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Hosting a Website for the First Time?

Our hosting and website guide is like a map - only useful if you know where to go.

You need to understand what you need from a web host before you pick one.

For newbies, the no-brainer rule is to always start small with an affordable plan such as shared hosting. For more advanced users, your site usability is crucial - this means you need a stable and flexible hosting solution.

Step-by-step guide to hosting your first website

For Newbies

• How web hosting and domain name works
• Where to buy your first domain name
• How to move your site to a new web host

For Businesses

• How to purchase and install SSL certificate
• Best cheap hosting service below $5/mo
• Best hosting for small / medium business

Compare Web Hosting Providers

Can't decide which web host to go with?

Use our comparison tool to compare through a wide list of hosting companies. You can compare up to 3 hosting companies at once and it lists out all the details you need such as our rating, pricing, basic features, and also a quick pros & cons review.

WHSR Host Comparison Tool / Our Web Hosting Reviews

Compare & Choose

• Compare: BlueHost vs InMotion Hosting
• Compare: BlueHost vs SiteGround
• Compare: Hostgator vs SiteGround
• Learn: How to choose the right hosting provider

Web Hosting Reviews

• A2 Hosting Review
• BlueHost Review
• GreenGeeks Review
• Hostinger Review

• HostPapa Review
• Interserver Review
• InMotion Hosting Review
• SiteGround Review

New Tool: Introducing HostScore™

Launched September 2019, HostScore.net offers a new, data-driven way of evaluating and choosing a web host.

HostScore - our proprietary calculation, is based on a weighted combination of server speed (measured every 4 hours), uptime (tracked every 5 minutes), editor’s and user’s rating; indicating the service quality of a web hosting service.

Our testing process is automated so results are always updated and consistent.

Check out HostScore.net now

Hosting prices have changed drastically over the last 10 to 15 years.

In early 2000, a $8.95/mo package with basic features was considered cheap. Then the price dropped to $7.95/mo, then $6.95/mo, $5.95/mo, and lower.

We studied recent market trends and found that, on average...

• Entry level shared plan costs $3.40/mo at signup & $4.94/mo during renewal,
• Entry level VPS plan costs $17.20/mo at signup & $20/mo during renewal, and
• The highest shared and VPS hosting plans sould not cost more than $25/mo and $170.

In case you wonder how much you should pay for web hosting...

Read Our Study in Website Hosting Cost.

Building a Successful Blog

How to create your first blog using WordPress? How to make more money blogging? How to actively grow your blog traffic? What are the right blogging tools to use?

Learn everything - from basics to advanced blog marketing tatics from probloggers who have "been there and done that".

How to Start a Blog in 2020

Running an Online Venture

Every business needs an online precense - You need an online space to build your business, sell products or get your name out there.

You don’t have to be a tech geek nor a programmer.

Follow the right method. Select the right platforms. Use the right publishing tools. You will be 100% fine.

Three Ways to Create a Website / 50 Online Business Ideas

The People Behind WHSR

WHSR publishes articles and develops tools for users who help in hosting and building a website.

The hosting market is crowded with thousands of providers, each with different options. Our aim is to clear the smoke screens and get you to the core of the quality and value these companies offer.

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