| In a tough economy it is important to know where all | | | | single visitor to your site uses up the allotted data |
| your money is being spent. If you have been with a | | | | transfer on your account. Once you reach the |
| web hosting company for a long time you might be | | | | amount you are allowed, you are charged for |
| paying too much for features that you can get | | | | everything over that. I remember some businesses |
| somewhere else for free. Web hosting companies, | | | | having to shut down because the web hosting was |
| such as One.com, have been working hard toward | | | | just costing too much because of the overages of |
| lowering their costs while still being able to provide | | | | data transfer. |
| top features and reliability. | | | | Again, many hosting companies today have remade |
| If you are still paying for parts of your web hosting | | | | themselves into a place where people can get |
| service then you should look into a different hosting | | | | affordable web hosting without worrying about |
| company. In fact, I would say that if you were | | | | anything extra. Like offering unlimited data storage, |
| paying for anything extra on your hosting service, it | | | | you can also have unlimited data transfer with almost |
| is costing you way too much. | | | | any basic starter package. |
| Data Storage | | | | Email Addresses |
| If you have a large website, with hundreds of pages, | | | | I highly doubt you will ever need more than a few |
| pictures, graphics, videos, and files, you need a host | | | | hundred email addresses, but knowing that you can |
| with a large amount of storage. Several hosting | | | | have unlimited amount of email mailboxes is a good |
| companies offer this storage in incremental amounts | | | | comfort. Many web hosting companies are still |
| depending on how large your package is. With more | | | | charging for more than 20 addresses. |
| storage you pay more. Another way to you lose | | | | Additional Websites |
| money with storage is if you go over your allotted | | | | If you are a content, or affiliate, marketer then |
| amount. Then you pay so much for each Mb that | | | | having several websites is how you earn your |
| you are over. | | | | income. Paying additional fees each month to be able |
| However, One.com, LunarPages, Dreamhost, and | | | | to do this can severely cut into your profits. |
| other low cost hosting services offer unlimited | | | | One.com, HostGator, and HostRocket are examples |
| storage for their customers. That means you can | | | | of web hosting companies that offer the ability to |
| have hundreds of Gb's of data and never have to | | | | have as many websites as you want on either a |
| pay for it other than a low monthly fee for the | | | | new domain, or a sub-domain. This is invaluable to |
| hosting service. | | | | someone who has a need for constantly building web |
| Data Transfer | | | | pages. |
| Another very large money waster is the amount of | | | | If your current webhost doesn't currently offer |
| data transfer you are aloud. If you have a large site, | | | | these things for free, then you should start looking |
| and have been on the internet for some time, then | | | | into one that does. You are losing a lot of money |
| you know how much this can cost first hand. Every | | | | paying for things you could be getting for free. |