So you’ve decided to get your business online or maybe you just got tired of your old webhost.

What should you think about and look for?

1. – Reliability

When your potential customer wants to visit your site, is it available? Look for high uptime. Good support (24/7/365). Although there are new webhosting companies appearing every day we always recommend going with a webhost that has been around for a while.

2. – What they offer…

All companies are not the same, so make sure that the webhost package supports the things you need. Although many webhosts entice with a lot of storage capacity and many email addresses etc keep in mind that you might not need 3GB of space because a fast loading website is small, even though you might have a online store with many pictures think about this: you got 1000 products 3 pictures for each product and the pictures are 10 kb in size (this is bigger than they should be) that is 1000×3x10= that’s about 30 mb and then you might have the same amount in databases and other web pages. That’s a total of 60mb. So what you should look for is the following:

• High uptime
• Bandwidth (how much are you allowed to transfer each month)
• Support (don’t settle for less than 24/7/365, phone and mail)
• Enough email POP accounts for everybody at your company

3. – New to webhosting

Make sure that the webhost has a easy control panel. It makes life a lot easier than having to call the support all the time.

4. – Growth

Make sure that the webhost has the possibility to support your business growth online. If you need new functions will they support the technology behind it? Things you might want later on may include:

• A blog
• Forums
• Polls
• More in depth statistics about your visitors
• Etc..

As you might understand we have controlled all the webhosts in our 10 best webhost list, so you can make a better and quicker decision.

5. – Another great rule is

If it sounds too good to be true, it often is. You normally get what you pay for. If you find a solution that costs $10 dollars/year then ask yourself this. How much does it cost if a potential customer visits your site and finds an error message. It’s not only the money he was going to spend it’s also the potential loss in business of everybody he tells.