SCAMS

Learn To Spot The Scams

 

Some must read tips about the hosting industry, and how to avoid being taken for a ride!

 

 

 

1. Always test a host's support before joining them! how?

2. The truth to why many hosting plans are scams. info?

3. Be careful of hosts that force yearly payments! why?

4. Never purchase your domain name from your host. why?

5. A few tests you can run to check how good a host is. info!

6. The truth to a hosts uptime and guarantees. info!

 

 

1. Always test a host's support before joining them!

E-mailing a hosting company or submitting a ticket to their sales department is the way to test a host! Many of the companies have incredible response times when contacting their sales department, very few have good times when contacting support. After all they don't make money by supporting you. They only make money by selling to you.

 

2. The truth to why many hosting plans are scams

If it sounds too good too be true it usually is! All hosts have the same basic limitations when it comes to server resources and specs. There is no magic server that has a never ending supply of RAM and CPU. If a host ever claims to give unlimited space or bandwidth DO NOT JOIN THEM. The thing to remember is that the average web site uses about 50 Megs space and less then 1 gig bandwidth a month. So what hosting companies do is they lie! They make up scam plans with tons of space and bandwidth for around $8 bucks a month. It's a numbers game... Only one or two of every 100 people that signup on the plan are going to use all the bandwidth advertised. So what do they do? They usually terminate the sites that use it saying "your site is using too many resources." They aren't lying about the resource usage. IT'S the truth! Most people don't realize that bandwidth and space used have nothing to do with the server resources being used. Resource usage has to do with the amount of CPU and RAM a site uses. If a site uses a lot of bandwidth they aren't kicked for using their bandwidth they are kicked for using up most of the servers cpu and ram. Another thing to remember is that the cheaper the plan is, and the more space / bandwidth included the more sites per server the host will have to pack in to make their money back. So the lesson here is don't shop for a host based on their plans! You should shop based on recommendations and experience!