Okay, so you've selected the domain name that best represents your company. After registering
this particular name, you are ready for step two: picking out a hosting service for your online store.
Your hosting service needs to be reliable, affordable, and supportive. With the sheer number of hosting
services available, the choices can be very confusing and daunting.
Net Fact:
If you choose an ISP that offers dial-up connection to the Internet for your host, then you will
be competing with all of their dial-up customers for bandwidth! Do yourself a favor a sign up with a
hosting provider that doesn't offer anything else but hosting services.
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How would you like to be served? The first task is to recognize all of your needs. Do you need a
secure server, CGI-bin access, Front Page extensions, streaming audio or video, database access, or other
specific capabilities? Being able to communicate with visitors and customers is crucial to your company's
success. How will you handle customer inquiries, questions and complaints? Setting up email capability is often
the quickest, simplest solution. What are your email requirements - autoresponders, redirects, number of POP
accounts? How many products are to be showcased on your website? This is one major consideration in estimating
how large of a server space you will need. Do you have a rough estimate of the potential volume of traffic to
your site? This can also be an important factor in determining how much bandwidth and data transfer you will require
the hosting service to be able to provide to meet your hosting needs.
Note that there are three general types of hosting services: virtual
hosting, co-location, and managed server. Understanding the differences and advantages between these three
services is crucial prior to determining which company you sign up with.
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After determining the technical aspects of your online needs, the next task is to ask yourself
how far are you willing to go to attain those needs. Are upgrades
in service available in case your site grows and requires increased web space and/or bandwidth? Do they
provide 24/7 support?
AsianMall recommends the following hosting services that you can trust and rely on. Waste no more time and
set yourself up with one that suits your needs.
Rack Space
-- many merchants have come to depend on their managed server hosting programs,
known to be one of the most reliable in the industry with a self-proclaimed "99.9% uptime".
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Verio
-- for a company to put "we're the best" on their site in regards to their services, they better have plenty
of proof to back those words up. How about more than 400,000 hosted websites in over 1700 countries? Their
virtual hosting plans are among the most sough after today.
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