Do you really want to make money on the Internet? Are you really serious?

“But of course!” you say.

If every one wants to cash in so bad, why the heck are so many of you using free web hosting? To save some money? With hosting prices so low, if you don’t want to pay $10 a month for hosting your website, sorry, your not serious enough.

If you tell me you can’t afford to pay for web hosting, I say again, your not serious enough. Skip the burger joint once a month and get serious.

To sell your products or services, buyers have to trust you and believe you. How are they going to take you seriously if your using a free hosting service and your url is 5o miles long? Believe me many of them will know.

Getting started on the web is one of the least expensive businesses you can start, so why be cheap?

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Many people don’t realize how important support is with their hosting company, until the worst happens, their site is not working or offline. Quickly they find out just how hard it is to get a response, or how long the lag is.

What type of support does your current host provide? Do they have a support telephone number? A responsive ticket system? Live Chat? Instant Messenger support?

What if your site was down? How quickly could you get it fixed?

I recently learned a lesson, thats why they are no longer my hosting company. At first they had a ticket system and live chat room, even a telephone number. Over time it came down to a ticket system that often left me hanging and a phone number that was just a recording. Guess how quickly I got my problems solved?

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The biggest factor in your on-line business future is, hands down, your website hosting. Sure, you’ve probably heard it over and over till you just tune it out, but so many folks sure don’t seem to get it. It amazes me how many folks go on and on about the deal they got for their new hosting.

The same hosting company they have never heard of, never used, never experienced, with no recommendation from any one they know. Will their “great hosting deal” be a blessing or a curse?

I still believe in the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”. While that has been proven wrong, it’s not all that often.

I’m not going to tell you I am a hosting expert and know everything there to know about hosting, I have something better than that, it’s called experience. I’ve been working on the net since 1998, and I’ve been though my fair share of hosting problems, more than I’d care to remember.

Do you realize what happens when your website “goes down”?

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