Security is very important these days, lack of security can result in damage to your business. Therefore, it’s crucial to know what security features a hosting provider offers. When considering shared hosting, the policy of a hosting provider should address it. The same implies to cloud hosting as dedicated hosting. It’s good to ask how often they conduct malware/virus scans. The hosting provider you choose should have proper security processes in place (SSL certifications etc.) to protect any sensitive data.

If your website is e-commerce or stores any sensitive customer/employee data at all, you need a good Shared Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate. Make sure that the SSL covers all your security bases. If not, a multitude of third-party SSL providers exist for you to turn to.

As businesses have different Webhosting requirements, it’s good to ask the hosting provider about the hosting environments they provide. What are their policies in case you want to scale up or down? Choose a hosting provider who offers a range of different hosting options. This way you can change hosting plans whenever your business needs change and upgrade services instead of changing your hosting provider.

When owning more than one domain, make sure to choose a hosting provider that allows adding multiple domains so that you can accommodate these extra domains. Double-check the domain capacity before you purchase. Generally, hosting companies allow at least 25 add-on domains to one account, but some web hosts allow only one domain.