Don't Get Trapped with a Hosting Plan
When reading a hosting plan you should not make a decision emotionally to avoid having to pay too much for your hosting service. In this article, you will find a few tips designed to help you save a bit of your hard earned money.
If you notice there are many hosting companies that offer "a complete package". Besides a hosting service they also provide an unlimited autoresponder service, a website builder and other features.
Now, it is best if you make a list of the features offered. If a hosting service with the complete package costs you about $40/month, you may try to compare it with an unlimited hosting service plus products or services from other companies.
For instance, Hostgator, an unlimited domain hosting company, only costs you $9.95/month. For the autoresponder you can use GetResponse, a reliable autoresponder service, that costs you $17.95/month. How about the site builder? For this tool you may take a look at XSitePro ($197 one time payment). Totally for the first month you have to pay: $9.95+$17.95+$197=$224.9. And only $27.95 ($9.95+$17.95) thereafter. For less than two years or after the 16th month you will be able to save about $12 every month ($40-$27.95).
You can even get a lower monthly price by ordering GetResponse quarterly or yearly. Additionally, I use XSitePro for the example above because it is one of the most popular and reliable site builders available today. In other words you can opt to use any free or low cost site builder or even only use Fantastico, a facility to install various scripts effortlessly provided by Hostgator. Also do not forget about the unlimited domain feature that enables you to save more money if you host multiple websites.
Another advantage of using different companies like that is you spread the risks in case something happens with the hosting company.
Another thing you should take into consideration is do not ever choose a hosting provider because it offers a "money making" scheme. To what I have noticed so far, such companies usually offer a higher price than you should normally pay.
These precautions should go along way in reducing your overall costs of owning a website, reliably hosted, over a period of time.
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