There are plenty of hosting providers to choose from, aren’t there?
We always want services which are the fastest, cheapest, always performing and never giving us any problems.
Shortly - we want the best and the most reasonable.
It is obvious that people want to get the best services for the best price. You should also keep in mind that bigger price doesn’t mean better quality.
There are hosting providers that offer high-quality plans for a very reasonable price. For instance, you can grab shared hosting plans with pricing that starts from ₹69/month.
The essentials when choosing the best and most reasonable hosting provider:
- Uptime. It’s always in your best concern that your website is reachable. Of course, nothing is perfect and sometimes servers fail, so you have to be prepared accordingly. It means that you should look for a hosting provider with 99.9% uptime so that your website would be in safe hands!
- Plans. When choosing a hosting provider you should make a quick look through its plans. Make sure that plans are worth the price. Most importantly check the disk space, bandwidth and how many websites you will be able to host.
- Payment methods. Credit/debit cards and PayPal are the most popular payment methods for hosting in India. So, looking for a web hosting provider, which has at least one of the mentioned, is a good idea.
- Customer support. To make your experience even better I’d suggest looking for a hosting that has superb customer support. This really might come in handy when faced with more complicated issues - especially if you don’t have lots of technical knowledge. In this case, a 24/7 live chat support would be the best option since you would receive help any time in a day, clearly describe problems you could be facing and also receive easy to follow instructions.
- .in Domains. If you prioritize .in domain then keep in mind that not all hosting providers sell those. You could also buy a domain from somewhere else - just make sure that you know how to point it to your host.
Bonus things to look into:
- PHP 7.4. You should always look for the most recent version of PHP. At this time it’s PHP 7.4 released on November 28, 2019. Exciting new features like preloading and improved performance and speed are only a few advantages compared to the older versions. I highly recommend reading more about why it’s recommended to use the latest version of PHP.
- Data servers. It’s always best when your hosting provider has data servers in the same region as you are, so the latency would be minimal. In this case, if you’re in India - choosing a hosting provider with data servers in the Asia region would be a smart decision.
- WordPress optimization. 34% of the internet is powered by WordPress. It’s quite likely that you will decide to create a website using it. So, choosing a hosting provider that is optimized for WordPress would be a flawless move. Some web hosts also offer a really easy WordPress installation and onboarding, so you won’t need to worry about that.
- Free website builder. If you’re not fond of CMS and don’t want to learn to code a website yourself; there are alternative ways to create it. Some hosting providers have built-in website builders that are simple to use and have many possibilities as for website functionality and design.
As you can see there are some things to consider and research, but in the end, everything depends on what kind of website you are going to host.
I wish you the best of luck with your work!
