Feb

How to Save Money on Web Hosting Service

When you are serious about marketing on the internet, you get your own website. While it’s true that ther are good free options available, you will probably want the full control and powerful features you can get when you choose your web hosting company wisely.

The key is to know which features you need and find them at the best price. Most people start out thinking they only need one domain name, but let me offer some sage advice: you’ll probably want more than one and therefore you must select web hosting that permits unlimited domain names. You may find it hard to believe, but this capability is often offered and it hardly adds anything to the cost of your plan.

Another feature that is less obvious is to find web hosting that allows usage of many MySQL databases. Even if you have no idea what they are, many marketing tools available these days utilize the MySQL databases to store information. Once again, you might as well get unlimited (or large quantity) of allowable MySQL databases. My first web hosting account offered three, and it was not long before I found I couldn’t even use software I had purchased because I had already reached my limit. I’m going to tell you how to avoid this hassle in a moment.

The third feature I want to call your attention to is the control panel interface. The name of one popular system is cPanel and it comes with a lot of nice add-on features. I recommend getting a hosting account that uses the cPanel interface.

By this time, with unlimited domains and unlimited MySQL databases and cPanel, you’re probably getting a little concerned about the price. Well, relax. I have good news for you. You can get everything I mentioned for only $9.95 per month. You could even get it cheaper if you cut features, but for an extra couple of bucks a month you get some extras so I suggest you go for it.

The company I recommend, and the one I use, is called Host Gator. Take a look at what they have to offer today.