How to choose a suitable web hosting provider for your business website?

With the growth of internet and online commerce it has become imperative for business of all kinds to have an online presence. Be it an ecommerce startup or an established brand every business is expected to have a website. Without a corporate website it is difficult for any business to be visible in the digital age.

Business can leverage their websites to gain exposure and also be in touch with their prospects and inform them about all the activities of the company through news releases and the company blog. Having a business blog has many benefits including higher interaction with the prospective buyers and other industry leaders.

Having a well maintained business website helps reinforce your brand image and makes you look reliable to the prospective client. However, in order to have a great business websites you need to also take into consideration the most important aspect of any website i.e. Website Hosting. A web hosting service could make or break any website and could make a world of difference for ecommerce sites as well.

Here we will discuss what factors you need to take in account when you look for a web hosting provider for your business site or blog.

Start small

When you think of a website for your business you want it to be perfect and when it comes to web hosting you need the best. Having dedicated server hosting would be the best thing for any website but if your website is small and does not have thousands of visitors coming to it every day then you need not spend so much. Depending upon the amount of visitors you can settle for VPS or even a shared server which hardly costs anything.

If you start from a smaller yet powerful VPS you can cater to their requirements of your growing websites easily and can also save the high costs initially. You also have the option of upgrading to a dedicated server later on if your site is growing and required additional resources.

Plan for growth

Although you are starting with a small shared server but do not forget to keep your options open when the time comes. Choose a provider that would allow you to upgrade to a VPS or a dedicated server when you need to so that you do not have to face the trouble of migrating to another provider later on. A reliable web host would have better option for you in case you need to upgrade at any point of time.

Features

There are various things that you would need with your web hosting service such as a control panel, ssl certificates, backup solutions etc. Make sure the web host you choose also provides these to make things simpler for you.

Having a control panel like cPanel is great. It allows you to manage your website and related tasks with ease. You need not contact support all the time for doing something that you can manage on your own. So it is better to choose web hosting which comes with a cPanel or Plesk control panel.

Support

 There are times when you face some problems with your websites and irrespective of Whoever you choose there would be an issue sooner or later. But the ability to handle the issue appropriately and in time is what makes the difference. Choose the provider which is easily accessible and quickly answers all your queries.

So when you do have a problem you know you would get a response and time and can get it fixed.

Service Guarantee

Lastly, just having sufficient resources and getting it in your budget is not all. It is essential that the services of the hosting provider are reliable and it has a good uptime. Usually anything above 99% is considered good. So make sure the hosting provider you choose offers you good uptime and keeps your sites live, after all that is what matters in the end.

Unless the hosting provider has a great server uptime you would often faces downtime on your website which would affect your traffic and ultimately your business as well.

About the author:

Eric's field of interest includes dabbling with Social Media and technology especially Web Hosting & Cloud Computing. He looks after content and Social Media for eUKhost.com. You can get in touch with him on Twitter: @ericbrown078 & Google+.