26/10/2013
Hi,
This is the very first thing you should really care for when planning your online business, and want to achieve success online.
You need to have a reliable web hosting at a reasonable cost!
First, let me explain to you what I mean by reliable web hosting:
Good customer service and support
Low server downtime
Reasonable price
Here is my advice:
I measure reliability of web hosting by their support, if they have high responsive support team, I go with them, everything else is manageable, except bad support, they can kill your business with cold blood.
Most web hosts have 99% (yearly uptime). However, the 99% that seemed near perfect no longer looks that attractive, what you are looking for is 99.99% uptime. (There are many service that monitor web hosting downtime, just search Google for something like "WebHostName uptime", replace "WebHostName" with the web hosting service you want to check).
Most people will recommend cheap plans; I won't recommend that, also you don't need an expensive plan. Pick the plan that matches your business needs, starting small is a good idea, then you can upgrade as your business grow.
Don't get caught up in what the various hosts offer like PHP, MySQL and a bunch of other stuff like that. Trust me on this, if you don't know what those things are, you don't need them!
I have more than one web hosting account, and I can say that HostGator and BlueHost shared web hosting are ideal for starting!
Those guys know WordPress, and they provide excellent support.
Read this post of mine about "Finding the Best Web Hosting Solution", I've enjoyed the comments a lot by the way, and maybe you will find it useful.
Speak soon!
To your success,
Hesham Zebida
CEO/Founder
FamousBloggers.net
ThesisAwesome.com