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[mtajim]

Do u use free hosting to host your business sites , many small business still do , i would like to say that free hosting may vanish anytime , be sure before using them

[SageMother]

Right now I am slowly putting together a site for my newest venture using a free hosting package but will upgrade to a premium account soon with the same company. I think it is a good way to start while you are working with your presentation, but once you are ready to start submitting to search engines and are looking for good repeat traffic it's best to hae a premium package so that you are working under your own domain.

[Mesoc]

free hosting will never vanish, because theres always profit to be made by the provider. However, I always used godaddy to host the majority of my websites, they offer fantastic packages with no setup or yearly requirements with the deluxe package.

[FreelancerStore]

i never knew there was free hosting. i always pay for a premium hosting company when my developers finish my new websites.

who are some free hosting companies?

[mtajim]

There are lots of those free hosting , to start with

Yahoo! GeoCities: Get a free web site with easy-to-use site building tools
50Webs - Professional and Free Web Hosting
Free Web Hosting, Free Hosting, Free ASP Hosting - 1ASPHost

These are all free
You can try them

[the-glyphon]

I would never do business with anyone using a free site. If they can't come up with 50 for hosting I do not trust them to hold up their end of a transaction, I mean really. That isn;t really a business at all.

Having a paid host is the very, very first thing any company that trades on line should do--followed by having their own domain. Free hosts are great for clubs and hobbies--pictures of your pets etc, not for business.

If someone was in business and some how totally broke, I would still say never have an obvious free page--use a blog.

[Mesoc]

lol i agree. I perfer paid hosting over free, free is just unstable and alot of times with hosts, they bombard you, not worth it.

[FreelancerStore]

i can understand. you never know if the company is going to be there next month or not?

[mtajim]

yes , thats the problem with free hosts , i used to use them , but now have just stopped it

[randle]

Thats true I agree in some ways or another. I think it all depends on the person and how business savvy they are. If you are trying to do something as far as business wise is concerned you may want to start off with a free hosting site. But there are measures you would have to take, like backing up your site. Some people have idea what they are doing, so most of the time its best to practice.