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One of the most essential tools in any small business owner’s arsenal is their website. A fast, well-maintained site can make or break your revenue. The web host you choose should provide speed, security and support at a price you can afford. Bluehost and HostGator are two of the most popular hosting services available today.
There are a multitude of web hosting services available for Australian businesses, with a wide range of price points. A large business will have different hosting needs from an individual’s blog. You can start off with a basic plan and add on extra features as your business grows and your site visitors increase.
A virtual private server involves sharing a physical server with other users, with the web host creating a virtual partition for each one. This means that high traffic on another site has no risk of causing problems on yours.
From a price perspective, VPS web hosting is ideal for medium-sized websites, eCommerce shops, and blogs with traffic that is rapidly growing.
It comes with dedicated server space and high customisability, however, technical…
There are a multitude of web hosting services available for Australian businesses, with a wide range of price points. A large business will have different hosting needs from an individual’s blog. You can start off with a basic plan and add on extra features as your business grows and your site visitors increase.
A virtual private server involves sharing a physical server with other users, with the web host creating a virtual partition for each one. This means that high traffic on another site has no risk of causing problems on yours.
From a price perspective, VPS web hosting is ideal for medium-sized websites, eCommerce shops, and blogs with traffic that is rapidly growing.
It comes with dedicated server space and high customisability, however, technical…
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With so many people exiting their full-time jobs to start their own businesses, entrepreneurs seek e-commerce platforms to create storefronts online. Both Etsy and Shopify are strong contenders. In as little as a weekend, you can have a full-fledged store ready for customers to buy from with either e-commerce solution.
Shopify and Etsy each provide an e-commerce platform for shop owners to sell goods and services. The major difference between the two is Shopify allows users to create their own branded space, whereas Etsy is a marketplace. Etsy is associated mainly with handmade goods, but many sellers also resell vintage clothing, crafting supplies and other…
Forbes Advisor has developed a rubric to assess and score each company on the list. We evaluated a total of 11 HostGator alternatives to objectively determine our top seven. The rubric assesses five main areas of criteria that were scored and weighted. Each area contributed a specific percentage toward the final score of 100%. By dividing the score into categories, we aim to provide a comprehensive evaluation taking into consideration various factors that are important to users when choosing the best provider.
In our evaluation to determine our top HostGator alternatives, we assessed each provider by their starting price, upgrade price and whether they offered a free plan. We also rated each hosting service according to its lowest-priced tier plan. Plans…