The New Webmaster values transparency. So here's
a few tricks of the trade to look out for when shopping around for website
hosting.

Check that the "low low" price that you
are being quoted for your new website hosting includes everything. Some
companies offer a low price for the basic package but then charge for extra
e-mail accounts or charge administration fees if you wish to add a new e-mail
address or insist on checking any scripts you upload to the server and then
charge a fee for doing so. Also, make sure that the low price you are being
quoted is for servers located in South Africa. As we have noted elsewhere,
webspace and bandwidth are very cheap in the United States and, even taking
exchange rates into account, its much cheaper to host your site on an international
server.

We do offer an international website hosting
option but we make no bones about its speed. Its slower for sure because of the
distance but if you insist and are on a budget we'll set it up for you.

Some hosting companies load so many sites onto
their servers that although they are locally hosted, the site is still slow and
unresponsive, especially at peak hours. The high traffic volume resulting from
hundreds of sites being located on a single server means that the computer
hosting the sites runs more slowly.

We don't do this.

Check to see if your website host also supplies
internet access. Watch out for this. This means that the server's main job is
not delivering your web page to your visitor's browser. It is also busy
authenticating dial up users and making sure that they get to see the web pages
they are browsing.

We don't do this either

Support is an issue too. Sure you want support
that is friendly, efficient and prompt and everyone promises this but will your
support desk extend this function to other aspects of your website. Will they
help you with setting up scripts or with a troublesome piece of code. In short,
are they willing to go the extra mile for you without asking for more cash every
time they do it.

For sure we do this.

Some hosts offer free domain registration or
offer a reduced rate with none of the other drawbacks outlined above.
Check if they are asking for a contract. If so what are the terms and duration
of this contract. What happens if you want to exit early? You may find that
sites like this, register your domain for you but if you decide to terminate
your hosting with them, charge you a hefty administration fee to release your
domain to your new host.

We don't do this. No contracts and a money back
guarantee.

One last hint - don't compromise on the price. If
its cheap, there definitely is a catch.

We're confident of our service. So here's a link
to about a million pages of website hosting companies. Check them out and then
come back. Or if you are ready now then host with us and order
now.