Free web hosting can only be useful to personal usage, but if you have a small business and wanted to establish an online presence but does not have enough budget for it, for some reasons free hosting brings no good to your business. As a start, it will be a lot better to rather go on a web host that offers reasonable rates.
These free web hosting services make money from online advertisements. This can be through banners, text links or pop ups. Since this is out of your control, your website will have a variety of advertisements that can be distracting and nuisance to the visitors. There are also instances that your competitors will advertise in your own website, which is a bit scary.
Free web hosting only provide limited customer support which is very important in any website. If there will be problems in your website that can’t be avoided, no one can accommodate you since free web host does not leave numbers to call or make ticket support systems that will be available 24/7. This circumstances can really destroy everything.
Aside from customer service, it provides less features. It does not have control panel or FTP access account to grant authorization of a website, does not have advance features that you can take advantage of and does not have email services. You can’t even customize or make some necessary changes for your site.
These are just basic reasons why free web hosting is not recommended to your business. However, if you are on a tight budget, you can search for paid web hosting that is ideal for your business and provides good services at viable option. You can utilize the internet in starting your quest and with patience and determination, you will eventually find a good one.
PhilWebServices is a web hosting provider based in Philippines. It provides web hosting solutions at reasonable prices. It offers a wide range of web hosting packages to choose from, so you can decide which one is right for your business. PhilWebServices is always ready to take your online business to new heights.
Thank you for pointing out the disadvantages of free hosting.
Yes, it is not advisable to go with free hosting if you are serious about your business.
There are many reliable hosting companies which provide great hosting solutions. We represent a few of them.
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Most businesses try to attract traffic to their website and spend a lot of time and money directing that traffic. If you are using a free hosting service or a hosting service with limited bandwidth, the time and costs of marketing the website can be wasted because when the traffic picks up, you are likely to exceed the limit of bandwidth that is allowed with your free hosting plan.
I agree that free hosting should never be considered by a business. For personal use I still doubt the value of free hosting as there is always a catch of some sort. If someone is not prepared to pay for hosting they are probably better off using services like WordPress.com or Squidoo.
Thnaks for such great posts.
True. They may be free but what’s sad about it is the poor customer service and less features for you to customize your site. I know most free hosts just run after the revenue they’re getting through online advertisements, after all –there’s no such thing as free service right? I’m using Managed Hosting Canada because of the great customer support, and services that I need to manage my site. It was a little pricey than your cheap hosting service, but with the benefits I get, I felt a good value for my money though.
I often read lots of advantages of free hosting and this one right here, is stating all the disadvantages which is really cool in my opinion. I mean, gathering these information from different kinds of people is just so fascinating! Including all these web hosting provider reviews!