What do you look for in a hosting provider?

[Ali1]

What is the #1 factor that helps you choose a hosting provider? If not listed on the poll, please post below.

 

[Aiden L]

There is no poll on the post, but for me the most important thing is speed.

 

[Ali1]

There is no poll on the post, but for me the most important thing is speed.

That's odd the poll wasn't posted with the thread.

 

[Honeybadger]

Most important
1 --> Uptime
2 --> Speed
3 --> Security
4 --> Fast support reply
5 --> Reasonable pricing

Also good to have
6 --> Live Chat
7 --> Mobile friendly control panel
8 --> Crypto payment (BTC)
9 --> Regular features update blog
10 --> Active YouTube channel

.. but a warning!
Do not use GoDaddy unless you like paying extra charges, they are charlatans !!

 

[Ali1]

Most important
1 --> Uptime
2 --> Speed
3 --> Security
4 --> Fast support reply
5 --> Reasonable pricing

Also good to have
6 --> Live Chat
7 --> Mobile friendly control panel
8 --> Crypto payment (BTC)
9 --> Regular features update blog
10 --> Active YouTube channel

.. but a warning!
Do not use GoDaddy unless you like paying extra charges, they are charlatans !!

That's a good list, thanks for sharing

 

[azgold]

What @Honeybadger said.

I can see your poll but didn't make a selection, as all three and more are important.

Doesn't matter if the price is cheap if a site is slow loading, goes down, gets hacked or support is bad. Just one of those missing can cause a an impact on income. So would an unreasonably high price tag.

 

[iamb]

The poll is on top of the post and has price, support, performance.
I picked performance which should include uptime, speed and security

 

[Demii]

Support.
I have no idea what I'm doing 99.99% of the time, so support is a must!

 

[Strickland]

Support.
For the most part I don't have anything to do with my hosting company. It's only when something goes wrong that I need to know help is there and they get things sorted quickly.

 

[Honeybadger]

Support.
For the most part I don't have anything to do with my hosting company. It's only when something goes wrong that I need to know help is there and they get things sorted quickly.

@Strickland
Backups are a good thing to check
If you wait until something goes wrong it's usually too late
I learnt that the hard way
Also recommend 2 step verification for security

 

[Aiden L]

On the topic of hosting, which VPS do you guys use? I use vultr and never had an issue with them, around $5 a month.

 

[Strickland]

Backups are a good thing to check
If you wait until something goes wrong it's usually too late
I learnt that the hard way
Also recommend 2 step verification for security

My hosting offers daily backups at $0.98 a month, and I still haven't taken the offer up
Maybe I should stop being so tight before it's too late.

On the topic of hosting, which VPS do you guys use? I use vultr and never had an issue with them, around $5 a month.

I moved all my websites to a dedicated server at Hostinger (shameless plug). I learnt about 40 linux commands and somehow, I don't even know how, but everything works perfectly.