If are are anything like me, then you will have spent a lot of time hoping from cheap website host to cheap website host – getting more frustrated each time with the constant downtime and lack of service. Do you have to spend more money to get decent hosting or is it possible to get quality hosting for a great price?

I have been with my current host for over 18months now, and while they are not $1 or $2 a months, they are still very well priced, but they have been well worth the money. If you are looking at changing website hosts, then here are a few things to look for:

1. Uptime Guarantee

   Any website host can say that they have 99% uptime, but make them put their money where their mouth is. Only choose website hosts that have some form of guarantee if they do not meet their promised uptime. Most will either refund all or part of that months hosting cost.

2. 24hr Instant Customer Service

   There is nothing worse than your website being down, or some other type of problem, only to find that you have to submit a tick – and may get a response in 24 hours. This may have been good enough before, but a lot of hosts now have chat support -where you can get instant support for your problem. Isn’t that in itself worth an extra couple of dollars a month?

3. A Large Quantity Of Positive Customer Reviews

   It is easy for hosting companies to write nice things about themselves, but it takes a lot more to get other people to write posititive things. There is power in testimonials, and before I would even consider moving to a new website host I would do a google search of ‘Host Name Reviews’ or ‘Host Name Testimonial’. This will give you pages of Google results of exactly what people think about that company. The good, the bad and the ugly.

If you use these simple tips, you are sure to find a quality website host, that you will host with for a long period of time.