The following information contains everything I wish I had known before I made the critical decision of where to host my web site.

The Facts Of Web Hosting:

   Free, no frills, someone else's domain, 1-5 pages or a few meg of storage, no real support.

   Budget, free set up, under $30/mo. This is the option I chose more than once, until I wised up.

   Full service, nominal set up fee, $35+/mo., 24 hr. 7 day live response support. A must for serious cyber-business owners.

At first glance, there is no simple choice especially for the "new to the web". You may be tempted to save a few bucks when signing up with a web host provider. ( I certainly was until I learned from my mistakes!) Let me explain why this decision deserves careful consideration...

   Choice One

Choice one above is excellent for personal, family, hobby or club, and "for fun" web mastering - NOT for business. In order to operate a profitable business online, you will require much more file storage space and ownership of your own domain name.

Without a professional appearance, a business loses credibility instantly and has a strike against it before it even starts.

   Choice Two

Choice two above looks, at least on the surface, to be a good choice. After all, most of the low-cost web hosting companies "promise" free tech support. However, there is a big problem with many of these companies that you do not learn about until it is too late. The fact is, they simply cannot deliver on their promise. Their low rates and constant customer turnover simply do not allow for the proper staffing required to deliver on this promise of "support".

What you are left with is a level of support and assistance far below what most small businesses require to prosper online. (I know this first-hand, as one such popular low-cost host left my entire site dead for over a week!) The simple fact is, web hosting companies of this category will actually COST you more money in downtime and time consuming non-support than you could ever save with their low rates.

Professional Web Hosting

Which brings us to choice three - Professional, high quality web hosting. Oh, you'll pay a little more to get set up and a bit more monthly, but the fact is, in business, just as in life, you get what you pay for. This adage rings true in web hosting as well. If you are serious about your business and more importantly, your time, consider starting at the top.

Use a web hosting company that will be ready to help you - any hour of the day, any day of the week. Make sure you also get web based site management - instead of just FTP, and the most current technology available online, like Fast T3 lines, Java, stat reporting, RealAudio, Real video, and your own web search engine.

Now that you have the facts, I invite you to join our growing mass of "web wise" customers at Hosting.com. Featuring 24hr. "Live tech support", a proven, flawless service reputation, and the most current technology on the web - including VSA - a graphical web management interface makes FTP management a thing of the past.

Simply put, Hosting.com offers the best web hosting on the Internet. I wouldn't trust my own web-site with any other host - and neither should you. Visit my Hosting.com Site Next and get all your questions answered !