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People always get attracted to something that is cheap or is on
sale, it is a very successful sales channel. We see stores putting
up discounts and offering products at cheap prices every now and
then. However, when it comes to business of the web hosting
services, they are thinking margins to commit any kind of error
since you have to be very careful. There are many web hosting
companies in the market that offer web hosting services at a very low price with all the great features and benefits
people are looking for, while some stick to their promises and fail
when it comes to quality and performance.
Let’s have a look at how cheap web site hosting is made. There are people who are in the race of making some quick money that includes few companies as well. They buy web hosting space on the large basis and then divide the same into smaller parts and resell each of the
smaller web space. This is made possible by giving out a certain amount of disk space, data transfer capacity and some features along with technical support to some extent. The entire plan is design in such a way that it comes less expensive for the client, and at the same time it helps them earn the profit on the same.
Since there are no entry barriers anyone can become a web hosting provider, we can see people not having sufficient knowledge of the business jumping into it so that they can earn some quick money out of it. This increases competition and forces the providers to keep the prices low for the customers. There would be marginal differences in the price of the hosting package but not much. Furthermore, increased completion forces the provider to cut corners in every way they can, which may also mean compromise on the quality and the service they provide.
Though these companies promise great quality to the customers the customer may end up getting only half
the things of what they have been promised. This also means that the companies will have to increase their turn over to have good profit, which mean luring more and more customers in. Just lower prices do not guarantee new customers.
Also it does not portray a fair environment because then all the players are forced to reduce their prices to stay in the market and compete. We can say that earlier the number of companies on five servers is now being placed on only three servers to cut costs.
This of course reduces the speed, space and quality overall. From 10 customer service representatives only we may have two of them to cut the overhead costs. This may help the companies earn money but the overall web hosting quality is being affected, which is not very good news for the customer’s online business and clients alike. So is it worth investing in cheap web hosting solution?
You will have to measure up the pros and cons and be your own judge.
Four web hosting companies that we have delt with in the past
that have great customer service are
Hostgator,
Host Monster and
1and1.com and
Fatcow.
by Loren Allen
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