Every business, even if it only has one employee, needs a website.
Seriously. A company without a website is leaving serious money on the
table, because an attractive and informative Web presence can draw a
slew of potential clients or customers. That means choosing a Web
hosting service and setting up your website.
Fortunately, the process is relatively simple and reasonably
affordable. The first step is to find a Web hosting service, the company
that will store your files on its servers. The tricky part? Web hosts
are all different, offering varying amounts of monthly data transfers,
storage capacity, email, and other features. Even how you pay
(month-to-month payments vs. annual payments) can be radically
different, too.
Web hosting services also offer different types of hosting, including shared hosting plans,
virtual private server (VPS) hosting plans,
dedicated hosting plans, and managed
WordPress hosting plans.
The chart above focuses on the Web hosting services that deliver the
best all-around package. Many Web hosts offer limited features for the
starter packages, and then expand the offerings (sometimes tremendously)
for higher-tier plans. Read the small type to make sure the plan you
are selecting offers what you need. If you need a site builder
application to design your Website, make sure that the low-cost Web host
you are picking actually comes with a site builder. Many of them
require you to pay for the builder as a separate add-on.
