How To Choose Web Hosting For Your Startup
Building your own business is an exciting, yet completely terrifying, time in any entrepreneur’s life. The decisions made in the early days of your business can have lasting effects, which is a lot of pressure to be under from the start. While we can’t help with all of the tough choices you will have to make, we can help you choose the best web hosting for your new startup.
Below, we have gathered the four most important points when choosing where to host your new business. Creating a platform built on dependability and power is crucial, so be sure that you have considered all of your options before moving forward.
Don’t assume shared is the only way to go.
Often new entrepreneurs assume that to get started, any website platform will do. While this may sometimes be the case, looking ahead to the future can help you avoid the headache of changing web hosts when your business outgrows shared hosting. Keep in mind that ecommerce applications may be easy to set up, but they are also limited in the services and resources available to you.
Don’t get stuck in a one-size-fits-all situation. Instead, consider how a virtual private server can grow with your business. Save time and money by starting out on the right foot. By choosing a VPS in the early days of your new startup, you can scale your services up or down as and when your website traffic calls for it.
Decide how much bandwidth you will need.
The wonderful thing about virtual private servers is the ability to guess and check elements like bandwidth. You may not know exactly how much bandwidth you will need, and that’s okay! Instead of staying up late researching, you can guess what will work and then adjust as necessary.
When opening your new business, one or two nodes might offer the resources you need. If in a week you find that your website is popular and is getting bogged down with visitors, then you can quickly and easily scale up to three, four or ten nodes. It’s completely up to you. VPS hosting grows with you from day one to your future international partnerships and franchising. You build it, and we will host it.
Check reviews before committing.
Just like any other major purchase, it is important to do your due diligence to ensure that you are partnering with a trustworthy, reliable company. Remember that moving your web services can be a difficult process, so you will want a company to stick with for as long as possible. Lucky for us, internet research is very easy.
When researching, be sure to check social media for negative posts, as well as any hosting review websites. The easiest way to get the scoop is through a basic Google search; you will quickly see the good and the bad for any company. Make sure that the company you choose has a history of hosting, as new companies are harder to partner with long term. Also, don’t be afraid to call the sales team and ask them any questions that you may have.
Remember that cost isn’t everything.
The old adage “You get what you pay for” is especially true in hosting. Web hosting is not free – in fact, it costs quite a lot to run a successful, secure data center. So, remember that any company who tries to tell you that web hosting is free is lying to you. While you shouldn’t have to fork over your life savings, it will cost you monthly to establish a successful web hosting platform.
Use your best judgment and know that if it sounds “too good to be true”, then it probably is. Any website that offers hosting for free is not going to establish your business as professional. Pick a web hosting partner who hosts other large companies in your industry. Because after all (one more cliche) “what’s good for the goose, is good for the gander”. Okay, no more phrases…
VPS hosting provides flexibility, power and security.
The moral of this post is that if done correctly and with care, virtual private servers will provide the power, redundancy and scalability to help your startup succeed. Skip the shared hosting phase and avoid all the hassle that comes with it. Instead, partner with a web host you can rely on and focus on what really matters: your business.