thought your shiny new domain name was going to cost you.

I decided to pop along to my local domain shop (read click on a bookmark and login) and take a look at exactly what’s on offer and whether all these add-ons and extras are totally essential.

1) OK, so the first thing I see before I even type in the domain name I want to buy is that there’s a “Sale” on certain suffixes like .com .net .org

2) I type in my domain name – domain-name-confusion.com – and click the ‘next’ button and ‘fantastic’, it’s available, but hang on… I can also buy domain-name-confusion.US .NAME .BIZ etc and many more. I can also choose from MYdomain-name-confusion, EASYdomain-name-confusion, domain-name-confusionONLINE, domain-name-confusionSTORE and myriad other combinations

3) I decide that no, I’m just going to stick to my original choice of domain-name-confusion.com and so I don’t check any of the other boxes. I proceed on to what I think is the checkout but OH NO… again I’m being asked to STOP!

Why don’t I protect my brand and increase my traffic by buying the .org .net and .info – and I’m even offered a really amazing “special price” to buy the job lot! And what’s more there’s a special box with a list of compelling reasons why I really should do this

4) No thanks, I still want to stick to my original domain-name-confusion.com so I click on the checkout button, AGAIN!

Great! We’re onto the summary page where I’m told what I’m ordering.

But WAIT! Do I want my domain name certified for an extra $2.99? Do I want email adding to my domain for an extra $1.99? Is that Complete or Deluxe, Madam? How about Hosting, Sitebuilder, a blog or even some traffic driving software? Is that Standard, Deluxe or Protected, Madam?

5) No, honestly, you’re too kind, but I simply want to buy the domain name! Click on the checkout button, AGAIN!

Phew, the checkout at last! But wait, do I want to add protection to my domain name and make it ‘private’? Do I want to add another domain name? Am I sure I don’t want the .NET OR .INFO?

Quite a marathon, huh? And, of course, when you are all wrapped up in the dream of having your own website and wanting to make it perfect from the outset, you are vulnerable to emotional suggestions. PROTECT, INCREASE, EXPAND, ATTRACT…

So let’s take a look to see if you need all these unfamiliar, but reasonable-sounding options?

Do You Need Extra Domain Suffixes?

You can register a .com domain name with several very reputable registrars for, say, $6.99/yr to $9.99/yr. Fees for registering the other possibilities, .info, .co.uk, .net, .org, .biz, .tv can range from $0.99 per year to whatever the registering company wants to charge.

But is it going to be worth it? And where do you stop with the combinations? .com, .co.uk, .info and then there’s the ‘do I add a dash ( – ) just-to-be-on-the-safe-side.com, .org, .biz’ ? I would say, probably not. The .com brand is so widely known that most people will automatically type in a .com extension on any website they are trying to find.

Private Registration

This option will keep your private details, name, physical address and email address unavailable to anyone checking the ownership of your domain on “Whois”. Internet law requires that all information about domain registration be publicly available and “Whois” maintains the databases that hold this information.

If you buy a private registration, your details will not be available to just anyone who wants to check your domain for specific ownership. There are many domain owners who don’t think this is necessary but, on the other hand, private registration can help you avoid spam, crank emails and unwanted phone calls.

It is worth bearing in mind that any emails you send from the US that are commercial in nature, like:

i) Promoting a product or affiliation

ii) Suggesting that the reader visit your sales page

iii) Offering a discount for purchasing some product

are required, by the US Can-Spam Act, to have your correct, physical mailing address visible to your email recipients and the correct email address you sent the advertisement from, so this kind of defeats the object of private registration in some ways.

Protected Registration

This form of domain registration protects you from inadvertent expiration of your domain registration, including credit card expiration, failed billing or outdated contact information. It also makes it more difficult to accomplish most malicious domain transfers by Internet predators. Effectively, your domain would be held for you until you renewed the registration.

It can cost more than $25 a year for this service, depending on who you are using for this protection. If you are a small marketing venture, selling a piece of software, an affiliate product or an ebook on a niche product, you may not need this upsell. However, if later your domain starts making lots of money, and you decide that you do need it, you can easily add it.

Business Registration

This level of domain registration keeps need-to-know information about your business in the Whois database. That information can include a map to your store, website photo, business description, phone number and links to vital pages of your website.

The vital information your customers might need to facilitate business deals with your business is visible to millions of searchers in the Whois domain name database.

Do you need it? That would depend on the nature and size of your business and your budget. This would be more of a marketing/budget decision. A small, start-up website selling one ebook would probably not need this additional service.

How Many Years Do You Need?

Every time you register a domain name, regardless of the service you choose to use for the registration, you will be offered a multi-year registration at a discount. It is up to you whether you consider this offer to be a good deal, but you might want to consider something before you do it.

Are you positive that you will still want to own the domain name after the first year? Will you still be in business in a year? Will you have graduated to a bigger, much different online business or another business entirely?

If you take a multi-year package, the registrar will get all the money up front and you will not get a refund if you change your business or drop out entirely.

Hosting On The Domain Registry Site

This is a likely time-saving upsell you will be offered when you register your domain name. It seems like it would be an easy, time-saving option to buy. Your domain and website would be in the same place.

Most Internet Marketers, if asked, would advise against doing this. Putting all your eggs in one basket means your entire business disappears if the domain registrar quits doing registrations or generally just goes out of business.

A better choice would be to find another hosting company that provides the options you need to make your website what you want it to be.

Finally…

The multitude of domain registrars on the internet will guarantee that there will be more offers to upgrade or to buy packages with various multiple options that sound fantastic on the surface. Since it’s your money at stake, it might be wise to carefully consider what you actually need right now…not a year down the line. By then your needs could be far different than anticipated originally.

Is Free Hosting Really Free? Five Things to Consider Before Selecting a Free Web

No doubt, there are several free web hosting accounts that are free to use, but they will cost the user a lot of money, time, and customers as well as if he/she possess a site that is meant for work related to business and is more than the simplest site possible. One should throw light on the following things to know why free web hosting might cost him/her more than what he/she had bargained at the time of signing up.

Thought no.1 Bandwidth

Often, one can say that free web hosting providers offers the user little bandwidth which denotes that it will take longer for his/her page to load. If a page takes more than 10 seconds to load then the user will lose visitors because they will just move on. Due to this reason, one might lose a lot of customers and sales from his/her facility of free web host.

Thought no.2 Advertising

It is a universal consideration that many free web hosting companies are ?free? to the user, yet, the user will have advertising posted on his/her website in addition to pop up ads. Several people do not like such thing and avoid visiting user?s site due to this reason. One should be careful about signing up with a free web hosting company that use to advertise. It probably may not bother the user in the beginning, but it will perhaps affect his/her traffic and sales.

Thought no.3 Web Capacity

By considering that, web host is free; one cannot desire for an ample of web space. Often people do not get the space they require to upload their web page and which include all of their information. The user should confirm that there is sufficient amount of space available from his/her free web space provider and it should properly match with the required elements of the user?s web pages.

Thought no.4 Reliability

Another point to consider while selecting free web hosting is reliability. Often time?s limitations are put on one?s traffic flow and if one exceeds this, his/her site may be disabled for a period of time or one may even receive a bill. Thus one should find out what the rules for traffic and what can be the consequences if one exceeds his/her limit.

Thought no.5 Limitations

In most of the cases, one?s free web host will have rules regarding the size of photos, its upload, icons etc. One should check in advance these things before signing up the contract as if this facility is not available then one is not in a position to upload his/her own photos and then he/she has to check for any other host..

While talking technically, free web hosting is free but in reality it indirectly costs much especially in the long run because it limits activity and business from occurring at the rate set by consumers. Due to this if one?s business is growing and his/her site is experiencing big traffic then free web hosting is really going be an expensive affair. Thus instead of getting in trouble afterwards its better to check in advance if a free server will really be worthwhile and thereafter one should make a plan for change and growth ahead of time as everyone works with a desire to grow.

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