What sort of web hosting options should you go for if
you want to host an adult website? You need to remember
that this is the most critical aspect of your adult website.
Facts like shared or dedicated adult web hosting, the
maximum allowed bandwidth, the average uptime of the server
and the server space should be critically taken into consideration
while researching for your adult web host.
Now let us visit some points in detail to make sure that
you choose the right adult web host to host your adult
website.
SHARED OR DEDICATED ADULT WEB HOSTING?
Most web hosts provide shared web hosting by default.
By 'shared web hosting' we mean that your website is being
hosted on a server that hosts other websites too. For
a basic website with limited bandwidth requirement and
server space this is a preferred option to go for.
For an adult website, on the other hand, one should go
for dedicated web hosting because if you host an adult
website, then you'll obviously be storing hundreds of
images there. The traffic will be huge (at least compared
to non-adult websites) and hundreds of visitors will be
downloading/loading the images, consuming lots of bandwidth
in the process. Besides, if you host an e-commerce adult
website where your visitors have to pay a subscription
fee to download images and movie flicks, you'll need a
dedicated server to avail the secure server facilities.
CO-LOCATED ADULT WEB HOSTING
You may feel apprehensive about leaving your crucial
data (images, movies, credit cards, email addresses) on
some one else's web host. One option is to maintain your
own server data center, which can be very costly and most
adult webmasters cannot afford it. Besides, it is not
even sensible to incur so high a cost unless you are running
a mega e-commerce website.
Such a requirement can be solved by having a co-located
server. With co-located servers, your hosting company
connects your hardware to the Internet and provides you
with rack space, a secure environment to store your server
in, and technical support. On your part, you need to provide
the company with the actual server, maintenance and software
in order to host your adult website on your co-located
server. Co-located servers generally give you more control
over your hardware without having to worry about vandalism,
hacking, theft or connectivity outages.
LEGAL CONCERNS:
There are some web hosting companies that have issues
with hosting adult content. Prior to booking the server
space and uploading your website, you should make it clear
to your web host that you're planning to host an adult
website on their server.
SPACE REQUIREMENT
Adult websites naturally take up lots of server space
because you'll be keeping high-resolution images (.jpg)
and movies (.mpg, .wmv, .avi, etc). On an average 200
image files will need anywhere between 50-80 MB of disk
space. You should always get much more space than your
current requirement because before you know it, you'll
be running out of space.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Before you choose your adult web host, make sure you
are aware of their technical support standard. It's not
enough to just have a website and quality adult content.
In case there is some problem, your adult web hosting
company should be able to address the issue as promptly
as possible.
HIDDEN COST:
Hidden adult web hosting costs can throw your budget
in a disarray if you're not prepared for them. Make sure
you're aware of all the costs involved with hosting your
adult website because you'll obviously be requiring more
than the standard package.
ADMINISTRATION TOOLS:
Various tools like form handling CGI scripts, shopping
carts, control panel, email management, file management,
etc. are provided by the web hosting company without extra
charge. Before you host your adult website, find out what
all tools that are available.
PARALLEL SERVER:
Downage can always be expected, but established companies
run a few parallel servers so that in case one server
collapses, the rest take over. If you charge your viewers
for accessing "members only" content, they'd
like to access your adult website as and when they feel
like. Your website should always be functioning and if
it is often "down", this may get you lots of
irate customers.
We hope that these tips help you choose your adult web
hosting company in a better manner
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