Servers have an important role in making any
website run smoothly. If you choose a weak server, then the performance of the website will definitely be very bad and the user never likes to visit a website
with poor performance. In this situation, your business can go into loss. So, to
avoid all these problems, you need to choose a good hosting for your website.
There are many web hosting technology companies in the market from which you can buy hostings,
but before purchasing any hosting package, some important things should be taken
care of. We have mentioned some important things here which you follow to buy the best web hosting package.
Understand Your Requirements
You should understand your requirements well before
purchasing any hosting package for your website. There are some basic
requirements for any website such as -
1. How much storage will be used on that website
2. How many monthly visitors will come
3. From which location will the visitors come
4. And, How many maximum visitors can be active
at a specific time, etc.
Nowadays all companies offer different types of
hosting packages for each type of requirement website. So that you can easily
buy the hosting packages according to your requirements.
Understanding Hosing Types
Before buying the hosting package, you should also
understand the different types of hosting. Nowadays companies also offer us
that we can manually customize the hosting according to our requirements. There
are some basic types of hostings -
1. WordPress Hosting
This type of hosting is
specially designed for WordPress websites. In this hosting, you will get all
the things that are needed to run a WordPress website smoothly.
2. Shared Hosting
This is the most popular
hosting type. In this type of hosting, the same server is given to many users,
due to which its performance and speed are not very good, but it is good for a
normal and starter website, most of the beginner users always buy this hosting.
3. VPS Hosting
This type of hosting
consists of a single server and many types of virtual machines (a virtual private
network ) are made in it. Each of these machines is for a dedicated user. In
this type of hosting, a server has more than one user but it has less number of
users than shared hosting, hence its performance is more than shared hosting.
4. Dedicated Server Hosting
In this type of hosting
there is only one server that is dedicated to only one user. Because, one
server is used by only one user, its speed and performance are also very high.
Server Specifications
For any website to run smoothly, its server specifications must be very good. Before purchasing a hosting package, you should check the
uptime of the server, how many users it can handle at a specific time, and its
speed, etc. We should also check which type of server ( Windows or Linux ) it
is using. Linux hosting is considered better than Windows hosting. the server
of the company should be very secure so that your website could not be get
hacked. In addition, you should also pay attention to how the overall
performance of the server, its speed, etc is.
Provided Features and Services
As we mentioned above, when you buy new hosting,
companies provide many extra features and services. Different companies provide
different features and services at the time of starting like some companies
provide free SSL certificate, free domain, free email account, some companies
do not provide a free SSL certificate, some companies do not provide a free
domain. And the features and specifications available in the hosting package of
each company are also different, so before purchasing the hosting, you should
also compare the hosting packages of different companies, so that you can know
what specifications and features are you getting in the package.
Easy of Use
The hosting of a company should be very easy to
use, we should not have difficulty in using its function. Features like cPanel,
email, software installation should be easy. Nowadays every hosting company is
paying special attention to usability.
Support System
It is very important for any company to be better
in the support system. Because whenever we face problems in using hosting, we
take support from the company. In such a situation, if the company's support
system is not good, then we will not be able to find a proper solution to our
problem. Before purchasing the hosting you should pay attention to what kind of
support system the company provides such as 24x7 support, chat support system,
calling support system, etc.
Price & Upgrading Options
Hosting packages of different companies have
different prices. When we buy hosting in the beginning, the companies charge us
very little but later when our package is about to expire and we want to renew
it then its price goes up. So we should take special care of how much a company
charges on the hosting package renewal. When we buy new hosting, we get lots of extra features and services as
well, so we should also remember which company is offering what extras at the
time of upgrading.
Conclusion
Hosting companies do not tell their users
everything about their packages, so you should be careful while buying web hosting for your website.
These are the key factors which you should keep in mind while purchasing any
hosting package. If you have any questions or advice related to this topic,
please ask in the comments.
