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Overselling hosting resources - a recipee for disaster.
The battle for new customers has turned web hosting companies into warriors furiously abusing the well known trick of overselling hosting resources. But exploiting this technique has many dangers. Unfortunately the tendances of the market are leading to self destruction since overselling has a limit too.
The tendance of offering more for less will probably lead to offering "all for free". Everyone has seen offers like 500Gb of disk space and 2000Gb of bandwidth for $4.99/mo. Overselling hosting resources is a source of pure profit for web hosting companies. It allows hosts to generate more income based on the same amount of resources. However, resources do have a limit. You can imagine how it all ends. But what is the true meaning of overselling? It is simply stretching the resources beyond the limit. Selling the same disk space and bandwidth to many customers, hoping they will never use it alltogether at the same time. It's a little bit like telephone companies - we all know what happens on new year's eve. Sometimes you even don't get a signal. Selling more resources that you actually have leads to well known consequences - slow loading speeds, websites unavailable, server failures, data loss. This is a true example that cheaper is not better. Keep this is mind when choosing your web hosting company. Supporting the loyal companies that offer reasonable packages is healthy not only for you and your website, but for the whole web hosting industry too. There will be nothing to choose between if all companies are someday offering unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth at the same minimal cost. Of course, we all hope this will never happen, since this will be the last day of the internet itself. It will be the end of a self-destruction. Choosing a decent web hosting company for your website is crucial for your business. Stay alert for suspicious offers and definitely stay away from overselling companies.
- cheaper is sometimes more expensive. This is what experienced webmasters say. It's better to pay more, but sleep well at night.
- always buy reasonable packages. A brand new Mercedes for 5000 dollars looks suspicious, right?
- check the backgrounds. What do other think about your chosen company.
- contact the company by yourself. Ask multiple questions. Ask for their resources overselling policy.
Of course, the final decision is always yours. If is's only the price that matters, you can always sign up with an overselling company to see what happens.
The battle for new customers has turned web hosting companies into warriors furiously abusing the well known trick of overselling hosting resources. But exploiting this technique has many dangers. Unfortunately the tendances of the market are leading to self destruction since overselling has a limit too.
The tendance of offering more for less will probably lead to offering "all for free". Everyone has seen offers like 500Gb of disk space and 2000Gb of bandwidth for $4.99/mo. Overselling hosting resources is a source of pure profit for web hosting companies. It allows hosts to generate more income based on the same amount of resources. However, resources do have a limit. You can imagine how it all ends. But what is the true meaning of overselling? It is simply stretching the resources beyond the limit. Selling the same disk space and bandwidth to many customers, hoping they will never use it alltogether at the same time. It's a little bit like telephone companies - we all know what happens on new year's eve. Sometimes you even don't get a signal. Selling more resources that you actually have leads to well known consequences - slow loading speeds, websites unavailable, server failures, data loss. This is a true example that cheaper is not better. Keep this is mind when choosing your web hosting company. Supporting the loyal companies that offer reasonable packages is healthy not only for you and your website, but for the whole web hosting industry too. There will be nothing to choose between if all companies are someday offering unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth at the same minimal cost. Of course, we all hope this will never happen, since this will be the last day of the internet itself. It will be the end of a self-destruction. Choosing a decent web hosting company for your website is crucial for your business. Stay alert for suspicious offers and definitely stay away from overselling companies.
- cheaper is sometimes more expensive. This is what experienced webmasters say. It's better to pay more, but sleep well at night.
- always buy reasonable packages. A brand new Mercedes for 5000 dollars looks suspicious, right?
- check the backgrounds. What do other think about your chosen company.
- contact the company by yourself. Ask multiple questions. Ask for their resources overselling policy.
Of course, the final decision is always yours. If is's only the price that matters, you can always sign up with an overselling company to see what happens.
