| 4 Niches to Choose from Web Hosting Provider |
| Sunday, 21 February 2010 19:11 |
There are hundreds of webhosting companies offering almost similar services. There are still many are honest, have very big accounts, and stable in businesses. But many are poorly run, under-resourced, and set out to deliberately confuse customers. In this situation many new startup webhosting companies which provide shared webhosting, VPS hosting, semi-dedicated or dedicated server try to capture Niche by PackageThree main components of webhosting cost are: server components, bandwidth, and operators. These three components aren’t free, so logically to offer unlimited webhosting package is not logic. A good niche webhosting provider will manage the three components in their offering as well as manage the necessary resources to give the best for their clients as well as the best for them.
Niche by PriceUnlike the major players which mostly offer around $4 - $8 a month for shared webhosting/unlimited hosting. The niche players often start their package less than $4 plus some first year discount, and they still manage to give good services. Even for VPS hosting, semi-dedicated, and dedicated server we can find more options now in term of price. You can get VPS with low starting price. Niche by LocationsMany people know realized choosing hosting with a same company locations can give a benefit, especially for support when they are in trouble. Even though US webhosting providers still have the some edge because of their price, but Canadian, UK, and Europe providers now have significant improvement in their customer base. Recently some US companies have open branches to capture this niche, their provide support and put their server in EU or Asia. Niche by Operating SystemA significant number of niches may come based on supplying a particular operating system. Since most web hosting companies prefer a LAMP (Linux, apache, mySQL, and php) environment, the prevalent OS in this niche is Linux. Another operating system that has tremendous market power is the Windows. Windows webhosting or ASP NET web hosting now have significant contribution in hosting market. Another operating system that was once much larger, but is now being replaced by Windows and Linux is ColdFusion hosting. Although ColdFusion is typically installed over a Windows operating system, it has properties that make it unique and desirable for ColdFusion developers. Now you can see, as a customer we now have a lot more option to choose that can give us more benefits. Let’s find your niche to get the most from the hosting provider you choose. --- |
the special needs in existing webhosting market with their niche product. These webhosting companies try to tap the untapped market or to steal from the existing market with their offering and support by focusing in some niche market.
