Selecting the right hosting for your company involves answering two simple questions:
1. What type of hosting will I need
2. Where should my hosting be located
Here is some helpful information to assist you when selecting your hosting package. Making good, informed decisions saves you money!
1. What type of hosting will I need
The easiest way to answer this question is by using the scale provided below. Firstly decide which statement best suits your situation. The lowest of these will indicate the type of hosting that you require. If the statements become difficult to understand, they are probably not relevant to your needs. In 99% of cases shared hosting is a suitable choice; remember, it is always easy to upgrade further down the track.
| I need web hosting | Shared |
| I want to host and stream videos or audio files on my site | VPS |
| I will be running a shopping cart based site, and expect more than 1000 people per day to visit it | |
| I want to run multiple small websites, and possibly sell portions of hosting space to my family and/or clients | |
| I need SSH access to the server to install and manage special scripts and programs | |
| All my website files combined are over 20gig | Dedicated |
| My website is complex, therefore I will need over 1gig of ram for it to run quickly | |
2. Where should by hosting be located
When selecting a hosting plan, the physical location of the server which is hosting your website, is an important consideration. If you expect the majority of your visitors to be located in Australia, selecting an Australian based hosting package will make the site run faster. If your website audience is international, a USA based server is a better option.
