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Mistake #3
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The technique web hosts employ so they can offer cheap web hosting packages is to host multiple web sites on the same web server.
Weigh the risks
Also known as Virtual Hosting, shared web hosting makes possible some very affordable ebusiness web hosting plans, albeit with somewhat less flexibility and more risk than you'd experience with a dedicated web server.
For all personal web sites and most small ebusiness web sites, shared web hosting provides a very cost-effective way to establish an Internet presence. But if you are running a transaction-heavy web site with lots of products, order processing, shopping carts, etc you need a bullet-proof ebusiness web hosting plan.
Good fences make for good neighbors
The problem with shared hosting services is that you are at the mercy of your web host’s ability to balance server loads effectively. And even the hosts who know what they’re doing can be blindsided by spikes in volumes from the other web sites with whom you share a host server.
If you are just starting out building your web site, shared ebusiness we hosting services are very practical. But as your business becomes more successful, and the volumes build, and your daily sales volume becomes significant, you'll definitely need to switch.
It's only money...but it's your money!
A dedicated web server provides a significantly more robust and flexible hosting platform. It is ideally suited to any business with a large web presence.
The only drawback is cost.
With a dedicated-server ebusiness web hosting plan you are essentially paying for the cost of the entire server. This can increase the monthly cost of hosting your web site by a factor of 5 or 10 times that of shared hosting.
Your competitor is just a click away
Remember, your customers will have zero sympathy for your shared web site hosting problems. They are concerned only with their own desire to find what they are searching for so if your site is down, or slow, they will quickly go somewhere else.< P>Studies have shown that the typical internet user will tolerate no more than a 10 to 15 (max) second wait for a web page to load before they’ll bail out and go somewhere else.
The bottom line
If you are running a volume transaction-based revenue-generating business you simply can’t afford to not go with a dedicated server for ebusiness web hosting
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