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Hello there new2webhosting,

Before you first go to google about SLA, uptime, premium providers affordable providers and what not, the very first question you must have in mind is "What kind of host I want to be"? Erm, I know this sounds stupid and all but please do take this seriously..

The type of host you choose will ultimately shape your market. Take this for an example; So you want to be a cheap provider, giving people very affordable hosting solution and a limited hosting management. The only reason customers arrived at your website is because they value price more than quality. Then ultimately you know who you want your provider to be, that is eleven2 or moolay. Now you cannot judge reviews out of this 2 host. The reason behind is the type of market they are in. While it is way too lengthy to explain why, in a few words, simply they create market by selling to a mass market while cutting the degree of management to be profitable. Serving such mass markets means the frequency of getting reviews increase. And, the worst thing about that is they have to troubleshoot and satisfies more customers for lesser resources they are paid for. I'm not trying to slam any provider or anything, I'm just speaking in the aspect of marketing (I major in theoritical marketing)

If you are looking forward to provide hosting services to premium niche market, (say you have access to government agency and businesses) then you are most likely to look forward to guys like wiredtree or knownhost. They focus on providing managed services to clients who is able to pay more and seek assistance from personalized system admins. Now for this kind of provider, obviously you can sell to much more sophisticated customers who demand speed and uptime. It is something not advertized and told in anywhere on the web, you just have to find out the type of customers they are selling to and the corporate culture. Because what they are selling at for the price point, is what you will be selling to at that price point. But then again, of course you can oversell with much more premium providers. Just that the resources you are given is literally what you see is what you get, some kind of dilemma of hosting (lol). I don't mean to confuse you, but providers who provide you bigger resources means you can oversell at bigger capacity, while with providers with less resources (still you can oversell) to sell at a static figure.
 
As for me each time before ordering something from unfamiliar company( no matter whether it is a hosting company or just a shop that sells some goods) I always contact support to make sure that the support team is available and in case I need some help i will not be alone with my problem.
 
Hello,

I would like to suggest you to list out all your requirements, applications you want to us, and resources you needed.

Then check for a hosting, first of all check if they provide 24x7 support and there support quality.
 
First of all check which company is very old in this business don't go on it's reviews second check it's stable time duration form such websites.
 
new2webhosting said:
Hi everyone. I'm trying to start an internet based business and I've done enough research to know that I need to choose a web hosting company before I can setup my own website. However, when I Google "web hosting company" I get an overwhelming amount of search results. How do I know which company to choose?
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First decide the location (US or UK) for hosting your website. Then decide operating system on which you want to host your site, either windows or linux server.

After that use the proper keyword to list the webhosts. Once you have the list of webhosts then check their reviews, customer feedback, server uptime report etc.

With the above information you can compare and choose right webhost.
 
After you've researched companies following all of the advice above, narrow those down to the three that catch your attention and then research the heck out of all three. Do all three offer what you absolutely have to have? If one doesn't, strike it from the list. Make a comparison chart assigning weight to what is most important to you, and then check off if that host offers it or doesn't. Add up the totals and normally the right one jumps off the page and hits you straight in the forehead. I'd assign higher weights to quality of service and how long the provider has been in business. :)
 
It depends, because there are some companies who provide both and there are certain companies who provide it separately. It is not necessary that both need to be purchased by same vendor. It's completely your choice.
 
Over the years I have tried more then 2 dozen hosts. So I do know a lot about choosing the right host. I also know what I need now and what to look for or ask for when choosing a new host.
I have had host that are there one day and gone the next. I actually had that happen 3 times in row.
Any way out of the hosts I have had I can tell you hosts that I have had the best luck with.
powermonster.net, cloudweb, birdhosting, performancehosting.net, and downtownhost. The first 4 are actually the same company and they are the ones I use now.
 
Personally, look at your competitors. Get recommendations. Stay away from ranking sites as these are very biased listings which do not give you accurate ranking of the quality but who is paying more to spam/be listed.:twocents:
 
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