Hosting companies, as businesses, spring up all time. This is because they are so easy to set up. Nowadays you can become a reseller for free.

Starting a proper hosting company with your own server - simply put - involves buying a computer, an internet connection and some potentially expensive software. Due to this relatively easy ‘set up’ many companies go bust when they don’t make ends meet.

So look around for potential companies. One of best ways of doing this is by searching for hosting reviews. Hopefully what you find are reviews from company’s clients, as their opinions could be more important to you than company’s own advertising.

Your site requirements will probably have increased since you first bought hosting, so take this into account when browsing. If you own more than one website you may want to look into packages that allow you to share quoted resources between multiple domains and websites.

Free Hosting The first and not recommended is free hosting. Remember what they say, there is nothing free. Well it’s truth about this also. Your webpage on a free hosting server may have banner ads from companies that may not compliment your business or page theme. Another common problem is third level domain (http://yourpagename/theirdomain.com) Now that doesn't look professional as a business. Would you share your business name with some other company on a business card? I’m sure that would be out of question.