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gary wilson

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hello people,
almost finished building my first web site and wanted to know what you experienced people think is a good company to host with ? ( and what is a reasonable cost for a small site expecting a maximum of a 1000 hits per day )

Thanks
 
Hi Gary, let me ask you a couple questions first. What type of a site did you build? Basically a static site? How big is it? What are you going to be doing with it? A online brochure? eCommerce? Do you plan on having any forums with your site? Any other requirements?
 
Hello gary, welcome to HD.

While Jim2Macs asked very valid questions and the ones that will be able to identify your needs a little better, I think if it is a new site, the general rule of thumb is that you will not be using a lot of resources (space or traffic wise).

1000 hits a day is very low, so my wild guess is you'll be fine with 100 MB of space and 1-2 GB of monthly traffic. While that depends on what kind of site it is, most companies provide more resources anyway.

If I were you, I would be looking for a budget shared hosting account. You can try looking through our marketplace section below (Shared & Reseller Hosting Special Offers) for something appropriate.

Best,
 
The best advice I can give, without getting too repetitive with what the gentlemen above had to say, is to start small and know that you can always upgrade when the time comes. Your website will fit fine in the shared hosting atmosphere and you should easily find hosting in the $10/month range without much trouble.
 
I'll just add that just because your needs are small, it doesn't mean the price can go very very small amounts. There are offers giving you say 500GBs of data transfer for $10 per month. This doesn't mean that a package with 2GB of data transfer should be priced at 4 cents. There are costs that are more or less constant, regardless of the GBs that are mentioned.

I must also suggest doing a thorough research on any potential host, using the search feature of hosting/webmaster forums.
 
Hi Gary,

Things to consider as you search for a host:

1. Features - What types of features are you looking for? Windows-based features such as FrontPage support, server-side, includes, etc.? Linux-based features such as cron jobs, MySQL Databases, etc.

2. Support - What kind of support is available? email? phone? hours of coverage?

3. Reliability - What kind of uptime does the host boast.

4. Customer feedback - What are others saying? There are many "Web Host Ranking" sites where you see the same hosts over and over again. That doesn't mean they're neccessarily the best - especially when the ranking site doesn't provide a place to submit a review - most of them have paid a fee to be listed there. A site that provides real customer feedback like http://www.webhostingjury.com is a good place to look.

5. Exagerated Claims - any provider claiming that you get 250GB of disk and 1000GB of transfer is pulling your leg. They're basically counting on the fact you'll never use that much space and therefore attempt to overload the server with clients in order to maximize their revenue per server. This can lead to slow, poor-performing websites that ultimately drive visitors away.

Gook luck in your search.

Dave
 
uptime is the king

Hi,
I agree with crazytech, you should start with a 10$/mo shared hosting. However, once you have selected the 4 or 5 you like, check which of them is the best according to its uptime. You will appreciate it more than expected.

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That's a reasonable budget range (refreshing) and you should be able to find a good host with dependability, and good service with no problem. Most hosts don't charge "out of line" for upgrades but for most of us you are already off the "budget" end so you should be able to get a good mid-level plant hat will do what you need.The only "bumps" might be if your site required some unusual server modules or has some scripting that was poorly written and overused resources. Otherwise any new venture should not consume more resources than are available in that budget range until you get somewhat "established" (unless you have invented the newest "big thing" like You Tube or something) :cool:
 
The reasonable budget range that you should be paying is approximately $4 USD per month, you should purchase more bandwidth/space than you need just in case the unexpected happens. It would also help if you put a smile on your face and told yourself that you were going to get more than 1000 hits per day! :)
 
If you are still on lookout, try hostingdepartment.net. I have had good experience with them so far, so thought of recommending them to you.

Before signup, go through their policies and TOS. Always go through such pages, before signing up with any host or for any product.
 
@gary - as you have just finished up with your site you can go with any shared hosting package for the start up and later on when you feel the need for more space then its always easy to upgrade.
For choosing the hosting service I would say that do a good one hand research from your side on different forums and review sites from where you'll be able to know which is a better hosting company to go for.
 
TOS is a very essential thing that must be read before signing up. Unfortunately people rarely read them and then have issues.
 
tarsick said:
TOS is a very essential thing that must be read before signing up. Unfortunately people rarely read them and then have issues.
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This is true indeed. I think ToSes are kind of like software EULA's in that nobody really reads them.

Having said that, I've found that it's unlikely that a 'typical' user will break a ToS as most ToSes are pretty reasonable. Those users who know they are doing things that are troublesome (IRC, Proxy, etc) know what magic words to look for in a ToS.
 
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