Basic Requirement of Web Hosting Plan for a Small Business Web Hosting will discuss about the general feature of Small Business Web Site Hosting, such as disk space, band width, reliability, etc. Those are the basic feature you need to think about when you want to hosting a web site. – For a small company site, a shared Linux Server web hosting plan is the best choice unless you want to use ASP or .Net to build you site, spending more time and more money. Reliability must be very high.9% up time is expected. Don’t let an unreliable web site hurt your businesses. High access speed is also required.
- Disk space will depend on what you put online, but normally, you will use less than 100M, disk space doesn’t cost you too much.
– For Email account, 100 email box will be enough and most of web hosting companies will give you it if their plan target at small business market.
– Need the basic e-commerce support, such as: Shopping Cart, Paypal, or SSL support.
– What about the web server location? Place the server close to your targeted market.
– Usually you will get a free domain in web hosting plan, and if you only want one web site.
– Phone support, we would like to have 24/7 professional courteous support with toll free phone support to make sure the issue of your site can be solved quickly.
– SEO Tools All web sites will need to use SEO tools to promote its site.
– Web Design Tools If you have basic knowledge about HTML, and know a tool like Frontpage, you will not need to have Web Design tools in your hosting plan.
Unlimited Features – Its the aim for your small business to always grow, so ensure that you sign up with a hosting company that offers Unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited domain names support.These unlimited features are not critical, but good to know you don’t have to pay extra.
Extra Features – Look for unlimited support at no extra cost, especially if you’re a beginner. Plus the ability to support various programming languages like PHP, CGI, etc. This is important and can also be very convenient for your in the future. If you are planning on creating a website yourself then some companies may also offer you a free website builder software which is an excellent options for those on a tighter budget.
