More $ Spent = Trustworthy Provider?

[yesjack]

I wouldn't necessary say more money means better quality. There are a lot of things that you must factor in: servers, service, technical support, and location. When the price is right and you've done your research, you'll be able to get cheap servers with excellent services

 

[pacifista]

You know I really dont stick on high price hosting because their service are just the same with the "not so" cheap hosting. I dont choose very cheap hosting because I know their service is not good.

 

[easyhostmedia]

I dont choose very cheap hosting because I know their service is not good.

This is not always true.

we have been offering hosting since 1999 and in that time have offered from 99p shared plans to £75 reseller plans and every single client got and still gets the same high level of support and service.
we dont say oh well you only pay 99p so you get rubbish support as no matter how much a client pays every penny you get helps to pay your own bills and keeps the business running.

I also find its the 99p clients that take up less of your time and if these clients contact you for help in installing scripts etc will ask if you want more money from them and it is the £75 clients that always contact you with silly questions and want you to carry out all sorts of things for free (ie. go into their domain registrars account and change their nameservers for them)

 

[paul-ukwsd]

More $$ doesn't always mean better product however you can safely say that cheap $$ does equate to a lower quality product, you need to charge the money to invest in a proper infrastructure.

So my advice is don't aim for the cheapest, just do your research and check for reviews and you should be fine, just don't believe these top 10 web host sites as they're just BS.

 

[easyhostmedia]

More $$ doesn't always mean better product however you can safely say that cheap $$ does equate to a lower quality product, you need to charge the money to invest in a proper infrastructure.

did you read my last post.

We have cheap plans, mid range plans, and high end plans all our servers are the same specs in relation to resources and quality and we dont have low servers for the cheap plans as all plan ranges share the same servers, so all clients get the same level of service and quality no matter if the pay 99p or £75.

 

[Collabora]

Sometimes cheaper is better quality -- especially if the host can afford to charge lower prices.

 

[easyhostmedia]

Sometimes cheaper is better quality -- especially if the host can afford to charge lower prices.

exactly as you will find a majority of hosts sell very little at the prices listed on their websites as they sell more using promotion codes giving users cheaper priced plans

 

[interservermike]

You know I really dont stick on high price hosting because their service are just the same with the "not so" cheap hosting. I dont choose very cheap hosting because I know their service is not good.

Not all the very cheap hosting are not giving good service . Some are providing services starting very long time ago and are still in the industry. They would not have stayed long if there are no customers buying there services. Some are actually just making the prices cheaper because of the stiff competition.

 

[hybridservers]

I think that expensive services doesn't always mean better services. Sometimes you pay more just for their name/brand. There are many companies that offers really great services for smaller price.

 

[interservermike]

I think that expensive services doesn't always mean better services. Sometimes you pay more just for their name/brand. There are many companies that offers really great services for smaller price.

Yes, that is right, this is why we have to search for the best and also not close our minds with only known providers.

 

[HostingKing]

Do more expensive services mean quality?

There are some expensive services that would actually make us regret of ever using them. On the other hand , there are also some cheap services that we thought would waste our time trying it but when we actually try it, we get what we want.

Therefore for me PRICE DOES NOT DEFINE EVERYTHING.

What are your thoughts about it?

I do think that having a price that is too low can be a warning sign, but having a higher price is not necessarily an indicator of reliability. There are also hosts I have seen that take advantage of the gullibility of clients, and charge outrageous prices. It just all depends. However, again, price can be important, when combined with other indicators.

 

[easyhostmedia]

I think a good host should have a range of services. low end, mid range and high end

low prices is not a warning to anything especially in a competive market.

warnings are unlimited space for $2 a year

 

[interservermike]

I think a good host should have a range of services. low end, mid range and high end

low prices is not a warning to anything especially in a competive market.

warnings are unlimited space for $2 a year

Yes, that's true I agree with you easyhostmedia. Then it would be very scary to have a provider for only $2 a year.

 

[easyhostmedia]

Then it would be very scary to have a provider for only $2 a year.

you should search 'reseller hosting' on ebay and you will be surprised at some of the offerings for such as $2 a year. the most worring thing is people actually fall for these offerings.

 

[hasel]

HM. It is certainly a very broad subject, one that cannot be answered with definitive statistics finding.

But having said that, charging a price that is high enough and disappoint your decision, is certainly true. Depending on what type of market are we talking about. Basically the 2 types of market; Saturated/Matured and unsaturated/innovative state market.

Such saturated market, with people charging at premium prices must deliver what consumers promise. If one finds that even paying at premium prices, the host still is not able to deliver the premium value, certainly, the consumer will leave, and tell the world about it, such as not worth the price that sort of comment. The host will run out of customers sooner of later due to absurd pricing, the matter of sustainability will drive this host, to fluctuate with market demand, simply, by using pricing as value factor. Driving it down, so as to offset fixed cost.

So basically, the customer ran away looking for a host that will really deliver this premium value that another host is able to promise. So long as the host is able to provide the premium value, customers stay, the host remains in profitability, then it is suffice to say this is the host that provide "Premium Value". Demand is growing and the premium host is able to stick with the price, charging them a premium while not scaring customers away.

In an unsaturated market/innovative state, people are usually not aware of the standard pricing of infrastructure. Since there is literally less competition, the customers is not able to switch between providers. So charging them at a premium price is not of concern of sustainability. This is true to some B2B software framework used in managing databases. Organization once bought the software and used it for a 1 year or so, even they are not so satisfied with the performance of that software, they are not able to leave because of the database encoded in a different language. This is the type of industry that you will find absurd pricing.

On the other hand, host that is able to provide services cheaply and provide crazy services exist. And I know a few of them around. But, I cannot totally say they exist, simply because, there are some services statement included, whereby consumers are expected to have certain skills in order to enjoy the good services.

 

[_ed_]

It's all about people behind service and how they manage it. Someone can throw in loads of cash but if they don't have knowledgeable team service will be worse than of good techies starting out small and low. Therefore I relay on feedback and reviews only.

 

[easyhostmedia]

It's all about people behind service and how they manage it. Someone can throw in loads of cash but if they don't have knowledgeable team service will be worse than of good techies starting out small and low. Therefore I relay on feedback and reviews only.

so if a host has 100 positive reviews on his site and another host has 1 then you would chose the host with 100 reviews, even though most will most likely be fake (written by the host) you cannot just chose a host on feedback alone. the provider of our main VPS, we researched for 3 months before we decided to go with them and even took a small shared plan to test their services as its not just your that matters when you a re hosting you also have to think about your own clients

 

[infinitnet]

Well, most likely you will get better quality for more $. There are many $1 hosting companies, who lack of good support due to too small margin. Although spending "too much", might not provide a lot better quality than something in the middle.

 

[dedideals]

Depends - I have worked for some big guys and they charge plenty more, it is not as great as some imagine for the price.

It all depends who you choose really, stay away from the big boys IMO

 

[maplehosting]

In most cases I think there is a justification for the cost. Managers always have to find a way to merge quality and cost together, you can't have too much of one of these without affecting the other.