Starting a business is both an exciting and nerve-racking experience. There are several things that must be done prior to making your first sale to ensure success. Choosing the right webhosting service should be your priority as creating your online presence is essential to successful marketing.
Disclaimer:
Your Elite Writer is committed to providing marketing solutions to assist you every step of the way. This post provides insight on why Bluehost and a few additional companies are the best option for your business or blog . While I do receive a commission for every sale referred from my affiliate links in this post, I stand by and use this service for the reasons below.
Get things started right
Setting up your website is priority number one. An online presence is crucial in today’s marketplace. You will not find a successful business without a professional website. There are many factors to include such as loading time, security, and ease of use.
Bluehost is one of the most well-known hosting services with more than 2 million websites hosted worldwide. They offer a money back 30-day guarantee to ensure your satisfaction.
You can’t beat the price
Whether you will use your site for e-commerce, as a marketing tool, or to launch your blog, I am sure you are looking for ways to save anywhere you can. Bluehost is unmatched in this area. With special offers as low as $2.95 per month (compared to the usual $7.99) that include a free domain name registration, it is hard to beat what Bluehost offers. You may find cheaper deals, but few will provide the quality service of Bluehost.
The free features are amazing
Free features include site creation, more than 1000 free models, one-click WordPress connection, more than enough storage space, free e-mail accounts, SSL certifications (more on that later), 24/7 customer support and much more.
Blue host is easy to use…especially for beginners
Many people, my self-included, are intimidated by the thought of setting up and running a website. I was very nervous when starting out and made more than a few mistakes along the way. In fact, my first website was a huge failure. Thankfully, I was using Bluehost from the beginning when I decided to make some needed changes.
Setting the site up was easy. I created my landing pages, contact information, and professional e-mail address in minutes all with zero experience in web design. My only mistake was not reaching out to the Bluehost customer service with every question along the way, a mistake I would not make again.
The Bluehost Control Panel (cPanel) is one of the easiest to navigate on the market. It allows you to edit documents, domains, your accounts, and install/manage apps with the click of a button. It does much more for those technically inclined but is incredibly easy to navigate for the beginner.
My experience with Bluehost customer support
After getting my feet wet in the website creation game, I decided Your Elite Writer needed its own site. I purchased and registered the domain name from Namecheap.com (Bluehost now offers this for free for one year) and began the process of changing the site and domain name.
I soon realized this task was out of my abilities. I ran into to some issues and unknowingly thought it was due to my hosting. I contacted Bluehost’s customer support, who politely told me it was a WordPress issue…well, not really an issue more like user error. I would have been more than satisfied with the response and contacted WordPress customer support, but the very friendly customer service representative decided to walk me through my issue herself…something she did not have to do. After about 30 minutes of assisting me resolve my non- Bluehost issue, yourelitewriter.com was up and running and Bluehost had a customer for life.
I have contacted them from time to time since launching the site to ask very basic questions as I make improvements and have been more than happy with the assistance and suggestions. I started with Bluehost for the price but stay for the amazing service.
Website loading time
Your websites loading time can make or break your success. It is one of the many things tracked in analytics and will affect bounce rate. A high bounce rate is killer to any site as you need your viewers to click through your landing page to make a purchase or contact you for a sale.
Your website loading time depends almost solely on your hosting service. Bluehost is one of the best and most reliable…even with the basic plan. Don’t just take my word for it, I use the basic plan on this site, and you can see how fast my pages load.
Prevent hacking
With criminals lurking in every corner of our lives, security is of the utmost importance. The search engines are just as concerned with security and it is a major factor in site ranking. Google, for example, makes the SSL certifications a requirement for ranking. Bluehost provides unrestricted SSL certifications for each of its users.
Nearly 100% uptime
Bluehost’s stability is second to none. It has a 99.9% uptime meaning you are getting what you pay for. In my years as a Bluehost customer, I can’t remember a time my site was down…ever. Once again, if you are looking for stability and security, Bluehost is the hosting service for you.
