A friend needs a good deal hosting a site for a new business, and he'd need it registered...
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AgaBoogaBoo
Lifer
- Feb 16, 2003
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I'll start, it's a very simple 2 step process:
1) You need a domain name - $8.88 from namecheap.com per year.
2) You need a hosting account - This is the slightly harder step. If this is a brand new site I would get a small shared hosting package (couple hundred megs of space, and couple gb or transfer - should run anywhere from $25 a year to $5 a month or so). You can easily upgrade hosting packages with a shared host as your site grows. I'd say you have a fair amount of time to live on a simple shared hosting account if it's just a small business website. If the traffic starts to get too heavy your host will let you know and you'll probably need to consider moving to a dedicated box, or at least a virtual private server. That is something that you'd probably need in the long run for a serious business, but not right away, and most hosts will gladly work with you and help you move to a different account. I'll leave it to others here to recommend some hosting companies, but let me know if you have any specific questions.
1) You need a domain name - $8.88 from namecheap.com per year.
2) You need a hosting account - This is the slightly harder step. If this is a brand new site I would get a small shared hosting package (couple hundred megs of space, and couple gb or transfer - should run anywhere from $25 a year to $5 a month or so). You can easily upgrade hosting packages with a shared host as your site grows. I'd say you have a fair amount of time to live on a simple shared hosting account if it's just a small business website. If the traffic starts to get too heavy your host will let you know and you'll probably need to consider moving to a dedicated box, or at least a virtual private server. That is something that you'd probably need in the long run for a serious business, but not right away, and most hosts will gladly work with you and help you move to a different account. I'll leave it to others here to recommend some hosting companies, but let me know if you have any specific questions.
KLin
Lifer
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RossMAN
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That's like asking for advice on jeans. You can buy no name brand Walmart for $15 or top of the line designer jeans for $200.
When you get a budget, get back to us.
If it were me I'd just refer him to http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
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