What is a Web Host?

A web host is a service provider that places your web site on a computer which is connected to internet. The term for this ‘computer’ is called a server.

A web hosting provider will typically have a fast connection to Internet and they may host thousands of web sites on many servers. The web host essentially rents out space to you so that you can get your website up on world wide web.

With a well-managed web host, you can free yourself from worrying up-keep of complicated server technology and proper technical maintenance. That’s whole purpose of web hosting companies. You should leave technical work to web hosting professional while you focus on your own internet business.

Let’s begin...

Feature Offered

The features that web hosting companies are offering are getting quite standard nowadays.

The followings are some of common features you'll see in most web hosting plans:

• Control Panel

  Control Panel is an interface where you can access your site on web server, allowing you to set-up and subsequently update and customize your web site. Though cPanel is by far most popular control panel, some hosting providers customize their own so that they can up-grade and expand it at will.

• Diskspace

  A vast majority of sites that don't have tons of graphics, sound and video clips or downloadable files easily fit in 50 MB of disk space. You should always leave yourself some room for growth or check if host has a bigger plan in case you need to upgrade.

• Bandwidth

  Bandwidth is amount of data transmitted or received through a unit of time. In web hosting, bandwidth is consumed when visitors make requests for files on your web site and download them to their personal computers.

• Email Account

  With POP3 email accounts you can check email from Outlook, Netscape Mail, Eudora or any other Email software.

• Scripting language

  As all our top 10 listings are using Unix and Linux platform, php, perl and CGI are languages we are talking about here. It is best to choose a host that supports latest version to maximize latest web technologies for fee that you pay.

• Database

  If your web site is going to store a lot of data that should be dynamically accessible (like user accounts, stock prices, maps, Interactive news, message boards and forum etc.), you'll need to look for an account that offers a database. MySQL is a powerful and most popular database program that runs on Linux operation system. It is able to handle million of entries all at once. Its flexibility and speed allow you to also store logs and pictures. MySQL is designed to scale well under heavy traffic conditions and is ideal for database-intensive or e-commerce-enabled Web sites.

No matter if you are an expert or a novice in web hosting, you need a web host with good customer support system. What is criteria of an excellent customer support? Let us explain.

• How big is knowledge base?

  This is particularly important for those who want to search for quick answer without seeking direct assistance from customer support staff. Due to huge database, normally it’s searchable. Some web hosting providers will even make your life easier by making a video tutorial guiding you step by step in setting up your new account. Very useful for beginner.

Everyday people from all over world start new hosting companies by buying a reseller hosting package from a hosting company .There are many reasons which make people start hosting companies and following are some of them but are not limited to.

Add more value to your current business .

Adding a web hosting service to your current business will add more value to it.No matter what kind of business you are in you can add web hosting service to it.

You will be able to offer many different services to your current customers including most important one which is web hosting because everyone wants to have a site online these days for many purposes.

Increase your monthly income.

When you add web hosting service to your current business then you increase your monthly income by 100%. Lets suppose you have 200 web design customers who spend $5.00 per month for web hosting service which you outsource to a web hosting company .

And now by calculating what these customers of yours spend outsourced hosting services then it will be $1,000 .So as you can see you are losing $1,000.

Wouldn't it be better if you offer them your web design service plus web hosting service and increase your monthly income by 100% ? Sure it is.

Even if you are not a web designer and have another service that has nothing to do with hosting but still you can offer hosting services to your current customers in same time increase your income. So add web hosting service to your current business and see your income souring.

Set your own prices .

When you buy a reseller hosting package and start your own web hosting company then you will be able to set your own prices and be your own boss. You will be able to charge your customers what you want . Bill them way you want.