| Offshore hosting means getting your site hosted | | | | maintenance and overheads are fewer. |
| across a distant far off location because of certain | | | | It does not mean that only low cost should be the |
| reasons. The reason can be low price, advanced | | | | criteria to select a hosting company. Analyse in detail |
| features or better services. Most of the developed | | | | the features, services, what you need, and what you |
| countries have been outsourcing to developing or | | | | are promised. Cost is just one of the factors. Also, |
| less-developed countries for web hosting. | | | | you should not always try to get your site hosted at |
| There are two parallel scenarios of offshore hosting - | | | | a location near to your office or residence. If your |
| users from advanced countries are getting sites | | | | target audience is far off in other countries, try to |
| hosted in developing countries for lower costs, and | | | | get it hosted there even if it is little expensive |
| users from developing countries may prefer hosts in | | | | because it would help in SEO and boost your |
| advanced countries for reliability, security, or | | | | business. |
| advanced features. And this trend of offshore | | | | In offshore hosting, try to understand the working |
| hosting is not new. | | | | culture, time zone difference and the local language |
| Hosting is comparatively expansive in countries such | | | | of the country where you plan to host your site. It |
| as in US, UK or Australia than in Asian countries. So | | | | helps in avoiding common issues such as |
| people in these countries prefer hosting in Asian | | | | communication gap, time required to resolve technical |
| countries because the resources are cheaper, the | | | | issues, and it would reduce unnecessary |
| setup cost of hosting environment is less, and even | | | | documentation. |