| Selecting your first or even your next website | | | | customer support? |
| hosting provider is very similar to selecting a car | | | | Finding a website hosting provider that treats you |
| insurance policy. You will probably ask your friends or | | | | with the care and respect that you are paying them |
| family who they use or what they have heard about | | | | for can sometimes be more difficult than it should |
| various companies. You may even read online for | | | | seem. You are paying them an awful lot of money |
| information about who has good word of mouth. And | | | | for what should be a fairly simple service and is it |
| much like choosing a car policy, you sign up and there | | | | asking too much that they pick up the phone when |
| you stay for years and years, too afraid to shop | | | | you are having a problem? If so, then you need to |
| around, and too afraid to make a move to another | | | | move on. |
| company that may offer more at a better price. | | | | Your website is your link to the world, your shop |
| Your website hosting provider actually works for | | | | front, and the only way to get customers to buy |
| you, and not the other way around, and you should | | | | your products or services. You cannot afford to |
| keep that in mind when you are evaluating different | | | | work with a company that doesn't treat you as well |
| companies. Take a look at their website - do they | | | | as they treat the biggest company on the web. You |
| make it seem as if you are the customer and they | | | | need to find a company that is truly reliable, has a |
| will take care of you? Or are you just a hassle to | | | | long track record, and an even longer list of |
| them that they will deal with by utilizing overseas | | | | recommendations by current customers. |