Is managed WordPress hosting worth the extra cost?

So how do you overcome a conclusion with ample information available? And decide which is the one to go for. There may be many parameters and ways. Each one of us can decide what to go for and what not to.

In this article of wordpress hosting I share my personal guideline which can be handy in making a decision purchasing a hosting.

Some FACTS

Sales and promotions are a part of every business . wordpress hosting is no different. Here too the companies strive for sales. The customer here is not just a one time buyer; he is a recurring deposit for the hosting provider. Because when you buy hosting you pay for a year and thus they gives instant cash to the provider.

So they may sublime you to a good extent to buy or to reach a decision.

This was necessary to make you read because this will help you understand on what basis you should buy hosting with opinion mentioned below.

The word free has become an element in air. Whichever field you scan; if you are a customer then you should see every company offering something free on top of the purchases you make.

It acts as a catalyst which rushes through human adrenaline(making quicker decisions). And in most cases does not help in making good decisions.

Lets get to the point : The wordpress hosting pitfalls I was talking about are.

**Free domain: **No one in this world gives something for nothing. And that’s true in every area of life.

Follow these: Never go for free domain

Reasons: When you register a free domain with same wordpress hosting provider everything looks good. But when you may want to change you hosting provider, you may face difficulty in website shifting. The company may email you several times to convince you and so on. You will waste the most precious resource; your TIME.

Not to mention, you are leaving this provider and joining some other provider. In business you convince each one and everyone. But here your time is important.

If you cannot control the tempt to get a free domain, buy another version of your domain i.e. .net .country specific or any other TLD.

This not intended to any specific company but you never know how things may turn. So its better to be safe than sure.

Free credits: Let us begin with an example. We often buy a fridge or a television set and we are gifted with a goodies carton. A human loves the thing he pays for more. So we keep the goodies for a day or a week and then, gradually it becomes a play thing for your dog and cat(depends what has been offered).

The FREE credits here means an advertising budget offered for FREE by your hosting provider. When you sign up with them you can use that for advertising on bing google.

Follow these: Never make your decisions based on these lines.

Reason : For a few dollars you may get a bad hosting provider. And this is not what you wanted after all you wanted a good wordpress hosting to get you started.

The truth behind it. You may have to deposit 25$ to claim the 100$ voucher. This is true because when I tried claiming, this was the case. Different hosting providers may have different schemes.

Unlimited space: If unlimited space was so cheap why there would have been VPS (virtual private server) or dedicated servers. In IT industry the hardest thing to maintain is data. Because internet is data about the data. Data which is generating every nano second, the data which is multiplying every moment.

So how come the provider is offering unlimited space, at so low cost.

Think of it. This unlimited space is not unlimited, there is a cap on it. Check the terms and conditions or any relevant mark to get more information on the features you are examining.

Well think of it in this way why some hosting providers are offering 10GB space and others are offering unlimited? This should answer the question.

I am not saying go to site or purchase your wordpress hosting from the provider which offers less space. A tip to, check this feature before you make a decision.

Unlimited bandwidth: Same is the case here. Free and unlimited are one and the same. Why would one offer free bandwidth at so low cost. Consider your Internet provider, to whom you need to pay in advance. Even he does not offer unlimited bandwidth at a low cost.

Like your internet provider puts a cap even on an unlimited plan stating if the usage goes beyind 100GB or 50GB the internet speed will be reduced to say 1 MB.

Same story with hosting provider.And here they do not put a cap on your bandwidth they wither stop accepting request or send you an intimation to upgrade. Also the bandwidth you use it includes file transfer to FTP, download and uploads to your account are counted in the bandwidth usage.

Unlimited domains : Practice makes man perfect. And if you practice setting up multiple sites or blogs at a given time you may get profound in setting up hosting accounts but you will not be able to work on any of your sites or blogs. Because websites and blogs or any other thing needs concentrated effort.

The point is, buying a hosting with unlimited domains keeping in mind will be of no use. Because all the resources will be shared from your hosting package.

None of your sites will be able to perform, what you intended initially. This is like shared hosting with shared server and shared hosting plan.

Never forget what you wanted: Do not fall for the marketing tactics or offerings from the hosting providers. Because you may end up buying what you do not want and miss on what you actually wanted.

Conclusion : The point of mentioning all these things is, your decision should not be based on these parameters while buying a wordpress hosting for your website or blog. Because these are pretty common features which are offered by most of hosting providers. Make a list of features you need and then try to fit them in the price features ratio to select the best wordpress hosting