Before picking a host, feed for this top web site scam people online each day of unfulfilled web hosting services, web hosting domain name falls to credit card scams – after other methods that use your confidence and unawareness.
Scams are not just "let me take your money and run", but also includes the time and energy – drain anxiety about a site that does not, customer service unresponsive work, or useless, unauthorized "extra" expenses, and the like.
In all cases, you lose – whether money or time, or just the constant pain of seeing your efforts come to nothing – and in all cases you are scammed, that these web hosts promise you one thing for your money, but then don 't give what they promised.
So what are the scams?
Bait and switch is what the company promises a cheap price for everything, and then after you pay, you discover that the basiccritical services are "extra".
Examples: Uploads / Downloads – After a little use, if your host tells you that your site to see without payment. Why not? Well, there is a limited amount of information that can be downloaded [considered], and your host has the limit very small, with your lack of expertise. Other features of the site, the number of e-mails, for the technical support [more often, or only the "premium" service actually work].
How to avoid: Ask point blank aboutcharacteristics and whether they included. Points as maximum allowed upload / download bandwidth, the number of allowed e-mail with the account and what kind of technical support is included. You can learn more about this in my article "Avoid Web Hosting Horrors: What to ask about a host.
Fake Review: This is sites that pretend to be impartial reviews of hosting plans, while in reality, the promotion of surreptitiously one or more hosts, often through the ropes of the"Reviews" host to pay on top of it.
Beware that some of these sites will promote a business web host with good features and price, which is actually a front for a scam or notorious.
How to avoid? Take everything with a bucket of salt. If you must use the hosting review sites familiarize yourself with the different plans and locations, but nothing more.
Domain Name The Fall: This is where you register your domain name with thehost, but if you decided later to leave on their refusal to ensure that you keep the domain without a large amount, saying that since she is registered under their name, their own.
How to stop programs? Insist on your domain [yourname.com] registered under your name, not the hosting company. Are you a newbie?
OK, here is a trick to figuring this one out nice and simple: ask if additional charges to your domain registered anonymously.
If they do, then youdomain in your name. Otherwise, tell them you do not want to be anonymous, you kick it in your name [unless you anonymity].
If it seems too much for you, avoid headaches later on and just buy your domain from the beginning. Use the free domain a few hosts to provide for a pet project, eg.
Credit Card Fraud & Unauthorized Charges: Direct credit card number stealing attacks are rare but not unheard of. If your basic homework and notchoose a host on price alone, that should not be a problem.
Unauthorized charges is far more, even with a few large companies. The fraud will often associated with the host to tell that you click on or asked for some feature that you did not, and that either it can not be canceled, or is there an astronomical costs of doing so.
How to avoid? If you have an American Express credit card. And do your homework. Regardless, please do not hesitate to call yourcredit card company as soon as possible. When you talk to them, are clear and sound is not hesitant or uncertain. Tell them that such and such a charge is fraudulent and unauthorized, and you would immediately be canceled. If you point blank about the fraudulent charge that [use the term] they will reverse it usually within 24 hours.
Bottom line when choosing a host is this: get a recommendation from someone who has real experience, not just a superficial user. Do your homework – check out thehost, compare plans, get educated. Keep in mind that customer service comes before price. And if possible, finding a new host that you cancel any time.
Remember, it's your money. Do not let someone pressure.
Good luck with your hosting search!
