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Getting the Best E-Commerce Hosting
When it comes to running an online business, there term e-commerce often comes into the picture as it is strongly related to online shopping. From so many different companies in the web hosting industry, choosing a hosting service is already a difficult choice. But, if chosen correctly, the hosting provider will be able to provide you the services that you aim for like the e-commerce feature.
Before, you make a decision on a company, you should ask yourself a few questions in order to see if that company suits you. Those questions are:
- The type of functionality that you want and what database you need to support the web application?
- Is there any SSL certificate to make sure transaction is made securely?
- How much visitors that you will get?
- What sort of performance that you want from your website? A fast loading website or a slow loading
website?
- Does it come with e-commerce features? If not, how much do you need to pay for it?
So, when you have a list of companies in mind, that's half the job done. Next, you need to make more enquiries about them and the common questions that you should be asking is:
- Does the package that you are signing up for come with a money back guarantee?
- Do you get partial or complete refund?
- What is the compensation if the company fails to deliver the guaranteed uptime?
- What sort of connection will you be getting? A leveraged or a multiple provider?
- Do you have back up coverage for your data and how often is it done?
- How is the support provided by the company? Is it 24/7 and what are the methods of support?
- How long has the company been in the business?
- Is the contract an annual or a monthly payment contract?
- Is there are upgrading or downgrading options available?
Yes, there is a quite a lot of questions to ask before you actually decide and this is only for your own good because once you sign up with the hosting company, regretting it would cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, it is better to spend more time in the beginning instead of hurrying it..



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