Best Business Website Hosting 2019: Small Local Company vs. Big Box Provider Comparison

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Looking for the best business website hosting 2019? Once you have a business website for your company, you can host it with almost anyone. However, not all website hosting companies are equal. In fact, performance, price and support vary widely between one website hosting provider and another.

Because of the ease of use, many companies are building a business website today with a Content Management System (CMS)-based solution such as WordPress. Due to the complex infrastructure that allows clients to update content themselves, CMS-based sites are not as simple as static sites. The CMS operating system requires a robust server environment, allowing for optimal bandwidth and server resources to run smoothly.

Any mainstream hosting company will provide server space, access to cPanel and tech support when things go wrong. That’s about it.

However, a local small website hosting company can provide that and more. Here are a few valuable benefits for the best business website hosting 2019 with local small provider:

1) Personal Attention

A local small website hosting company, such as D Media in Dallas, TX, will check on your business website regularly to see that all is running smoothly. If we see something that affects the website’s performance, we alert you. In the case of an urgent situation, especially a possible security issue, we take care of it immediately.

Here is an example of how D Media gave service above and beyond that given by a big box provider: In 2014 there were worldwide brute force hacker attacks. D Media not only blocked IP addresses but took it a few steps further: We alerted clients immediately about the attacks. We logged into each website and personally checked our clients’ usernames and passwords for safety. We modified them when necessary. We also ran updates to make sure there were no backend openings to let hackers in. We still do this today, to make sure we offer the best business website hosting 2019.

2) PAID Annual License Keys

Each CMS website not only requires an operating system to run, such as WordPress, but also modules (plug-ins, widgets, apps) for certain functionalities. While some modules are free, others are not and require an annual payment, which can run between $50-$100 annually per module, + license keys to run properly.

As a local small website hosting company, D Media will purchase commonly used modules—such as pro versions of forms, speed/caching, and security—for our clients’ websites and renew license keys annually. Unless the module is a complex and costly one specifically requested for a unique functionality by the client, D Media does not charge regular business website hosting clients to renew licenses within the above range. Those fees are covered as part of your CMS hosting package to provide the best business website hosting 2019.

3) Backup Modules

As a local small website hosting company, D Media pays for an annual subscription to a backup module for the business websites we host. A backup module can run automatic backups daily, weekly and monthly of your business website’s full system or the database (content) only. This gives peace of mind that any information on your business website will not be lost. Big box providers don’t necessarily offer this extra level of service, at least not included with the website hosting costs.

As a local small website hosting company, D Media not only provides the power, security and dependability of a respected, national business website hosting resource, but also offer additional benefits that most big box providers simply cannot replicate. Still looking for the best business website hosting 2019? Hosting with a local small website hosting company like D Media in Dallas, TX is a smart choice.

Please contact us if would like more information about hosting your business website with D Media.

D Media provides marketing solutions for the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex including Dallas, Fort Worth, Addison, Carrollton, Richardson, Garland, Mesquite, Highland Park, University Park, Park Cities, Allen, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Arlington, Irving, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Denton, Lewisville, Murphy, Wylie, Prosper, Lovejoy and all of North Texas.