So you’re running a business and you know that you need a website to help you run it. You also know that in order to run that website, you’re going to...
So you’re running a business and you know that you need a website to help you run it. You also know that in order to run that website,
you’re going to need a web host; and you’ve heard that they can be fairly expensive. So, is there any way to cut down on your web hosting costs so you can have a great, yet affordable, website? In fact, there are many tips you can use to cut the costs of your web hosting. Here are just a few of them.
Choose a web host with several plans and packages
By choosing a web host that has three, four, five, or even six web hosting packages, you can start by choosing the lowest (which will be the least resources for the least amount of cost,) and upgrade if you need to. This process will be very easy and will usually require little more than phoning your web host. If however, you choose a web host that only has one or two packages, there will be little to no wiggle room should you want to change. And should this be the case, you may have to switch web hosts – a costly and time-consuming process.
Choose a small amount of storage space
The smaller your website is, the less storage space it will need; and this is an area that you can cut back in. Storage space largely decides a web hosting package’s price and so, if you choose to limit the amount of space and opt for a smaller site, you can end up paying less for web hosting. Lowering the amount of storage space you buy is a better option than limiting the amount of bandwidth – the other determining factor in how much you pay. This is because, while you can control the amount of information that’s on your site, you cannot control the amount of people that visit your site. And besides that, you also want as many people as possible to be coming to your site.
Know when to use third-party services
Lots of web hosts will try to sell you additional features such as registering your domain name with them, or giving you additional customized email addresses. But in fact, choosing these items from a web host can be much costlier than simply finding third-party services that can offer you the exact same features. Aside from that, by choosing to use third-parties for these features, you can also be secure in the knowledge that you can change web hosts, and not lose your site name or your email addresses.
Truthfully, web hosting can be as pricey or as affordable as you want it to be. And if you’re not running a business website and don’t need a lot of features, you can even find free web hosting. There are lots of tips and tricks you can use though, even when using VPS or cloud hosting, to cut back on your costs. So the cost of web hosting should never keep you from running your own website.
