There are many free web hosting providers out there are you will more than likely come across them when you start looking for a web host for your website. Many people think this sounds great as why should they pay for a service when there are providers offering it for free? While this type of no cost solution sounds great there are many disadvantages with free web hosting.
- There is no such thing as a free lunch, and this is usually also the case with hosting your web site. The free web hosting providers still need to make some money as they cannot really provide bandwidth for free. Many free web hosting services make their money by getting you to display free advertising for them on your website. You will have no choice over the types of ads placed on your website. They could be something really inappropriate. If a free service does not seem to have a means of making money from your website then you have to question how long the service will survive.
- These free services tend to have a lot of downtime; you may find that your website is offline a lot. This would be a disaster if you are serious about turning your venture into a profitable one.
- Customer service is also something that is usually lacking with free web hosts. There is not normally a large business behind free web hosts, whose main focus is on advertising.
- You are unlikely to be given much bandwidth for your website and there may be limitations on the types of files you can upload. Some services insist that you use their templates for your web pages. You may find that the amount of visitors you can attract to your site is limited because of this. Your site could turn people away as it will more than likely look very amaterurish.
- Also many free web hosting providers will not offer you services such as free email accounts which are part and parcel of paid services.
Anybody thinking about venturing into internet marketing should have web hosting set up beforehand. Newbie’s can find, though, that the web hosting world can be rather confusing. An example of this could be coming across reseller web hosting or even linux web hosting when you are looking at different hosting plans.
