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4 things to look out for in choosing a web hosting platform
With the hundreds of web hosting companies out there competing with one another to offer the ;best ; web hosting package on the internet and with all the hype that goes along with it, its easy to get confused or perhaps even purchase the package that is ...
7 point checklist to choose a web hosting service
Before you can launch your web site, you'll need to engage the services of a web hosting company. A web host, quite simply, allows you to rent space on a web server. Your web pages are then stored on this server, and the host computer allows other people ...
What is a web host reseller account?
What is a web host reseller account? You’re the webmaster of more than one website. You design websites for clients. Your business needs more than one site. Is a web host reseller account for you? A web host reseller account is a web hosting account ...
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My Web Designer takes care of everything!
What happens when you order a domain name, secure a great value web hosting account to showcase your products and ask your web designer to set up your web site? Do you know how to manage your web hosting account and your email set up? Do you have access to edit your own web site or shopping cart? You don't?! -
Really?? -
You can not be serious.
Like many other people on the internet, you left all the details to your web site with your web developer. You've paid your dues, though -
the invoice came through promptly and you paid it bang on the nail! It's about time you looked at this another way!
When you buy a retail shop or rent commercial space for your bricks and mortar store, you always make sure you have the keys, know how to operate the burglar alarm, understand how to get your post delivered to the premises and install all the necessary phone lines, telephones and faxes and pcs to be able to communicate effectively with your customers.
Your insurance company would throw a fit if they you asked them to insure a premises where you didn't have control of the security and access. Even if you only visit once or twice a year, leaving the property in the hands of your staff for most of the year, the buck stops with you.
So, it's really strange that you should be happy to leave control of your web business in the hands of a virtual stranger. Although you may find it difficult to learn your way around your hosting control panel or the control panel for your domain name registration, you are risking your whole online business by not persevering and becoming familiar with the basics of running your web site.
About the Author
Margaret MacGillivray is a self-confessed domain-aholic! -
She has bought and sold domains and web sites and software for several years now. Find out more at Sell My Domain - where listing your domain for sale is free, with a modest commission paid only if it is sold.
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