7 Simple Steps to

Pick a Quality Hosting Yourself

Scenario
• Web hosting reviews and marketing tricks are
overloaded.
• People are confused which is the best.
• Indeed people need guidance.
• This is a step by step guide to identify a quality
hosting provider YOURSELF.
7 To Do Steps
1. Find a web hosting company.
2. Go through their hosting plan.
3. Read their Term of Service.
4. Read some users feedback.
5. Talk to the hosting support.
6. Justify the hosting meets your needs.
7. Check out their demo.

(*And you are then ready to decide.)

Find a Hosting
• Browse around the internet, google web hosting
and grab a few names that strike you.
• Handpick the hosting by visiting to their site, if
you feel good on them, jot them down for your
research.
• Some brand names for you: Hotsgator,
Web Hosting Pad, Lunarpages, FatCow,
Bluehost, etc.
Hosting Plan
• Once you identify the hosting name, start
checking their plans.
• What are they offering?
• A few important elements to check on are:-
storage, bandwidth, email, domains, platform,
Fantastico, software and pricing.
Term of Service
• Find their TOS.
• Check on any catches related to the hosting
plan.
• Check their guarantee.
• Especially the unlimited storage & bandwidth,
what do they mean by that.

(*It is impossible to have unlimited storage & bandwidth)

Users Feedback
• Reviews might be biased.
• But some remain the value to be read.
• Check out what elements the reviews look at.
• Double check the elements being discussed with
your hosting plan.
Hosting Support
• Talk to the hosting support to check their quality.
• Response speed, politeness and skill maturity.
• Clear all your doubtfulness result from your
research previously.
• Ask for discount coupons if any.
Your Hosting Needs
• Justify that the hosting plan meets your needs.
• If not, move on to other hosting and repeat all
the researches.
• Otherwise engage the hosting provider.
Additional
• You can always ask for a hosting demo.
– A virtual tour on the control panel and features if you
were to sign up with the hosting.
• Consult in forum for recommendations.
Final Words
• Do research before you buy.
• Here are my hosting recommendations.
– Hostgator: best hosting of all.
– Web Hosting Pad: best budget hosting.
• For more details: www.webhostingdeals.org