Greetings On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Don Tai <[email protected]> wrote:
> Web hosting can be purchased on the occasional sale, such as Black Friday, > so renewal costs can be much higher. I always compare renewal costs and not > the initial loss leader signup cost. The 2.7 times higher hosting costs may > be valid, depending on the hosting services provided. Moe importantly, what > did you buy? Some hosts don't even provide on demand backup, and some hosts > will charge you for a restore. Some hosts don't provide SSH. Shared > services or a dedicated IP? Reputation, which is very important? > I am getting an education out of this for sure. What was purchased was 2 domains and a 3 year small business hosting package at hostpapa. I has become quite clear that what I got was something like buying a car. Didn't specify that I wanted a steering wheel - - - so I need to add this. The website builder program - - I didn't use it in the first year - - - its now an extra fee. Sorry - - - in setting up a complicated small business there are a mountain of things to be done and the website was/is on the list, its just that money is quite short and time keeps disappearing and so things get done when they do. Its also frustrating when you sign up for x and the renewal is quite a large increase. One would think that the hosting companies might not want you to move. > > I would not recommend self-hosting at home. There are too many rogue bots > roaming around the world, and the possibility of hacking is near certain. > Yes, if you keep up with all the updates and monitor your server carefully > you can be ok, but I know that my hosting provider had to purchase > additional software just to deal with DDOS attacks and other intrusions. > Unless you want to take on the sys admin role, for me the hosting costs are > well worthwhile. If you are with the right host, your site becomes more > popular and you run out of ram it should be easy to upgrade. > > Personally I'd rather concentrate on the web site, SEO and social media > than futz with Apache settings, so would rather be on a host provider. The > hosting costs can be pretty small, depending on what you purchase. > That was the idea. My server here is for managing my business - - - not for managing my website - - - that's what I wanted hosting for. The problem is that I want to experiment on the server here (set up various services at very least) and somehow I can't use these domains that I have paid for. Likely its a case of me wanting too much and not knowing enough. I can change the not knowing enough but haven't been able to find information. My hosting company is quite good at offering a lot of information with much of it being 'non-useful'. Thanking you for your consideration!! Dee
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