One important requirement for starting a web development business is to have a hosting server to store the websites online. For starting up, the easiest way is to sign up a hosting account at a web hosting company that will allow you to host more than one domain. This way, the websites will share the same resources and you can minimize your start-up cost. Most often, a website doesn’t use a lot of resources like storage space and bandwidth so it is fine to put multiple websites on the same hosting account. However, if a website generates a lot of traffic, or it has a lot of large files such as videos, then you may want to consider putting it on a separate account so that it won’t affect the other websites.
Make Money from Hosting
A web hosting account is usually less than $100 USD per year. You can charge your clients $5 - $10 per month. So you only need to find one or two clients and you will be able to cover up the hosting expense. For the rest of the clients, you have the choice of either charging them or giving them first year free hosting if you want to build-up a better relationship with them. Also, you don’t have to sign up a hosting account until you have found your first client so you don’t really need to pay for the hosting at your expense.
Which Hosting Service?
So where can you sign up a hosting account? I have been using Bluehost’s service for a couple years and I think their package is a very good deal. If you sign up 2 years with them, the rate is only $6.95 USD per month. They let you host maximum 999 domains, 307200 MB of storage space, 307200 MB of monthly traffic, create 2500 email accounts, and much more. This is more than enough for hosting small scale websites which is our target. Also, I am 100% sure that you can install Joomla on Bluehost without any problems. For more information about Bluehost, please go here.
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