Critical Hosting Features for hosting Small Business in 2020

M. Naeem Akhtar

CEO of DMT Lahore & Trainer

Let’s get to know some of the essential features of good business hosting.

1- Cheap Price

The budget is always a big problem for small businesses. So, most homeowners will consider the overall cost of building a website (which includes web hosting costs) in the first place. However, due to the importance of a company’s reputation, pricing may have to give way to other factors in web hosting.

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2- Reliability

Every big thing starts small. Good reliability and higher hosting time are the basics to
make your website bigger and better.

Downtime can have a bigger impact than you think.

In addition to the frustration of users unable to
access a broken down site, there are other factors to consider, such as
potential loss of income, damage to brand reputation, and possibly even lower
rankings.

3 – Scalability

Your business will grow, so your host must be able
to cope with it. For beginners, always start
small with affordable shared hosting and an upgrade (for example to VPS or
cloud hosting) when your business takes off.

Start-ups (especially small businesses) rarely have
to pay upfront for expensive, high-end hosting. It
would be much more prudent to move gradually from plan to plan as your needs
change.

4- SSL certificate

Many factors can generate trust for online websites.
An SSL certificate is one of them and has become an
increasingly important factor today.

It is important to take note of this
as there are different types of SSL and some of them can be quite expensive.
SSL certificates are particularly important for
corporate websites processing customer data or financial information.

Backup Service

It will certainly be difficult to sleep if you have
a good amount of money at stake. The automated backup services will ensure
that, no matter what, you do not lose your website.

Different hosts have different backup capabilities
and processes, so this is an important consideration. Most hosts offer free basic backups, but for a professional
site, I would recommend that you invest in additional features and also keep an
updated copy offline!

6 – Ease of use

Web hosting is essentially space and the ability to
allow traffic to reach your website. It’s like
the piece of land on which you build your pipe. However,
there are hosts who can make your life easier in your quest for website
building.

Most small businesses will not have dedicated IT
staff, and having to outsource web design can be expensive. Today, many web hosts include website designers in their
packages so that customers can more easily create basic sites.

7- Viability of electronic commerce

Again, this comes down to the additional
functionality you need for your site. Being able
to sell online can be a huge benefit for businesses.

If you want to build a site with ecommerce
functionality, there are other factors to consider such as inventory
management, payment processing, shipping processing, flexible shipping and tax
rates, customer segmentation, dropshipping integrations, etc.

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