Why Stick to Shared Hosting
12 Aug
I’ve been noticing something for some time now. People rush to get a VPS or dedi once they get a bit of traffic. Now that’s not very smart. I’ll tell you why by listing the advantages of a shared host.
Advantages of shared hosting
- Everything comes installed. You’re good to go.
- There is tech support at no extra cost.
- Your life is a lot easier since it comes with something like cPanel.
- Everything is point-and-click. No SSH.
- You’re hosted on a (very) good server.
- Can handle traffic spikes well (most of the time).
- Noob-friendly (and sometimes even idiot-proof).
- A lot cheaper!
Disadvantages of a VPS/dedi
- Most of the time you need to install whatever you’ll need
- Tech support is optional. You’ll need to pay a few hundred dollars just for that.
- No cPanel, Plesk, etc. You’ll need to pay extra for that.
- You need to know how to use SSH (which is like the CMD for Linux).
- You get what you paid for. So, you need to pay a lot if you want a good server.
- Can it handle traffic spikes? Depends on the server specs.
- Not noob-friendly!
- Its expensive!
Okay there it is. You can now see how shared hosting makes your life easier. You should seriously stick to a shared host if you’re new to all this. VPS and dedis have their advantages, but they can be hard to handle.
But hey, you can’t even stay with a shared host forever. You need to upgrade once you get some pretty decent traffic. I would say around 2K-5K unique visitors per month. It depends actually. Depends on how much resources (ex: CPU, RAM, bandwidth, etc) you’re taking up. So, its not exact science.
Another tip, if you stick with a shared host then get a dedicated IP. And I made a list of 5 great shared hosting plans and a shared hosting checklist. Be sure to check them out and avoid oversellers!

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