Chapter 14. Web-hosting Services
Technology...is a queer thing; it brings great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. | ||
| --C.P.Snow | ||
There are a multitude of web-hosting services (a third party that sells you space on its web servers) available. A majority of small e-commerce businesses will contract with a web-hosting service rather than use an in-house server.
Your web-hosting decision is one of the most important decisions you make when starting an e-commerce business. That is because a good web-hosting service provides a place where your site can reside and operate quietly and efficiently in the background. But, if you don’t do your research and perform proper due diligence, you might choose the wrong hosting service. ...
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