One of the most important decisions that you will make when you are building a website is selecting your web host. This is the most critical part of your website building process or else all your hard work could be wasted or even lost in the worst of scenarios.
Now the question is for what purpose do you want to build a website? Is it just for fun and to play around or you want to impress your friends and family? Or do you want to earn some money online with your website?
If you want a website just for fun or for your friends then free webhosts will do fine. There are lots of quality free web hosts which will serve your needs. Some of the free web hosts for your personal websites are AwardSpace, 50Webs, ByetHost, 110mb, X10Hosting etc.
But if you are planning to create a website for business purpose or to earn money online then it is best to go for a paid web host. Because paid web hosts are more professional and will take good care of your assets. They will take great care for customer satisfaction.
But the main problem is which paid web host to chose from the big list of web hosting companies. There are lots and lots of paid web hosting sites. Some of the important features that you must find in your paid web hosts are:
1.Easy Site Builder System
If you don’t know anything about programming or have not built any website before then easy site builder system can help you to build your website easily and without any headache. You just have to drag and drop to build your website from scratch.
2.cPanel or Control Panel Features
cPanel or Control Panel feature lets you to access your files and website even if you don’t know anything about using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). cPanel is your user interface. You will do all the essential works like accessing your email, adding new domains, uploading files to your website etc.
3.Good Customer Service
A good web host always takes good care of their customers. They are quick in responding to the customers queries and fast at trouble shooting their problems. Therefore you should chose a web host who has 24/7 technical support services with live phone chat.
4.Good Backup And Uptime
A good web host takes great care of your website by providing good backup of your site in case something untoward happens. It also provides great Uptime (the time when it is functional and live). A good web host maintains a good uptime of more than 99%. If the Uptime of a web host is less than 99% then is bad.
5.Shopping Cart, SSL (Secure Server)
If you want to set a business website where you will sell your goods then you will require shopping cart feature in your website. And if your customers will make credit card payments for your goods then SSL will be required to avoid theft of credit card details.
6.Multiple Domain Hosting and Subdomains
You might not be satisfied with just one domain website but planning to build multiple websites then you should confirm if your web host allows multiple domain hosting. Some web hosts allow unlimited domain hosting and subdomains charging very less monthly fees than others.
7.Unlimited Disk Space
Some web hosts allows unlimited disk space for your websites. Although your website will need very less amount of disk space still it is good to go for the web host who provide unlimited disk space. Just to be on the safe side.