| There has always been a big buzz surrounding free | | | | In my opinion, if you are serious about an online |
| Website Hosting and how great it can be to host any | | | | business then you must invest not just in paid hosting |
| website totally free of charge. I agree that there are | | | | but in the future of your business and the reputation |
| a few good free hosting companies out there but | | | | you have to uphold once your online business has |
| can these companies actually provide you with | | | | grown to a reasonable size. |
| enough features for your business to grow? | | | | Free Hosting has many bad points such as high |
| Its like anything really, if you want a good service | | | | downtime, very little support is offered including no |
| and want to provide your clients with a top service | | | | direct email or phone support, the server could be |
| then this costs money. If free hosting was good | | | | deleted, or the free website hosting provider could |
| enough, then we would all use it. I know free hosting | | | | just shutdown the website due to not making any |
| exists so why would I pay for Website Hosting. I | | | | money and is unable to fund the service. |
| pay for website hosting as I require a more powerful | | | | For the future of your business to be stable, your |
| piece of the server in order for me to provide a | | | | Website Hosting provider also has to be stable. In |
| professional service to my clients. | | | | order to keep stability, money is required to run the |
| A lot of scripts and certain files types are not | | | | servers. This is why paid hosting is paramount for |
| compatible with most free hosts as well as the ugly | | | | any business that looks into the future and has high |
| advertisements that are forced on your website in | | | | priority of keeping up a good reputation with new |
| return for free hosting. | | | | and existing clients. |