Commercial Web Hosting

Here is how most bloggers get their start on the internet. First they look for a free blogging service like blogger.com or wordpress.com. These are not bad in the beginning when you are just learning how to write and market your blog. But there comes a time when the free service isn’t good enough and you want to start making some real money.

For that you need to ditch the free blogging sites, own your own domain name and look for some commercial web hosting.

I am a firm believer that you need to spend money to make money and nowhere is that more true than on the internet. Now I’m not talking about spending hundreds of dollars and most commercial web hosting is fairly inexpensive, roughly $5 – $12 a month. Owning your own domain is even cheaper at around $10 per year. (even cheaper if you use a name.com promo code)

The 3 Best Commercial Web Hosting Companies
Here are my top 3 picks for commercial web hosting companies. It should come as no surprise that these are also some of the most popular hosting companies on the market today.

1. Hostgator.com
For less than $8 a month you get unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, and the ablility to host unlimited domains. You get a ton of software and support included in this plan and if the time comes you can also upgrade to their dedicated hosting service.

2. Powweb.com
This was that first company I dealt with when I started 3 years ago and they are great. Your first year is $60 including a free domain and 300 GB on disk space (I never even came close to using it all). Powweb also has really good 24 hour support via chat and a great forum with very knowledgeable members. You can pay by paypal too.

3. Godaddy.com
Godaddy’s deluxe plan is more than enough for what most bloggers and internet marketers need. They have all the bell’s and whistles as the other guys but have more free ad on applications. The deluxe plan starts at 6.99 a month, the price decreases the longer you sign up for.

So if you are currently blogging on a free hosted site either (wordpress or blogspot) consider switching to a commercial web host and you’ll be in a better position to start profiting from your site.