Type Web Hosting into Google and you’ll be surprised at just how many web hosting companies are out there. Even if you restrict your search to, say, web hosting UK, there are far too many web hosting providers purporting to be the ‘best’, ‘cheapest’ or ‘fastest’ web host.

Not surprising then to see people treating website hosting as a commodity where price becomes the only consideration.

This would be a mistake. This is where cheap hosting could prove to be very expensive.

Let’s look at it this way. Your website is likely to be the first port of call for new customers. So you have to make sure that your website is always available. And who ensures that? Your website hosting company, of course. And if ever there was a problem, you would expect to be able to contact your web host and have things put right immediately? Of course you would.

But what if you were paying just $1/month? I think you’d be hard pushed to find anyone offering anything more than email support. Clearly that’s not going to resolve your issues instantly and is likely send your potential customers straight to your competitors.

So, other than price what else should you consider when looking for cheap (or perhaps we should rephrase that to ‘affordable web hosting’)?

Service – that’s the one word answer. As far as your website is concerned, your web host is your single most important partner. You need to be confident that you can get hold of them whenever you need to – look for telephone contact numbers and live web chat facilities as well as 24/7 availability.

But remember, when you need simple shared hosting, you don’t need to apply for a bank loan to afford it either. We think you can find quality web hosting with full 24/7 technical support for under £2/month.

Let me leave you with a final thought: if your website was unavailable for a day and you could not get hold of your web hosting company, how expensive would that prove?

Further information – if you have any questions regarding hosting, cheap domain name and buy a domain name contact Freezone Internet on 0845 117 0366 or visit www.freezone.co.uk.