Small Business Web Hosting
As a business, you are making an investment and most importantly to make money, so for starting out, you will need to have everything in order before you jump out and make a decision about which hosting company to choose.
 
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| Rank | Webhost | Website | Review | Price | Disk Space | Bandwidth |
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| 1 | Host Gator | Visit | Read | $9.95 | 600 GB | 6,000 GB |
| 2 | iPowerWeb | Visit | Read | $7.95 | 1,500 GB | 15,000 GB |
| 3 | Lunarpages | Visit | Read | $7.95 | 1,500 GB | 15,000 GB |
| 4 | 1&1 Internet | Visit | Read | $9.99 | 250 GB | 2,500 GB |
| 5 | Omnis Network | Visit | Read | $6.95 | 1,700 GB | 17,000 GB |
| 6 | IX Web Hosting | Visit | Read | $8.95 | unlimited | unlimited |
| 7 | Web Hosting Pad | Visit | Read | $4.95 | 1,700 GB | 17,000 GB |
| 8 | FatCow | Visit | Read | $7.33 | 1,500 GB | 15,000 GB |
| 9 | Dot5Hosting | Visit | Read | $5.95 | 1,500 GB | 15,000 GB |
| 10 | Visit | Read | $ | 0 GB | 0 GB |
There are literally tens of thousands of web hosts out there, and almost as many that will support some kind of internet ecommerce option in their packages. The real issue is how to choose and which to chose, but you won’t know that until you know what you want. How do you do that? First, start with what kind of business you want. Do you require a shopping cart or do you just have one or two products? Get a merchant account to process credit cards or will you not accept credit cards? The best ad simplest way to start is to apply for a Paypal business account to cover that aspect.
Moving on to Small Business Web Hosting
You have everything you need to get started, now you have to find a home for you business. Whether you are moving from another hosting company or just starting out, the new places you look should have the essentials, like a decent sized package, good price and most importantly, good support. Any business needs to be able to get things done when you need them done, within reason. The bottom line is that you get what you pay for so this is not a time to be an impulse shopper.
It’s perfectly alright to spend a few extra dollars if it means that you will have the service you need WHEN you need it and that means issues are resolved. The best way to go about this is to read the reviews, do your calls and try to talk to existing customers, ones with businesses of their own. If you do this, in the end you will be happy you went that extra mile.