Free Hosting Isn't the Best Option! Here Are the Reasons Why

    Free web hosting service is not for everyone. It is probably a very good learning stage for new beginners who wanted to get their hands on website creation for own personnel used, for your family members or circle of friends. In a nutshell, if you are looking for a web hosting provider to expand your business effectively, then free web host provider is not for you.

    By the sequence of prioritization, here are some of the key factors which might be good enough to justify why free hosting isn't the best option for some of us.

    a. Not enough space available for their websites as the most space available is only around 15 megabytes. You will find that very soon your website will be restricted by the available space that you have been allowed to. This shows that a free web host is not suitable for your business needs then.

    b. Majority of these web host providers do not have any highly secured and reliable server for its clients to rely on. One is at a very high risk if his website is not back-up by any advanced security features to protect against hackers and sudden crash of the server leading to the loss of all your key information and data of your website itself.

    c. A free web hosting provider does not charge any fee for its web space where it is used by its clients to host their website; In return, you need to make your website available for other business to stage their advertisements and banners on. In other words, your website will be turned into an advertising machine and basically you don't have any control over how these advertisements will dominant your website, while at the same time, you do not get to earn any benefits or money out from this service.

    d. A free web host company does not provide any SSL security feature on the server for any online order processing for online sales. This will affect your online business because most customers will not be inclined to pay for their purchases by cash or check in this case.

    e. Lack of reliability in terms of their frequent server down-time and the inefficient long turn-around time taken to boot up and start the server from running again after it was down. Free web hosting company does not guarantee for server up-time. More spontaneous real time support is urgently required because every minute counts when it comes to server down-time especially for rapid growing online business.

    f. You will not have your own personal domain name by signing up with a free web host. Your website will be just part of your web host's domain. This will not only appear to be less professional but also tend to hide your real professional business identity most of the time. In some serious case, online visitors might "assume" that you are one of the illegal online business and will not even bother to search or visit your website.

    One is likely to be in high risk of ruining your own business if you continue to rely on a free web host company to provide you the web space that you need. I am not discouraging the use of free web host service here, however this free service is not something which is not the ideal option for everyone and anyone. Please review thoroughly on all necessary details before signing up for your best web host provider.