Web hosting industry in India has grown exponentially over the last few years. Considering the fact that much of India is still not IT enabled, the scope of volume growth in the web hosting industry shall remain open for many decades to come.
There was a time when hosting used to be very costly. Rates like:
10,000 Rs for 25 MB space (yikes!)
5000 Rs for 10 Mb space
were not uncommon. And at that time most people in India were looking for cheap web hosting. As new players entered the web hosting space and as technological advancement brought down the cost of hosting hardware, India saw a price war among the web hosting companies. Most companies, especially resellers, started focusing on cheap hosting – the cheaper the better. And the cheap hosting usually came with some riders or at the cost of performance and support.
Cheap Hosting or Crap Hosting?
Today the servers are so powerful and storage, RAM and bandwidth so cheap that cost by itself is not a big issue anymore. Gone are the days when hosting space was counted in MB’s. It is usual these days to find starting web hosting plans with 1GB storage and unlimited bandwidth. Most companies also have all unlimited hosting plans. And they all come at a throwaway price – hosting in India is cheap by all means today! But the Indian market still remains price sensitive. The end user still searches for cheap web hosting India and cheap dedicated servers to host their websites and even resellers hunt for cheap reseller hosting in India. At the current market rates, this looks ridiculous! The Indian mindset needs to change.
People should focus more on quality of service and support offered by a company. Today India has more than 1100 hosting companies and yet there are very few whom we could call reliable with outstanding support. If people change their priorities, the hosting companies would be forced to change their orientation too. When you go out to buy hosting next time, don’t search for cheap web hosting, cheap domain hosting, cheapest hosting or free hosting; search for a company that provides best uptime and is known for its excellent support. Look for online reviews of a company before you settle for a cheap host. In this world nothing is free and even cheap web hosting in India comes with hidden costs. So be wise and buy smart – say NO to cheap web hosting!