Cheap Web Hosting Is No Bargain

Ever heard the saying “Penny-wise and Dollar-foolish”?

Well bargain priced website hosting may just represent the nperfect example of watching a jar full of pennies while nbucket loads of dollars fly out the window!

When I launched my first website way back in the “dark ages” nof 1997 I paid almost $150 a month in hosting and data ntransfer charges.

My web host watched how many files I uploaded like a hawk nand always seemed to send their hefty invoices earlier with neach passing month.

I’m obviously not the only one who felt that way, because nsuddenly a whole industry of “bargain” web hosts sprang up nall over the web.

On the surface they all sound great, especially when you nthink you can go from $150 a month down to $4.95 a month!

Five bucks a month sounds great, until you realize the namount of data transfer (number of page views) and bandwidth n(the amount of data transfer your host allows in a 24 hour nperiod) you get for that low price severely limits your nability to do business.