Shared Hosting

[singhpihu90]

Hi to all,
What is the shared hosting and what is the benefit of getting the shared hosting?
Thanks in advance.

[markorton]

Shared Web hosting is the web hosting in which one web server is partitioned out and is used for serving pages for thousands of different websites each having its own internet domain identity ensuring effective sharing of the resources of that server’s assets. This is generally the most economical web hosting option to choose from among several hosting solutions, as the overall cost of the server and its assets are spread over many customers facilitated on the server. Shared Web Hosting is ideal for individual websites, small sized businesses that don’t require every one of the assets of a server.

A great option if you have a small informational type website
A good start for a small business just starting out
Low cost

[Atif Shahab Qureshi]

Shared hosting has following benefits:

1. Cost Effectiveness:

It is comparatively cheaper than dedicated hosting services.

2. customization

A user friendly panel is available to customize the website.

3. convenience

In shared hosting environment, your website is managed by experts.

4. Efficiency

You also get adequate bandwidth in shared hosting environment.

[kustifranti]

shared hosting allows multiple websites to utilize a single server. Usually, you’ll have no idea who or what websites you’re sharing the resources of a server with. Each customer will usually have a limit on the total amount of server resources they can use, but this will be defined by your hosting package.Shared hosting is easily the cheapest and most economical option for your needs. However, the cheap price comes with limitations, which we’ll get to below. Since most hosting companies will offer the same amount of space and storage it’s important to choose a company you can trust.

Advantages of shared hosting:

• It’s by far the cheapest hosting option you’re going to have available. The usual price for this style of hosting will range from $2.99-$9.99.
• Most hosting companies have multiple levels of hosting available, so you can upgrade your hosting package with time. This makes shared hosting a great place to start.
• Shared hosting usually comes equipped with a built-in cPanel, which makes it easy to manage your site.
• No technical maintenance needs to be done on your end to the server, as this is usually included in part of your hosting package.

[viniproject09]

Shared hosting where resources are shared with other users on server. There are limitations for each user. If you are a started or dont have a huge traffic. use shared hosting.

[genkaplevis]

Shared hosting is Web hosting in which the service provider serves pages for multiple Web sites, each having its own Internet domain name, from a single Web server. Most Web hosting companies provide shared hosting.

[fatehinura]

When the time comes to choose where to host your website you’re going to have a ton of options at your disposal. Beyond deciding which company to host with, you’ll also have to decide what kind of hosting package suits you best.

[Ryan Harris]

Shared web hosting is an option offered under the gamut of others in web hosting. This is the cheapest and most cost-effective option among all others. In this option, several users share one physical server.
All the resources of one main physical server are divided among the accounts on it. Some examples of thee resources are RAM, CPU, mail server, etc. The inexpensive feature of this option makes it extremely popular among newbies and startups that don’t have the budget to spend mega bucks on web hosting.


benefits to its users. Let’s check them as below:

• Shared hosting is offered at very cheap prices and so, small business or startup websites can easily purchase it.
• You don’t need to be technically skilled for maintaining the server. It means that the server maintenance is looked after by the web host itself.
• Built-in cPanel and Plesk control panels are offered with shared hosting which helps you to manage the website settings, DNS settings, email settings, etc.
• You get sufficient resources for your startup website.

[RH-Calvin]

A shared hosting plan hosts multiple accounts on a single dedicated IP address. They are usually used to save costs and space for hosting. Shared hosting is not very recommendable as they do not provide data security as the same space and IP address is shared between multiple clients.