Once you've chosen a domain name for your website, the next step some people view as a big one…when really its very simple.
Getting website hosting.
As you can imagine, with more than 12 years of doing business online… I've had to
learn the ins and outs of making a good website hosting decision.
I'll give you a few tips, then make it really easy for you to make a good decision too.
Here is my "checklist" for hosting. Not having all of these items will almost always lead to frustration with your website hosting.
(Take it from me, don't learn these lessons the HARD way through bad experiences!)
–> They must have 24/7 phone, email and chat support. When you need help ASAP, you
don't want to wait for "business hours".
–> They need to use Cpanel. This is the simplest most reliable way we've seen to manage your account. Does thinks like setting up email accounts adding another domain and more.
–> They need to support Fantastico. This software makes installing complex programs like shopping carts, forums, image galleries and 50+ other programs as easy as pushing a button. (Instead of paying 50-dollars or more for somebody to install it for you.)
–> The company needs to be big enough they are not going to go out of business. (But not so big they can't provide excellent support.) That is a really bad day when you hosting company literally "disappears" in the middle of the night leaving you high and dry.
–> Finally, cost, there is no need to be paying 100-dollars a month for basic hosting when starting out. For 10 to 15 dollars a month you should get everything you need, including the ability to have as many websites hosted on your account as you want and your own IP address. Paying more than that is un-needed and paying less than that means the company is cutting corners on support and hardware.
With all that said, obviously we've done our homework and recommend a company that meets all of those criteria.
Here is the link to use:
http://www.NitroBlueprint.com/hosting
You are going to see they offer several levels.
Here's some more helpful advice to make the right decision for you.
If I were you, I'd choose the 'Business' level hosting account for a couple of really important reasons.
– The most important of which is that with a 'Business' account, you get your very own IP. I'm not going to get all technical on what an IP address is.
What matters to you, with a shared IP (that the other plans come with), if one of the 300+ other customers on that IP does something wrong (like gets that IP 'blacklisted' from various email providers)EVERYBODY suffers with your emails (even emails you sent personally to somebody)not getting delivered. That really sucks.
With your very own IP, as long as you don't do anything wrong, your emails messages will get through just fine.
– The other important reason is you can host any number of websites on your account. Yep, want 100 sites, you still pay the same amount each month. Really cool deal. If you are like most everybody I know, you are not going to have just 1 site, you will have 2, 10, 20, even 100 or more over the coming months and years. This will save you a fortune!
Again, here's the link to get your domain and hosting set up now:
–> http://www.NitroBlueprint.com/hosting
To your online success,
Kevin Wilke
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