I recently decided to reserve the domain DerickPayne.com, because every online hobbyist should have a domain in their personal name. But most of all, it is a cool thing to have. However; just reserving the domain name is not enough, or at least for me. I also wanted to create a landing page for DerickPayne.com, but like many hobbyists, my finances will not allow me to pay for a cool-to-have website.I needed to find a free website Hosting solution or at least an extremely cheap one.

Fortunately, after Googling for a solution, I found 000webhost.com. They offer a free website hosting solution, but to be able to make an informed decision, I needed to learn more. In this article I will share what I’ve learned, including my experience with 000webhost.com. After all; being a free service, I have nothing to loose.

I signed up for a 000Webhost.com account… not sure what to expect. Surely, being a free service, I will need to pay extra for WordPress Support and/or domain hosting (parking). However, with this free service, this is not the case.

What do you get?

Being a sceptical person and expecting a catch, I started researching their service. Well, I can honestly say, “there is no catch”. Understandably, there are some limitations though, but it is still a viable solution for individuals or small businesses. Furthermore, the features are fare for a fee website hosting service:

• 10000 MB Monthly Bandwidth.
• 1000 MB Disk Space (more than adequate for a WordPress installation).
• Free domain name hosting.
• Easy to use Free Website Builder.
• Free cPanel web hosting admin panel.
• 99.9% Uptime guarantee
• PHP Support and 2 MySQL Databases.
• Instant account activation, no fees!

This feature set are more than what many other paid hosting solutions offer. The PHP and MySQL support is what sets 000Webhost.com appart from other free website hosting solutions. cPanel is another hard to find feature with free hosting accounts. Go here for the full feature list.

The Signup Process

The signup process is quick, easy and your account is instantly activated. To signup for the service, go here and enter your Email, Password and desired website name. The website name is going to form part of your URL. Fore example; http://yourname.000webhost.com. So, choose an awesome name.

Once your account is created and activate, you can build your website using the Easy Website Builder, WordPress or via direct upload. You can manage databases, emails, files, backups, and FTP accounts using your account Dashboard. However, more can be done through the cPanel admin interface. Files are automatically backed up monthly, but it can be initiated manually through the cPanel interface. You can go to https://www.000webhost.com/cpanel-login to access your cPanel.

Easy Website Builder

For people with little or no technical knowledge; Easy Website Builder can be used to quickly launch a website. To start, open Easy Website Builder, choose a template, customize the components and publish it. It has a drag-and-drop interface, meaning you drag components unto your web page and position them using your mouse. For example; simply drag a text box, picture, YouTube video or any other component onto a page and edit its content.

Existing components can easily be removed, edited or re-positioned. Each template has its own standard set of pages, but you can easily add more or delete existing ones.

PHP and MySQL support

Most free website hosting services do not provide PHP or MySQL database support. However, 000Webhost.com is an exception. Free accounts allow for 2 unlimited size MySQL databases and they can be managed with phpMyAdmin. Although the free website hosting plan can run WordPress, be careful not to add to much themes, plugins and images to avoid running out of space. Remember that you only have 1000 MB (1GB).

Do You Get Support?

For most website hosting users, support is the most important part of a hosting package. Understandable, 000Webhost.com does not offer support free website hosting accounts, but they do allow posting in their support forum. You could find an answer or get helpful replies from the 000Webhost.com community.

Paid Website Hosting

You will be reminded regularly to upgrade your account while working on your website. 000Webhost.com is transparent about the limitations of their free website hosting plans. Free accounts can be removed without explanation and performance is nothing compared to that of the premium hosting packages, but understand that the paid plans make free website hosting possible.

Paid accounts come with a free domain and the Premium and Business hosting plans allows for unlimited websites. Furthermore; paid accounts offer unlimited bandwidth, diskspace, MySQL databases, Email accounts and FTP users.

In addition; you get 99.9% uptime, 24 hours a day live chat support and 2X WordPress optimized speed. With the Business hosting plan, you get 4X WordPress optimized speed, deluxe live support, daily backups, 2X processing power and memory and a free SSL Certificate to secure customer data and increase SEO rankings.

The basic plan starts from as low as $2.15/month. The premium plan starts at $3.45/month and the business plan at $7.95/month.

Conclusion

While reviewing 000Webhost.com I had to keep on reminding myself that I am reviewing a free website hosting service. The truth is that I am spoiled with paid hosting accounts with premium features and support. So, I could not compare it with any other paid hosting solution. Keeping this in mind, I am impressed with what I got for nothing. It is my opinion that it is the best free website hosting solution available.

The absence of SSL support is a concern. This can leave any website asking for passwords or storing sensitive data vulnerable. But the bigger concern is a person trying to run an online shop or corporate website on a free website hosting service. I have read many 000Webhost.com reviews and I get the feeling that many people expect a premium solution for nothing. Remember the rule; you get what you pay for. And because I paid nothing for my 000Webhost.com account; every feature, every hour my website is live and every visitor to my now parked domain is a bonus.

Sign up now and start building your first website for free.

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