Is Free Hosting Really Free

You may come-across number of companies offering free hosting services in your quest for really free hosting. Countless new company’s everyday advertises their free hosting offers all over. Free hosting solution providers have recently shown mushroom growth but none of them has been able to fulfill and deliver upon their promise of free hosting.

In case you are willing to avail free hosting, first of all you will have to pay a setup fee which is different for different services. If you don’t have the domain then you will have to pay the premium. After doing this you will start receiving forced advertising and daily email marketing which actually your host will be selling to the customers. Your hosting will be free subject to disk space and the bandwidth. You will have to pay for the hosting plan, if you exceed the allotted amount.

It is a fact that despite al promises, nothing is free. Although you don’t pay to the host but this payment is made by your customers, when they visit and sign up on your site. The biggest problem with the free hosting companies is the credit card frauds. The main source of earning for the free host companies is the constant arrival of new customers on the sites. For this purpose they always keep operating cost very low and advertising spending high. Its important to know the mechanism of the free host companies through which they provide security, data backup and customer services support.

You should be absolutely sure about your free host that they own their own server. Sometimes they are selling the third party servers and are unable to resolve any problem. It can be even worse for you if there is a dispute between your free host and third party then they will stop offering services to you.

If your free host has its own server but he doesn’t have enough resources, then it can also create so many problems for you. Just don’t rely on your free host and always keep a backup of your data. Free hosting is actually a big gamble whether you are a customer or even a provider. If some of them manage to give you absolutely free services, it will have plenty of problems. Always get the customer services and technical support given to you direct or on email. Free web hosting has all the pain and complications; but no real reward, so, if you are running a credible business, just avoid any such steps.