Shutdowns or service-breakdowns are not uncommon in the world of IT infrastructure and Web hosting service
providers. Whether you go for an exclusive colocation services vendoror subscribe to an email hosting provider,
at one point or the other, you might have met with such occasions when you had a complete service interruption.
The number and frequency of such shutdowns however are the true determinants in isolating a good or less than
average hosting company in India.
You might be thinking that checking out reviews of shared hosting services can help you find the better
hosting provider. However, considering the ever-increasing number of web hosts entering the market, it is not
realistic to assume somebody would review them all for you and be unbiased source of information. Web hosting
forums can be a limited source of information in finding the right webhosting provider. These forums threads
also are in large part the effort of those people who have nil or restricted knowledge of hosting issues and
who post just for the sake of it. Some of the tips to bear in mind while separating a good hosting vendor from
a poor one are as follows:
Never Succumb to unlimited domain names - Always keep this in mind that you have to stay off the temptation
of going for unlimited domain names candy. Why so? Well, the more the number of domain names you create, the
more your allotted bandwidth goes for a partition. Four or more domain names means dividing your hosting
bandwidth by four accounts and very soon you'd run short of bandwidth.
Welcome Monthly Payments
Normally you'd find many web hosting companies providing cheapest prices when customers choose to go for
yearly payments. However upon observation, this proves disadvantageous as customer cannot do anything about
the poor or deteriorating quality of services having paid in full. You have Thus one should go with a
company that is offering quarterly or monthly payment plan with money back guarantee.
Send Mail Test
Always perform this test: send a simple intro mail to check and experience the response time. Knowledge of
response time of the hosting provider will tell you everything about the quality of your web host.
Refund Option
It is good to ask if your host can give you a refund option. If yes, try and keep all the receipts in a safe
place and whenever the service goes down, file for a refund from your service provider. In short, it pays to be
a customer who operates in the jungle of web hosting with all the necessary tips and tricks so as not to be
taken for granted by vendors.