It's easy to find a lot of cheap web hosting deals online, but how safe are they for the long-term? How does one pick out the quality providers who are actually providing a lot of value for a low price compared to nightmare web hosting companies?
Simple - do some testing before buying!
When you're considering the cheapest web hosting plans online, you have an extra job of checking and verifying if the service provider is actually providing the services they say they are.
How do you make sure of this? Use the points below as a checklist:
1 - Support Testing: Check to see if the hosting company provides reasonable support. Ask them questions before actually signing up, that they may find difficult to answer (but which you already know the answer to).
2 - Support Emails: If the support team has emails, how many email exchanges does it take to resolve a problem? This is an important question to ask, as when your in a time critical situation later on, you would need things to be resolved as fast as possible.
3 - Testimonials from Real People: Can you verify testimonials and reviews of the hosting company you are thinking from buying from? It's ideal if they have a network on places like Twitter and Facebook - this inspires confidence in the company, and allows you to foresee any problems.
After purchase of any web hosting plan, it is important to keep a good relationship with your customer support team; contacting them with kind words, and words that help build relationships will help you a lot in the long run - why?
Simply because those support team members are answering angry client emails 24/7 - getting a positive happy client asking kindly, would help them do their job (as we all work best when we are happiest).
This even applies to time critical and frustrating support email questions - being nice and using calm words will help you a lot in the long run; as chances are great that you will be contacting the same few people over and over again - might as well make it a good relationship.
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