(This is shared hosting made cheap).
This is not free hosting but low priced web hosting compared to free web hosting. They are also offering shared hosting. However they are cheaper than the standard shared hosting offers.
They may also offer fewer services compared to standard shared hosting. They may be offering such cheap hosting by cutting down on some essential services. Hence a thorough evaluation of such a web hosting facility is advised.
You must understand that they are a classification mainly based on cost and that otherwise they also fall under the classification of shared web hosting.
Cheap / Budget hosting example hosts:
IPowerweb | Godaddy | Geocities
Advantages of Cheap / Budget hosting
- Price is the major advantage with cheap / budget hosting.
- You can use your own domain name.
- e-mail accounts will be available. However may be limited.
- Site building tools may be provided free.
Disadvantages of Cheap / Budget hosting.
- Limited monthly data transfer / limited bandwidth.
- Limited tech support or you could experience from poor quality tech support.
- Options like 24 hour tech support may be unavailable.
- Limited or no database support
Summary:
Here our option is cheap / budget hosting where the hosting does not cost as much as standard shared web hosting and is far better than free web hosting which has major disqualifications. Another way to look at it is, may be you can start with a cheap / budget hosting and then go up the ladder into standard shared web hosting (with full features and good tech support) or dedicated web hosting.
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