Posted by Iowadawg on
May 17, 2008
I’ll admit it, I love Ebay. I have used Ebay myself to purchase clothes, dvd’s, turnkey scripts, and other cool products at more affordable prices. However, one thing I would never do is purchase my web hosting from Ebay!
By doing a simple search on Ebay for “web hosting” it will bring up tons of offers that sound too good to be true. Offers such as “10 GB of disk space and 50 GB of bandwidth for only $0.10 per month” will popup left and right. Does this sound like something you may want? Before you jump to say “YES!” let me tell you a saying you will never want to forget: “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.” These kinds of offers will put you on a server with a 1000 other people who bought the same thing as you, making your website load only about 50% of the time and display slower a single hand pulling two tons of sand.
One practice any webmaster should get into is reviewing a web host before purchasing a shared web hosting plan. Try looking up some of the companies you find offering these services on Ebay. Odds are you won’t find a single good review over any of them. As a matter of fact, you probably won’t find a review period. Any time you’re choosing a web hosting provider do research over the company before purchasing. Look them up in google and ask about them on forums you may visit to chat in. This will help save you and your website from losing traffic and money.