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Finding a web hosting provider is an easy task these days and the number of web hosting companies is constantly growing. The main question is - once you’ve narrowed down your list by features and price, how do you find out which web hosts are dependable?
1. Read web host package details and TOS Read more... - Additional services from your web hosting provider
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We all know that web hosting is a very saturated market; there are no surprises in that. How do you increase your companies profit without with out changing your main service offered? Simply add secondary services to your existing company.
The best part about most, if not all, these secondary services is that you don’t have to do much except collect more income at the end of the month. The reason is that many secondary services can be affiliate and reseller type programs that are invisible to your customers.
In this article I’ll cover some of the extra services you might have been considering adding to your business or maybe you haven’t yet and are trying to see what you can offer to increase your profits.
Read more... - An ecommerce guide for web hosting providers
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As a Web Hosting Provider, your payment processing needs are quite different than that of many other business models. To effectively implement a merchant account & e-commerce solution, you will need to put together several key components and each of these components must be able to "co-exist amicably" with one another.
The three components to the solution are: (1) Merchant Account -- with a qualified merchant processor who can adeptly handle your kind of transaction business, (2) Payment Gateway -- with the technical capabilities & compatibility that you need and (3) Billing Application -- either a custom order forms, e-commerce script or 3rd party billing software package.
Read more... - Free Web Hosting Tips
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1. The reliability of the service and their offers.
A brand new hosting provider which boasts features that are too good to be true usually won't last for too long. Let's take the example of one host (I won't give names here) that went offline only a few weeks ago. They were offering 500MB of storage, 10GB of bandwidth per month, domain hosting, unlimited domain parking, CPanel with just about all possible features, absolutely no ads (not even a request to link back), and this only for 150 posts in their forum. Sounds too good to be true? Betcha! After they cashed in two fat checks from AdSense they simply went offline. No prior notice, no apology, nothing. Read more...
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Before you can launch your web site, you'll need to engage the services of a web hosting company.A web host allows you to rent space on a web server. Your web pages are then stored on this server, and the host computer allows other people connected to the Internet to view them.How to choose the right web hosting company? You might want to consider how long the company has been in business, how reliable it is known to be, and how expensive it would be if you want to upgrade your plan in future. Other aspects to be considered include: -Disk space How much disk space do you need? Does you website have less than 10 pages? You'll need only a small amount of space. Is it a huge site that has thousands of pages? You'll be needing a lot of disk space. Most web hosting plans limit how much space you will have, so make sure the plan you choose meets your needs. -E-mail accounts How many e-mail accounts do you need? You'll probably need one for each employee and one for each department(sales, accounts, support). Make sure you purchase a hosting plan that has enough e-mail accounts. Also, do you want full POPS access, Web-based e- mail, or both? -Data transfer How much data do you need to transfer? Most hosting plans limit how much data transfer you are allotted each month. If you expect a lot of people to visit your site, you'll need a plan that allows for plenty of data transfer. -E-commerce Will you be selling goods or services through your site? If not, there's no need to sign up for an e-commerce web hosting service. If you are, e-commerce web hosting services such as shopping cart software, SSL support and a merchant account will be vital. -Database, script and extension support Some hosts will try to blind you with all the features they provide: Frontpage, MS Access, MySQL, MS SQL, Peri support, PHP support, ASP support and SSI support. Do you really need all these features? If not, make sure you are not paying for extras you'll never use. -Operating systems Do you want a UNIX hosting plan or a Windows hosting plan? Unix is the most commonly used operating system among Web servers. It is known for its flexibility, reliability and stability. Windows hosting plans give you the ability to utilize many forms of dynamic content and specialized databases. Windows hosting plans are often used for sites utilizing Frontpage, ASP, MS Access databases, MS SQL Servers and other Microsoft applications. -Support Is customer and technical support available 24/7? Can you easily get through on the customer support hotline? Or are you on hold for hours?
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