How to choose and save money with Web Hosting for Minisites

August 27, 2009

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We all know that domain name development doesn’t only cost time, but it also costs money. One of the expenses when developing domain names is web hosting, Web hosting is where we host all the files that we display in our websites. There are many types of web hosting that is available in the market, so which one should we use for minisites? How can we save money?…

… First off, we have to analyze how big of a space Minisites are going to consume. Considering that minisites are only around 5 – 50 pages long, minisites are going to be less than 100 – 200 mb in space. I’ve checked my minisites and most are averaging around 100 to 200mb space which includes all the contents and images that are included in the website.

The Bandwidth shouldn’t be too much either, starting out you’re expecting around a good 100 or less visitors and should grow over time (unless it’s a premium domain name). Also, look at the languages that the web hosting supports, some support ASP, .NET, PHP or all of them. What’s important is that whatever language you’re going to develop it with should be supported.

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Costs for the web hosting of the specifications of the above minisite shouldn’t be too much, it will only be a good few dollars a month to get a decent hosting. You’ll find that there are so many web hosting that are available out there, each offering the same thing and has 99.9% uptime.

What I suggest is that you first search in search engines on “reviews of name of webhosting“, read on other people’s experiences and you should see if it’s really that reliable. I’ve personally used A2Hosting for all my webhosting needs, I’ve used them for over a year now. I’ve opened 2 accounts with them and have so far experienced great customer service and great responsibility.

So how can you save money? By consolidating all your minisites in one hosting. This might not be the most recommended thing to do in SEO, but considering that you’d like to cutback on costs, this might be a good way to start. Getting the Unlimited or Executive web hosting plan, which gives you unlimited bandwidth, space, domain names, and emails. All you have to do is use the add-on domain names function in your cpanel and you’ll have different folders in your file manager for each website. You can also use promo codes, which could give you great discounts. Some I’ve even got around 30% off the original price. So make sure to search promo codes before purchasing that web hosting.