Cheap Domain Registration And Hosting - Concepts To Understand

Undoubtedly you are thinking about setting up a website and perhaps launching an online business and that is why you are looking for information on cheap domain registration and hosting. I hope that you will find some of your questions answered on this site and that you will explore all the options available on this site.

In this post I want to discuss low cost hosting. This one decision is the most important decision you will make if you are considering an internet business or if you are just wanting a fun site to share with the world.
Let's start by defining what "hosting" actually is. A hosting service is simply a very large computer, a web server, that serves up your web files onto the internet in such a way that other computers can receive those files in such a way that they can be seen, heard and understood. Hosting is the river that you place your bottled message so that someone can find it in a town downstream. You have to have hosting and this one item can be very different in what it offers and what it costs.

Here are some things for you to consider when deciding which hosting to purchase. First, how much disc space or "storage" is your hosting company offering for their monthly fee? Remember, your website is a collection of files and those files are going to be stored on the web server. If you are going to put up a site that has lots of images, videos and music then you are going to need quite a bit of space. If you have a simple little site then you might not need much space at all. Be cautious of hosting companies that say they offer "unlimited space". You really need to examine the fine print to understand what unlimited means! The second thing to consider in hosting is the bandwidth that they offer. The term "bandwidth" is simply a reference to data transfer rate or how much data the host can send from one point to another and this is generally in terms of seconds and hence the term bits per second "bps". The bandwidth needs to be adequate enough that the upload time on your site is fast. Nothing is more aggravating as a slow loading site. Bandwidth is also a key factor in how much traffic your site can handle at any one time. The third thing that you need to consider is uptime. In other words, how often does the server break down? If a hosting company claims to have 99% uptime they are claiming that their webserver is up and running 99% of the time. You won't make money or get traffic if your server is down. Here is a short list of companies that offer unlimited traffic and bandwidth. Ipage.com, justhost.com, web.com, 

hostgator.com, networksolutions.com, bluehost.com, hub.com, ixwebhosting.com and fatcow.com.
Finally, the consideration that most people give great importance to is price. Here are a few prices for some of the hosting companies I just listed.

networksolutions  .99

web.com  .99

ipage 1.99

justhost 2.95

fatcow 3.15

ixwebhosting 3.95

hostgator 3.96

hub 3.99

bluehost 4.95

There are hundreds of other services to consider but just keep these considerations in mind as you search for cheap hosting.