How to Choose the Right Company for Your Domain Hosting

Everyone from an after school club to a multinational business has a website, and all of them need domain hosting. Planet Hippo is a web host provider working out of the UK and helps with all sized website needs.

London, United Kingdom (prHWY.com) September 7, 2012 - London, United Kingdom: Today there are more companies than ever offering domain hosting. It has become a very competitive market with a very diverse customer base. Everyone from an after school club to a multinational business has a website, and all of them need domain hosting. Choosing your domain hosting provider is a matter of choosing what you need, and then finding an acceptable cost for the entire package. Here are a few things that you should consider when you are looking for a new domain hosting company:

* Uptime statistics: The uptime of your website is one of the most important factors when you are choosing a company. Many companies tend to inflate the time that they are up, and minimise the time their servers are down. You should get an independent review to check - any decent online business should be able to achieve an uptime of over 99%. There are very cheap hosting companies out there who have a very poor uptime - imagine if your website was down over weekends or peak times - how much business would you lose? You need to spend time looking into solutions where your website will be up and running all day and night.

* Server security: if you have invested time and money into building your website, then you want to protect your data. Using a cheap company that does not back up its servers can lead to you losing all your hard work. The most secure companies have several backups and put considerable effort into looking after their servers to ensure that you do not lose data.

* Server Software: Many providers give website builders that can help you start up your website quickly and easily. Some of the cheaper solutions will give you very simple website builders, whereas the pricier ones can give you auto installers and cpanel which make building your website quicker and easier. If you wanted to quickly set up a word press or CMS site, you can do so using custom software in a few minutes.

* Customer service: Providers of domain hosting vary greatly in their customer service. Some providers may only have a ticket based service, whereas others provide an online chat support or telephone service. The ticket based services can vary in quality, with some responding within hours, whereas others may not respond for days. The best services give direct access to a customer service representative who can deal with any problem on the spot and answer any questions you may have.

* Flexibility of contract: Your needs for web hosting may change over time. As your business grows, so will your demand for web space and bandwidth. It is important that you can change your website to reflect your growing business without affecting your current contract. Having to relocate to a new host because they do not meet your demands is time consuming and avoidable if you do your homework first.

* Cost: Usually it is the first thing that people look at, and it is important. Some providers are considerably cheaper than others, and you should take this into account. Web hosting is getting increasingly competitive, and you will find better and better offers every day.

For more information visit http://www.planethippo.com/

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