Small Business Web Hosting

November 7, 2009 by Gavin  
Filed under IMGavinKing Contributors

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 small company site, a shared Linux Server web hosting plan is the best choice unless you really want to use ASP or .Net to build you site, spend more time and more money. Reliable service.9% up time is expected. Do not let unreliable web sites hurt your business. And high access speed is also needed.

- Disk space will depend on what you want to put there, 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 the small websites like geisha costume site won’t really need it and companies will give you it if their plan target at small business market.
– Need the basic e-commerce cart support, such as: Shopping Cart, Paypal, or SSL support.
– What about the web server location? Place the server close to the targeted visitor.
– Usually you’ll get a free domain in web hosting plan, and you may 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 the web sites will need SEO tools to promote its sites.
– Web Design Tools If you have basic knowledge about HTML, and know a tool like Frontpage, you won’t not need to have Web Design tools in your hosting plan.

Unlimited Features – The aim for your small business is to keep growing, 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 that you won’t have to pay extra.

Extra Features – Look for unlimited friendly support no extra cost, especially if you’re a beginner. Plus the ability to support various programming languages such as PHP, CGI, etc. This is important and you can also be very convenient for your future. If you plan on creating a web site yourself then some companies may also offer your a free website builder which is excellent for those on a tighter budget.

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