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Most small businesses in 2023 have a pretty good grip on websites and web development, but hosting is often a grey area.

It may not be the sexiest subject, but it’s an important one. Choose the wrong hosting provider and you could face myriad problems, from losing sales if your site goes down to exposing critical data if your site is hacked.

In recent research from Hertfordshire-based ProStack Hosting, 40% of SMEs have experienced challenges with their provider. 

Website speed, migration hiccups and slow support response times are common, but they shouldn’t be. ProStack’s CEO, Martin Cole, outlines the mistakes to avoid when choosing a hosting provider.

1. Being swayed by cost, not value

A cheap hosting package probably won’t be the most robust hosting package. You don’t…

Most small businesses in 2023 have a pretty good grip on websites and web development, but hosting is often a grey area.

It may not be the sexiest subject, but it’s an important one. Choose the wrong hosting provider and you could face myriad problems, from losing sales if your site goes down to exposing critical data if your site is hacked.

In recent research from Hertfordshire-based ProStack Hosting, 40% of SMEs have experienced challenges with their provider. 

Website speed, migration hiccups and slow support response times are common, but they shouldn’t be. ProStack’s CEO, Martin Cole, outlines the mistakes to avoid when choosing a hosting provider.

1. Being swayed by cost, not value

A cheap hosting package probably won’t be the most robust hosting package. You don’t…

You’re doing it wrong (no Apple trademark infringement intended)

No, hear me out…

Change your target market. Aim for the guy with a gardening service, pool repairs, the sweet shop on the corner, etc. Provide each with 2GB storage – far more than they will likely need in a lifetime. Charge each R 49/month for semi-managed (you’d prefer them taking this, as you have limited cPanel logins available and you don’t want customers sharing details to do something like setup a new email address) – website setup, maintenance and so on are additional.

Using your last example (200GB @ R 1,900), you can have at LEAST 100 customers paying R 49/month. You will only need to setup FTP accounts, redirects, email accounts, etc – realistically, with the target market I’m pointing towards these will never…