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Hosting your own site allows you to use your own domain name at www.example.com. This appears professional and is easy to remember. also allows you to use emails at your company website address which is more respectful.
You have total control over your web site's features. Add scripts, a shopping cart, or password protect a folder anytime. Editing your site is an easy accomplishment. Which Web Hosting Company Should I choose ?
So you have designed a website and are now confused as to all the choices you have in order to find a host for your site. We would advice that you use a linux or unix hosting.

It is good to make a right choice the first time, because if you have to move to another website hosting company, it will cost you time and you will lose some of your valued customers due to the downtime setting up with another host.

You will also have to pay set up and hosting fees for a new account.

Here are some basic things to consider when choosing a Web Hosting Company:

1. Speed and reliability of the servers and hardware
- Make sure they have a high-speed server.
- They provide you good bandwidth

2 - Compatibility with existing Software and Skills Is your web hosting company's server, software and support services compatible with the skills and software you are using? For example if you are using FrontPage to create your site, make sure your website hosting company have FrontPage extensions installed on their server.

Some of the basic features of a web hosting service should include:

At least 30MB of allocated space
Good bandwidth
Free Technical Support
POP3 E-Mail Accounts
Email Forwarding
Email Auto-responders
Email Aliases
FTP Access
FrontPage Support
Own CGI-Bin Access
Perl, CGI
Server Side Includes (SSI)
Password Protection

3 - Flexibility and room for growth – Keep in mind the future needs of your web site. If the traffic to your website explodes, or in the future you may need a database solution then your web hosting company must be able to accommodate the changes.

4 - Quality of their support services Support – Make sure you can contact your website hosting provider phone or email.
5 - What should I expect to pay? Expect to pay =N=3,000.00 or N20
Convert for a small web hosting package of 30MB for your site. You may find less expensive ones if you are lucky (just like 19jawebhosting.com). Make sure you can upgrade your website hosting plan, should your site expand.