| If you are going to a use low priced web hosting | | | | One way to check out any hosting service is to ask |
| service, or budget web hosting, there is one service | | | | to their customer service department several |
| you should check out thoroughly first. If you get | | | | questions. Call them during their published business |
| locked into a contract with a hosting service that | | | | hours, using the help numbers listed on their website. |
| does not provide the tech/customer service you | | | | If you can't find phone numbers in plain site, try their |
| need to run your business, you will be paying monthly | | | | "About Us" or "Contact Us" links. |
| fees for nothing. | | | | Not there either? Start thinking about checking out |
| Absolutely the most important service to check | | | | other hosting services for what you need. |
| before you wave your credit card is Customer | | | | One last thing to try, if you still aren't convinced |
| Service. This is all about tech service. If you are | | | | about the level of customer service provided by the |
| considering a budget hosting service, make sure that | | | | service you are checking out, is good old email. |
| their tech support is 24/7. If not, consider what you | | | | Formulate two or three questions about their hosting |
| are risking. Your business runs online 24/7. Your | | | | service and send it off. If they cannot be contacted |
| customers go to your site (24/7) to find information | | | | by email, run...don't walk! If you do not get a rapid |
| they need or to buy your products. They definitely | | | | reply with satisfactory answers, run faster. |
| expect to do this whenever they want to do it. | | | | If you ignore this advice, then you can expect no |
| A good number of the budget hosting services have | | | | support when your site goes down or starts acting |
| 6 or 8 or 12 hour delays before responding to your | | | | like it's obsessed. If you think about it, monthly |
| dilemma, but not all of them. You have to put in the | | | | hosting service fees for a few dollars do not have |
| time to find the good ones. Again, what are you | | | | enough of a budget to have a large tech |
| risking if this hosting service has less than what you | | | | department, if any. |
| need to run a professional business online? | | | | |