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Web hosting services are so common now it seems like everyone has one. Not meaning this is a wrong way, trust me, competition is something I truly believe in. But, it seems there are people who think that they don’t need to know anything about developing and maintaining a business, to start their own web hosting business.

I am always shocked at hosting services that offer extremely cheap prices. You can find many offers from individuals that provide web hosting at the low cost of just $1 a year. Yes, you read right, one dollar for an entire year of service. When you stop to think that the cost of established services ranges from $60 to $100 annually just for basic service, this appears like a good deal, yet is it truly?

Let’s do some math. We will take a look at a case of a small web host business getting 1,000 clients. Should a company offer its services for only a dollar each then they will only make around $1,000 a year. Is it realistic that he will be able to provide anyone with services, support and upgrades with this price? I am hard pressed to think he will have enough for food alone!

Some say a good business begins with a great amount of clients. Only because I’m feeling good about my life today will we continue using this example. Just think about a provider getting up to or over 10,000 customers - an extremely motivated goal! You receive $10,000 dollars in income! With this type of income do you think a business will last a year? Imagine how much this would cost if there waas 10,000 clients. The cost of things such as rent and power could eliminate your meager income.

As always, the human brain is a wonder and it seeks ways to resolve problems. Customers purchasing this kind of service rationalize that as long as they receive the deal for a year, they don’t really care if the service is no longer in business after that, which is often the case. They have already received the service for almost no cost. So, again I ask, is this true?

All access to your email addresses, website material, etc. will be lost if your provider goes bankrupt. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already registered your domain through another provider because even in the best case it will take a at the very least a couple of days for new service to begin. That is, if you didn’t commit the error of obtaining your domain title from the identical provider.

In this instance, you could possibly lose your domain title, requiring you to obtain another. Consider how much time is utterly wasted just notifying your clients about an email address update. What if you lost important emails and documents too? Do you think this is worth the risk?

When you buy your next web hosting service, consider the support services, the promptness in answering your emails and phone calls and the time the provider has been in the market. Yes, do check the price too, but if it sounds too good to be true, it may be a good idea to look somewhere else.

But if you insist on getting one of these services for a dollar, we will be happy to help you when your provider disappears, just let’s hope the damage isn’t too bad.