What to Look for in a Website Hosting Service Provider

As a small business owner, you need to know that your website will be running around the clock to get all the customers you can. One website crash or error message and your customers or prospects may just move onto the competition. 

This is when you need a trusted website hosting service that will do the heavy lifting for you and you can focus on your business without worrying that your website is not doing what it is supposed to.

Question is, how do you know which website hosting service provider does what it will say? Here are some tips on what to look for in a website hosting service provider:

• What kind of technical support do you get? You need a website host that offers 24/7 support.
• Do they supply you with adequate backup in terms of disaster recovery? Make sure they are backing up their backups!
• What is their uptime guarantee? You want to select a website hosting service that offers uptime of at least 99 percent or higher.
• Do they have multiple backup locations? If one location goes down, then there is another that comes online immediately.
• Is site accessibility easy enough to do? You want to make sure you can make changes to your website, such as creating new email accounts or changing server settings.
• Does the website host meet the minimum requirements for blogging software like Wordpress? You want to be able to blog so make sure this is possible.
  
• Do they offer shared hosting? This can save you money but it may not be something you need or want. If the option is there, this is important to some businesses.
• Is there a clear picture of what you are paying for? You want to make sure you are not getting some sort of deal on a start-up rate only to be hit later with add-on costs that actually have you spending more on your website hosting plan than you should.
• Will the website host be able to scale as you grow? It is important to know that they can accommodate additional bandwidth as you expand your business and website traffic picks up.
• Does the company offer different plans to accommodate different types of businesses and budgets? There can’t be a one-size-fits-all website hosting service so make sure you find one that provides some options

Flyline Search Marketing has multiple website hosting plans that provide you with all these options and more. Contact us today to learn more!