Why there is free hosting

but no free offshore hosting

Nino Ugulava

Imagine.

You have a fruitful business. Things are developing

amazingly.

But you want more!

You want better profit growth, expansion of your

business, wide publicity.

You need a powerful online presence.

Nothing unpredictable, everyone knows the next

step is to create a website. Easy logic.

But where should you place your website? Is it better

to locate it in your country with no money or should

you choose an offshore database which is quite

pricey? What’s the use of placing a website at an

offshore host? Why should you pay money if you can

get the same service for free?

Of course, the first side of your dilemma will be free

hosting. Placing your website at a free host provider

saves a lot of money, but they don’t work free for

you. They use ads as a way of monetization across all

over your website.

If you are a beginner or an amateur in a digital

realm, free hosting might sound reasonable for you,

but you have ambitious goals:

● Strong customer support

● Strong privacy

● Anonymity

● Protection from local laws

● Tax benefits

That’s where offshore hosting comes into play. It can

provide you with all the qualities needed for a strong

online presence, but it costs money.

You might feel curious about why there are no free

offshore hosting providers on the market. Here’s the

answer:

Unlike free hosting, offshore hosting providers don’t

place ads on their hosted websites due to high levels

of data protection. Besides, they need special

facilities and maintenance of them, such as

hurricane-proof buildings to set up the data corners,

specific technology like Maya 1, submarine cables

for data connectivity, Paid staff e.g. onsite

technicians. All of these issues imply huge costs.

That’s why you can enjoy free hosting, but access to

offshore hosting costs money.

Hosting a website can be metaphorically compared to renting out physical space.

Say you wanted to open a physical retail store. You would need to buy or rent out space,
right? The same goes for online stores. If you want to start a website, you have to rent a
space to put it online. In this case, your lessor is a hosting provider. So, if hosting is like
renting, you may be wondering...

How is free hosting even possible?

Being a host implies costs – servers, maintenance, bandwidth, customer support, but some
companies offer free hosting nevertheless. How do they turn a profit?

As you can guess, they actually find a way to make money from hosting your website. They
have to cover their loss through other means, such as placing a bunch of ads all across your
website or using free hosting as a marketing strategy to upsell their paid plans.

What is offshore hosting?

Offshore hosting means hosting a website somewhere other than where you're located.
There is a variety of reasons website owners can benefit from hosting their website
offshore. The most important ones are:

● Privacy
● Anonymity
● Different local laws
 ● Price

● Tax benefits

Free offshore hosting

If you do a bit of research, you'll notice that there are no free offshore hosting providers on
the market. As we've stated before, being a host can cost a lot of money. The offshore
hosting provider has to have physical servers in the country in question, paid staff, other
equipment and additional costs. Given that offshore hosting providers do not place ads on
their hosted websites due to high levels of data protection, this type of monetization is not
possible. So, the offshore hosting provider first has to cover their technical and staff costs,
and only then can they include a profit margin to your pricing plan.

Hosting a website can be metaphorically compared to renting out physical space.

Say you wanted to open a physical retail store. You would need to buy or rent out space,
right? The same goes for online stores. If you want to start a website, you have to rent a
space to put it online. In this case, your lessor is a hosting provider. So, if hosting is like
renting, you may be wondering...

How is free hosting even possible?

Being a host implies costs – servers, maintenance, bandwidth, customer support, but some
companies offer free hosting nevertheless. How do they turn a profit?

As you can guess, they actually find a way to make money from hosting your website. They
have to cover their loss through other means, such as placing a bunch of ads all across your
website or using free hosting as a marketing strategy to upsell their paid plans.

What is offshore hosting?

Offshore hosting means hosting a website somewhere other than where you're located.
There is a variety of reasons website owners can benefit from hosting their website
offshore. The most important ones are:

● Privacy
● Anonymity
● Different local laws
● Price

● Tax benefits

Free offshore hosting

If you do a bit of research, you'll notice that there are no free offshore hosting providers on
the market. As we've stated before, being a host can cost a lot of money. The offshore
hosting provider has to have physical servers in the country in question, paid staff, other
equipment and additional costs. Given that offshore hosting providers do not place ads on
their hosted websites due to high levels of data protection, this type of monetization is not
possible. So, the offshore hosting provider first has to cover their technical and staff costs,
and only then can they include a profit margin to your pricing plan.
In this physical world, nothing is free. Every product has a price to pay, which is hidden most
of the time. There are some free web hosting providers, who make profit from
advertisements. Moreover, they lack user support and uploading speed because the space
is shared by thousands of websites.

Now the question arises that why offshore web hosting is not free. Before answering to that
question I would like to draw your attention to the fact that why is it being used. The term
offshore hosting is self explanatory, it means hosting server is off or outside the country or
continent. It is being used by the individuals or businesses whose hosting demands or
expectations are much higher than the availability and permissibility in their own territories.
An additional benefit of hosting in another country is that it gives websites the chance to
promote in that specific country and other adjoining nations.

Now, the answer to the question that why it isn’t free is that it incurs huge amount of
operating cost. The offshore datacenters are located in well established area of the specific
country which is ridiculously expensive. Offshore hosting not only frees the individual or
business from the legalities of their native country, but also offers protection to the data in
various ways. They protect the information from theft, and crash while keeping the identity
anonymous. Since, they do not provide free service, they are being able to provide higher
uptime percentage and Mirror Cloud Space which, may be located in another offshore
country.

Places like Panama, The Netherlands, and Singapore are ideal for offshore hosting. The
United States and The United Kingdom along with China are also good options, depending
upon your location. High level privacy will help in keeping you off the record and prevent
issues that could arise between you and your country’s law