Why pay for hosting?
Why should novices, hobby sites and SMEs looking to raise their profile online pay for hosting?
There is an image that hosting free and cheaper packages means a poorer service, which seems to be the instant presumption and perspective of many customers. Many UK web hosting companies have more recently decided to adopt a ‘no free hosting policy’ and have moved their customers onto a paid hosting option. But why should these customers have to pay every month for hosting on a server, when really the majority initially just want to see if it’s right for them?
However, one of the fastest growing, pioneering and innovative free web hosting companies, have built upon the failure of other hosts to meet the demand for the free hosting market. The most recent research has shown that a massive 75% of personal and small business websites hardly use any server resources at all. Actually, the average personal and small business website only uses 80MB of webspace plus 300MB of data transfer (bandwidth) per month, yet they pay an average of £40 per annum for web hosting!
In my opinion if a customer is paying even £1 for such resource usage then it’s too much! Free Virtual Servers have the right idea and have been offering completely free web hosting since 2003. As long as you can register or transfer your domain with them, you will qualify for free hosting with 250MB of webspace and 500MB per month data transfer (bandwidth). So technically, if you fall with in the 75% category – you will never need to pay for hosting again!
We also do not make our customers compromise on customer support, technical help or hosting specifications just because it’s free. Unlike the majority of other free hosting providers we provide:
- Full cPanel access with over 250 one-click install scripts
- 24/7 technical support
- Multiple daily backups
- Access to many freebies
- Exceptional customer service as well as fast UK HP servers
Naturally, once your websites traffic increases and you wanted to grow and expand your site further, you could also upgrade to a larger more suited package., but for the time being I ask the question again… why pay for hosting?
