Web Hosting

The one who is working on a website must be well aware about the checklist discussed below. The word website cannot be completed without the domain, hosting (web space) and web designing. There are countless companies offering this facility. Thus one must act prudently while dealing with any of these companies.

The following are the most common problems faced by most of the clients and can be even seen on the net such as –

User complain- every day, I get few phone calls of this sort:

Sir, My domain expires in next few days, but the company which registered it is out of business, Please RENEW it”

Sir, I want to transfer the domain to your server but I don’t have the domain control panel”

Dear Support Team, The domain is registered thru ‘X’ and his name is listed as REGISTRANT and Admin Contact, help me”

I have a website since 1998 but I am not getting any enquiries thru it. So what’s the point in having it renewed? “

My website is down most of the time, can you do anything on it? “

So above are the problems faced by most or let say by all the users? Thus the below checklist is required to deal with such problem-

Checklist for Domain NAME Registration

After getting registration of domain one must check the following things-

Is the registration of DOMAIN NAME is with an ICANN Accredited Registrar? Does the REGISTRANT NAME and ADMINSTRATIVE CONTACT is showing one’s name/email?

Is there Control Panel available with the Domain Registration Service Provider with username / password to manage/modify name servers & contact details in real-time?

Is there any facility to get reminders at the time of renewals in advance?

Checklist for Web Hosting (Web space)

Support is the most crucial point in case of hosting. One must check the response time in advance before selecting a service provider.

One must check the technical skills by putting few queries and watching their responses.

One must go though the Service Provider Website and make sure its professional looking with user-friendly navigation and layout.

One must check if they are having TESTIMONIALS listed, availability of listing of sites hosted with them, facility of discount for bulk purchases and payment modes.

One must be careful for the hidden charges as well and now above all one must check for the Bandwidth offered with the hosting plan.

The facility for Multiple Domains in single hosting space should be asked if not provided.

One must act carefully before selecting any hosting plan. One must check for availability of all the essential features like POP3 mails, SMTP support, FTP Account, Control Panel, Web mail, Spam Controller, Antivirus, and Web Statistics.

Checklist for Website Design

Is the website designer providing free minor updates or for a nominal fee on a yearly contract basis?

Is the look of the website professional and appealing to the global audience?

Check out for the listing of website in any of the search engine. To check one must put the website name on www.google.com. Does it show up anywhere in the results?

Does the website designer provides with monitoring service?

Does the website taking too much time to load. One must make care that it loads faster even on slow connections. One must keep in mind that success of website do not depends on Flashy animations, bigger size jpegs etc but on the Content. So stress on content of the website.