Five Reasons To Move To Managed Hosting For Your Business Website

Idea Girl Media
November 7, 2019
Do you know the difference between managed hosting vs shared hosting? If your business has a website, this is good…...
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Do you know the difference between managed hosting vs shared hosting?

Do you know the difference between managed hosting vs shared hosting? If your business has a website, this is good information to know! Here are five considerations for most optimal website development and online safety...

Top Advantages Of Managed Hosting For Business Websites

If you think of your domain as your website’s address, a host is the physical space your website inhabits: the home of all the information you want to display to the world. If you’ve created an online presence with a free website provider to keep costs down, chances are you are on a shared hosting service.

Here are five reasons to move to managed hosting for your business website and move away from shared hosting as soon as possible.

More Free Time

One of the most important underlying reasons people move to managed hosting is to free up that most valuable of resources: time.

If you have the technical expertise and know-how, you can probably get your website up to a similar specifications as some hosting providers, given the effort. But freeing up time can give you room to grow.

As we all know, time is money. For most mid-level enterprises, managed hosting will offer improved performance straight out of the box.

The service provider depends on many factors. Research the best option for your specific business and niche. For those in Great Britain, there are good options. Choose to invest in one of the best reseller hosting plans UK.

Improved Server Uptime

It might surprise you, but you’ll also free up your server’s time. If you’re looking to grow your website, you want a solution in place that can weather operational issues and variable demand.

Managed hosting services frequently offer scalable server space. That means if you experience an unexpected uptick in website demand and server requests, your service provider can notify you and offer you expanded computing capacity at short notice to cope with this.

By leveraging that advantage, you help keep your website online no matter what happens and this means you won’t be missing out on any valuable sales. Even better, cutting back on server downtime should give you a ranking boost.

Automatic Fail-Safes

Managed hosting services have clever automated features that monitor and maintain site performance. You can also receive notifications about any on-site discrepancies.

If your website does end up going down temporarily, you can set up SMS and email alerts within the system to help you remedy the problem as soon as possible. Better still, you won’t lose any data because your hosting provider will regularly back this up in the cloud.

Finally, you’ll save yourself time tinkering with server updates as the host will take care of these for you.

Better Security

These protections mean your hosted website will be much more secure. The best managed hosts will have powerful and regularly patched firewalls capable of repelling even the most pernicious malware. In turn, any cloud-server issues that do affect your website are usually minor enough to be self-healed with a simple restart on the host server.

In a worse-case scenario, your hosting provider can step in to recover your compromised website.

Expert Support With Managed Hosting

Another no-brainer. You might pay more for managed hosting services but remember, you get what you pay for. With managed hosting you can access:

  • 24/7 customer support
  • Web admins who specialize in particular website components
  • Industry best-practice

Right from the beginning.

If you like managing some of the process related to your website content and content creation, you can still do that. You should also find fully managed hosting options available as well.

14 Replies

  1. Brijesh Gravatar

    By Brijesh on

    Yes, you’re right!! as compared to shared hosting, managed hosting really helps to improve the business. the five reasons you have mentioned above exactly help to enhance the business scalability.

    Reply to Brijesh

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      Brijesh, There are many hosting options out there, as well as hosting companies. Finding the right fit is key. I prefer managed hosting, mainly because there are additional security features that other options do not include. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

  2. cirrus Gravatar

    By cirrus on

    Very Informative Blog!!! Really Managed Hosting really beneficial for business websites. Thanks for sharing such a hosting information I’d love to read more like this.

    Reply to cirrus

  3. Himon Garsia Gravatar

    By Himon Garsia on

    Hello Dear Sir, Thanks For This Wonderful Blogs. I have Never Seen This Types Of Blogs About This Catergories. Awesome Blogs Thanks

    Reply to Himon

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      Himon, Glad you liked this article and found it helpful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

  4. James D. Sutherland Gravatar

    By James D. Sutherland on

    hello Keri, thanks for sharing this important article .it is soo useful to manage their hosting website.

    Reply to James

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      James, Glad you liked this article – We aim to provide helpful resources and details for owners of businesses of all sizes. Thanks for your comment, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

  5. Rob Dean Gravatar

    By Rob Dean on

    Free hosting is a great option, but for business, it is too risky to compromise with speed and security.

    Reply to Rob

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      Rob, I agree – Businesses need to have individualized hosting. To protect their business interests, and to assure they do not crash their site should they have a successful initiative that drives lots of traffic early in their existence. 🙂 Thank you for your comment, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

  6. Christian Alcantara Gravatar

    By Christian Alcantara on

    A lot of business owners needs to see this, they tend to rely on free hosting for the sole reason that they don’t want to pay for it, but it definitely has a lot of perks which can really get any businesses to the next level, thank you for investing your time to educate your viewers.

    Reply to Christian

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      Christian, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It is true. Especially new business owners want to start with free hosting packages – I see it too often. And it does nothing but penalize their own business. You absolutely want a good hosting package that favors your business position and will not break down if there is a lot of traffic from a well-executed initiative. Glad we’re on the same page, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

  7. Jennifer newton Gravatar

    By Jennifer newton on

    Hi Keri, For a person who’es been helping businesses to build their websites, I couldn’t agree more with what you discussed about managed hosting. There is a misconception going on that shared hosting is a good idea and can save money. Business-wise, though, it’s not right. Managed hosting for business websites is highly recommended and must be considered at all cost.

    Reply to Jennifer

    • Keri Jaehnig Gravatar

      By Keri Jaehnig on

      Jennifer, Glad we’re on the same page. Happy to know more about your line of work. Anytime we can isolate potential negative circumstances, it is a win. Managed hosting does this where shared hosting does not. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ~Keri

      Reply to Keri

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