Before one year, when my boss was lay out from work, I used to have a thinking that the new boss does not like me and I am sure that I will not stay in my position for long. I was right; three months later I was fired. It was big short in my income.
My first reaction was to report to employment insurance, to get employment insurance benefits. Then, I built my own website to post my curriculum vitae and I used a free webhosting. While I was searching on the net how to submit my website; I found that I can do a sort of business that makes some more money for me. Therefore, I did another site and used free hosting; but the big surprise was that these hosting companies force me to post their advertisement on the top of my page, it is like instead of promote my issues, I was working for them. Then, my domain name was not only for me, but also includes their name beside main and the limitation in files was bothering me. Plus, these web providers were bugging me with their emails asking me to upgrade into paid hosting and I remember one time their hosting was dead for more than three days and no one responding. And at the end, they sell my email address.
At this point, I start thinking seriously to switch my online business into cheap web hosting. Before choosing a webhost company, I did my homework. Here, what I find may help choose cheap web hosting provider:
1- They should have customer support: it is very useful to have 24/7 like emails, online chat, toll free phone service is preferable to have; when the system is down or slow or in case of technical difficulties.
2- Bandwidth: like when you have blogs, forums or many hits on your site; you need unlimited bandwidth to avoid slow loading pages.
3- Servers: try to find out how many users on each server by reviewing FAQ tab. Also; check the company credibility by searching the company reviews in the internet.
4- Make sure the web hosting you choose provides a multiple domains to be used for blogs links and forums.
5- If the host provider offers Cpanel with the package and templates as a beginner would be useful to have many different pre-set templates to design the website. Plus, should provide security if you sell items online.
Finally, I choose Vexxhost as a quality cheap web hosting and I am hosting all my websites where I can find the good services and affordable webhosting. I wish you find a good host provider instead of free web hosting that is fruitless.
Written By: Jim Fonda