Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Key Things To Consider Before Hiring Web Hosting In Nigeria

By Earlene McGee


It is a common tradition to find a website hosting company if you have developed a website and wants people from different parts of the world to access it. If you a Nigerian website owner, the straightforward option you will consider is web hosting in Nigeria. However, there are factors to consider if you want to land on the best service provider and below are a number of these.

The first thing you need to know is that no business is equal to the other. Some companies are newly formed while other are already established. The newly formed companies may not be a perfect choice, as they are more inclined on customer acquisition and are less likely focusing on customer satisfaction unlike the already established services.

Now, it would be wise to pick an already established business, as this is a guarantee that you will get high quality service compared to the level of service you will receive from a company that just formed. You want to settle for a service that guarantees you results and quality, not one that is trying to see or learn how best it can serve you. Already established companies already know what it takes to please their customers and meet their needs.

You need to know how much this is going to cost you. The best thing to do would be to some price analysis, at least a two weeks or a month before you buy the host. The most common host plans are monthly service and annual plan. Your pick will depend on whether you are able to pay per month or hire a yearly service.

If the company does not have a support system, working with them becomes pointless. What this means is that you may need help and there will be no one to provide you with such, and this is bad because when your site is down or the server has a problem, you may end up getting a poor support service or no support at all. Ask people out there about the support system of the company you have chosen so that you are aware of what you are getting into.

You need to know whether you will be on a shared plan or a dedicated service. These are usually hosting terminologies used in reference to the web-hosting plan that a client chooses. Ask them about the amount of disk space they will allocate to you, the number of email clients they will allow you to have and whether there are any hidden costs.

Most technology experts always argue that there is nothing like unlimited in everything as far as hosting is a concern. The truth is, getting unlimited bandwidth is actually possible, the same way there is unlimited disk space. But the company must give you a guarantee that this is going to be unlimited and not otherwise.

Do not plant your money on a service that does not have an uptime guarantee. Some services are horrible, and even though they promise 99.9% up time guarantee, they do not actually live up to this promise. Make sure the guarantee is authentic, not just empty words.




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