Changing Your Hosting Plan

If you are thinking to change your website hosting from a provider to another, first you have to compare well the features of your former website host plan, as well as, the new prospective website host. Switching from one web host service to another is same as changing your residence from one home to another and you need to be careful that you don’t forget to take all accessories from the former residence. Not only the prices should be considered as a matter to change a website host package but also the quality, because the success of your website on the internet would depend upon the service quality of the current web hosting plan. However, you need to change your website hosting provider if your website doesn’t get sufficient disc space, standard uptime guarantee or search engine optimization facility. If it doesn’t provide genuine services according to the standard even after charging expensive costs then it is reasonable to get on to a better and reliable website host service. To this end, below I will present the basic steps that should be followed when changing the website hosting service.

Data backup. This is the first and most important step while you change your website hosting service provider. Your website depends upon your database so take a backup of your website data and also modify it manually according to the needs of the control panel and web host manager account. It should be noted that one kind of website data may not work with different control panels of various web host services.

Explore the features of new website host. Before you entrust your personal or commercial website to a new web host carefully explore its available features. To this end, it is better to read some reviews from specialized sites. As an example, this web hosting hub review presents all the features needed to get a business online.

Declare it to your clients and customers. It is a tradition or a well known formality to declare about any website change to online customers so that they may not misunderstand you or charge you with embezzlement of money that was paid by them to enjoy your services. So inform your customers about changing your website to a hosting plan as it may take some time to reset your website on a new hosting plan. This would also save from losing prospective customers who may come to your website at a time when you are busy in resetting it into a new host plan.

Final checkup. After transferring all website data to the new web host server change DNS. Then take a final check up of your website that has been accumulated in the dedicated or shared server of your new website hosting provider.