Now that you are thinking of setting up your web site, what should you look out for?

A good web host should fulfill the following:

1. A - Affordable: Price is reasonable.
2. B - Brand: The web hosting company should be in the business for quite a bit of time. The web hosting company should be at least 5 years old. Web hosting is a rather competitive industry, lots of smaller web host can't make it for during the first 5 years.
3. C - Customer Service: Good customer service when you need it. Anywhere. Anytime.
4. D - Dependable: Good server uptime of at least 99.99%.

Singapore Web Host Finder is your definite guide in selecting your Singapore Web Hosting company. 

If you are new to Singapore Web Hosting plans, you should look for a Singapore Web Hosting company that at least meet the following guideline. Any web hosting plan that has web space less than 1,000MB  (1GB) and cost more than S$240 a year is a overkill.

1. Price (Preferred S$240/year or less)
   
2. Web Space (Preferred 1000 MB or more)
3. Bandwidth Traffic (Preferred Unmetered)
4. Addon Domain (Preferred 5 or more)
5. mySQL Database (Preferred unlimited)
6. Control Panel (Preferred CPanel)
7. Support (Preferred phone & email)
8. Others: PHP version, MySQL Version, Data Center Location, etc

You can submit your request for web hosting quotation via our Request For Quotation Form. Your request will be forwarded to web hosting company to provide you quotation that can fit your requirements.

There are many different types of web hosts available on the market today. Choosing a suitable provider depends on what type of website you want to have: hobby, blog, or ecommerce site. As a result, there are different flavors of web hosts. Some of the most common web site hosting types are: shared, free, and dedicated hosting. Free web hosting services for example, place ads on the user's web pages and can be cumbersome and annoying for visitors. The other plans offer great support, options, and bandwidth but charge a monthly fee.  

Shared hosting is the most popular web hosting plan, basic. Shared web site hosting permits more than one site to be hosted on the same server. Here, the web hosts provide the system administration and the server maintenance. Benefits of a shared hosting site are programming features such as ASP, PHP, MySQL, large bandwidth, and multiple e-mail address capability. Compared to free plans, shared web hosting allows a user to have their own domain name. Shared hosting is a way for a hosting company to offer affordable products and services to their clients while having more users on one server and thus less overhead costs.    

Free hosting is the most basic web hosting service. Banners ads are common on this type of website hosting services (for example Geocities or Angelfire). There are a few free web site hosting providers in existence today that provide excellent options but that is the exception to the rule. Most free plans do not provide users with MySQL databases, multiple e-mail accounts, or the ability to run any scripting language. The type of domain one receives in this free form of service is typically a sub-domain (yoursite.webhost.com) or a directory (www.webhost.com/~yoursite). Our recommendation is to avoid these kinds of web host services. Put a small investment in for cheap web hosting and get your own site, in the long run you will be happier and more satisfied.  

Dedicated hosting is a good option for someone who wants more storage and bandwidth and control over the server. The advantages of having dedicated hosting are: unlimited databases and email addresses as well as unlimited bandwidth. Generally, a dedicated server plan offers the user with a monthly bandwidth of 500 GB to 1 TB. Also important to know that there are two types of dedicated web hosting plans: managed and unmanaged. Managed hosting is hosting that is still controlled by the hosting company. In the unmanaged form, the user is the server administrator, permitting the user the greatest amount of control and flexibility. Unfortunately, unmanaged hosting is complicated and takes more time than a managed solution.         

This is a quick summary of the plethora of web hosting companies. Yes, we admit, it is a daunting task to find the best service for your needs. First know that the function of the website usually determines the type of web host. Then, the features, support, reliability, and control decide the pricing of a hosting account. At Singapore Web Host Finder, you can browse the site and learn more about web hosts, buy a hosting plan, and get your website online.