How Much Should You Spend on a Web Hosting Service For Your Website?

Web hosting plans come in all shapes, sizes, andexpect to get good service from a host offering
prices. So how do you know how much you need to100GB disk space and 1000GB bandwidth for $2.00
spend on a hosting service? There are manym.
variables involved but hopefully by the end of this$15.00-$40.00/m
article you will have a good sense to how much youThese price ranges include high end shared hosting,
should spend to get your website hosted.reseller plans, and VPS plans. These are usually
First of all, there are many different types of hostingreserved for special websites like a web hosting
- from dedicated servers to image hosting. The typereseller or a website that requires root access(a VPS
of hosting that you need generally sets the guidelineplan) for whatever reason.
on how much you are going to spend. I am going to$45.00/m -$400+/m
break down the categories by pricing only but willThis price range can include some high end VPS plans
include the types you can get for the price.as well as dedicated servers. You will want to go
$0 Web Hostingwith a dedicated server if you have a high traffic
These are generally your free website hosting, imagewebsite or high resource usage website (forums with
and file hosting. Free website hosting service is great100+ active users(users online at a single point in
if you want to make a quick mini site, want to testtime) definitely need their own dedicated servers
out your website building skills, need a place to testbecause SQL usage goes through the roof.
scripts, etc. Free web hosting is not suggested forI hope that by now you have a good indication on
any websites you plan to make money from.how much you want to spend/need to spend on
$1.00-$10.00/myour web hosting. I also wrote a more detailed article
This price range covers hosting plans for your generalthat can be found through the resource link below.
website. Any medium traffic website should be OKThis will help you further if you still are unsure about
within the price range. Be reasonable though - don'tthe price range you should be in.