Hosting Costs - Spending Less by Thinking More

There’s nothing worse than getting your site up and running, only to find that in order to keep it up and running you need to buy a load of accessories and add-ons from your hosting company. The trouble is that when and where anyone rushes into a decision, they leave themselves wide open to the possibility of buying a package that looked good at the time, but ends up more trouble than it’s worth.To buy an inferior package and then go to town with add-ons can prove both annoying and expensive, so with this in mind here’s a quick overview of some of the more common mistakes that can lead to overspending on an overcomplicated hosting investment:     Overlooking Features in Favour of PriceSure, the price of a hosting deal is a factor, but it’s neither the only factor nor is it the most important. Like anything else in life, you will always get what you pay for and if it looks like you’re being handed an amazingly capable hosting package for buttons, you can rest assured it’s too good to be true. Regardless of what it is you need, you need to establish a full list of what’s 100% mandatory and a second list of desirable traits. This should then be weighed against the price options on offer in order to determine which of the packages suits best.Underestimating Storage SpaceYou have to think about the files you’ll be storing online and what kind of size the website will be, reaching the overall conclusion that you need next to no storage space. That’s ok for now, but how about when your site expands and the complexity of its content increases? There’s a reason you’ll be lucky to get 100MB of space with a free hosting package while a 100GB deal costs a fair bit more – think carefully about what you will need, as opposed to what you need right now.Limiting BandwidthBandwidth basically refers to how many visitors can hit your site at the same time without it either suffering in performance stakes or exploding outright. If you never want to face such a prospect, then the only option to go for is unlimited bandwidth, which is offered in most cases when and where any monthly subscription fee is payable. However, it’s important to read the fine print as while so many claim to offer unlimited bandwidth, there are so many terms and conditions attached that their actual offer delivers nothing of the sort.Overlooking Standard of SupportAnd finally, it’s not to say that a poor customer care team will result in an extra outlay for you and your business, but at the same time you could lose a small fortune if they’re not up to the job. Your site is up and running 24 hours a day and seven days a week, which in turn means that so too should be the support service you’re offered. After all, hit a hiccup outside office hours and you’re effectively watching your income and reputation drift down the drain until they once again switch on the phones at whatever time that may be!