To make an effective evaluation of the companies that offer web hosting services note the following points:
What you should know about hosting company
Brand Reputation in the Market: What do customers say about it, what is its size and how does it position itself?
Support: What channels do they use to support their customers? What are the service hours? Is the support provided in your language?
Management: How is the control panel for the site administrator? Is it easy to understand and navigable?
Guarantees: Does the company offer refunds, in case you become dissatisfied with the service? Is there a free trial period?
Uptime: Does the company offer a server availability guarantee of over 99.5%? Is this promise fulfilled in practice? What do customers say about this technical detail?
What you should know about hosting plan
Disk space: What disk space is offered in the plan? Is it enough for the size of your site (or the size you want it to have in the near future)?
Data transfer: what is the bandwidth limit of the plan? Does it meet the current number of visits (or do you want to have it)?
Platform: Is the hosting offered Linux or Windows?
Email: How many email accounts and what storage space is offered in each account? Does this number suit all users you have / will have?
Extras: Is there a site builder? Does the plan offer features like private SSL and dedicated IP?
What are the services provided by hosting companies?
Now let’s talk a little about the services you can expect from a website hosting company. Following are the main ones:
- Domain register;
- Website hosting;
- Hosting streaming;
- Reseller hosting;
- VPS Servers;
- Dedicated Servers;
- Website creator;
- Customer support.
