It’s easy to find ourselves paying quite a lot of money for the website so that it keeps working. The expenses include at least a domain and a hosting. Yet, often these are not the only costs a site demands. In the beginning, we try to get the best deal on everything rarely thinking of how it will play out in the future. And as time passes, we start thinking whether we’re paying too much for the website to run.
Of course, the hosting is the largest expense here, but it’s not the only reason why we spend a ridiculous amount of money every month. In this article, we will talk about nuances that raise the costs of the website, and ways to reduce the spendings.
Reason #1: The lack of knowledge
It’s not something bad. Most website owners know only so much about hostings and all that. And it’s a normal thing. We don’t have to become experts in web mastering to just have a site. That’s why various services exist — to take care of things we don’t want to dig into. Yet, we should be aware of some details to avoid getting fooled.
Usually, when we lack knowledge, we ask professionals to take care of the thing that’s unknown to us. Therefore, people who want to have a website but don’t know how to create and manage it, find web designers and webmasters who are experts in this field. While there are a lot of honest professionals, some try to raise their income thanks to unaware customers.
Two reasons might lead to us paying too much for a hosting if we’re collaborating with a third-party expert. The first one is that we don’t have control over the tech part of the website because a specialist runs it. Therefore, we don’t know what’s going on with the hosting really. We might think that we pay for our own hosting while actually that professional we’re working with owns or rents a server where all the websites of his clients are hosted. And that’s the second reason why we might pay too much — the webmaster simply doesn’t tell us all the truth. Additionally, since the server becomes shared between different sites, we might experience issues with our website.
What’s the solution?
If your web designer or webmaster doesn’t give you access to the hosting, or they seem to hide some information from you, this must make you quite suspicious. If that’s the case, it’s better to cut the collaboration with this specialist and figure out how to manage the website on your own. There is nothing too complicated here, don’t worry! Most websites will be running smoothly on a VPS hosting — we offer numerous options for this service. King Servers provides customers with an easy to use control panel and a support team that’s available round-the-clock. So if you face any difficulties when trying to understand how to run your website, we are always there to come to the rescue.
Reason #2: An overly expensive shared hosting
Most providers advertise shared hostings as a cheap and convenient option for websites. However, in most cases, this service becomes not as low-cost as we expect. Perhaps, owners of really small sites will have a chance to save some money by using a shared hosting, but as a website grows, its visitors become experiencing downtimes and delays. It happens because a shared hosting means that you’re sharing a server with other users, and there is no dedicated spot for your site. So as you reach the maximum capacity of your pricing plan, your website starts lacking resources, and neighboring sites interfere with its efficiency because they might eat into your space.
In this case, a provider usually offers a more expensive pricing plan which will give you more resources. This might help indeed. But often, such shared hostings either reach the costs of a VPS hosting or become even more expensive. And that’s a bad deal because a VPS hosting is much more reliable and safe than a shared one. Thus, you end up paying out quite a significant sum monthly or yearly while getting low-quality service.
What’s the solution?
Just get a VPS hosting! King Servers offers rather affordable VPS plans that can provide you with more resources than a shared one for lower costs. This service is highly scalable, which means it will be effortless to add more capacity to your hosting when the website grows. And VPS hostings are much more secure than shared ones.
Reason #3: There are too many things to pay for
When we start working on our website, we get a domain and a hosting for it. Perhaps, we also use a website builder to create a design. And we might need a custom email address, too, so that it matches the domain name. Additionally, we might’ve gotten some extra services from a hosting provider thinking that we need them. All these expenses can create quite a large bill that will drain our budget.
What’s the solution?
Website builders offer shared hostings which are, as we’ve already figured out, are not reliable and safe enough. So it might be more reasonable to buy a template for the site and get a VPS hosting — this will be a more secure and affordable option in a long run. Also, a VPS will be able to handle the email load, so that it won’t come as an additional expense. King Servers offers quite a lot of services included in the costs of a hosting, so you will have more things to save money on.
And here is one more hint — stick to yearly payments rather than to monthly ones. The latter usually create a much larger total. Yearly pricing plans allow you to reduce costs rather significantly.
With King Servers, you always get high-quality service. We will take care of the hardware and the security of your website. Moreover, we can manage the VPS, if you want us to. Our team will do anything to let you enjoy owning a website while not spending loads of money on it!
