Hi, another person here looking for advice on webhosting. A little background: I’m going to be opening a start-up dental clinic in the next couple months, and I’m looking to build a website for the practice. My question is more determining what type of hosting plan I would need for the site.
* **What is your monthly budget?** I’d like to keep it under 20 but I’m willing to increase if necessary.
* **Where are you/your users located?** USA (Southeast)
* **What kind of site are you hosting (WordPress, phpBB, custom software, etc) or what is your use case?** I’m planning on using WordPress and installing a premade theme that I will customize. (Speaking of, in another thread I was reading, someone mentioned there was a popular drag-and-drop builder that was poorly optimized–any particular ones I should avoid?). The site itself will be fairly basic, with the standard stuff: about, services, video tour, before/after gallery, contact, patient information, etc, but I also plan on having online scheduling and online bill pay.
* **Do you have a monthly traffic volume?** This is part of my problem because I really have no clue? I imagine it would be fairly low since it’s for a single private practice and my target audience is limited to my surrounding area. So maybe 20-50/day as a loose estimate?
* **Did you read the sidebar/check out the hosts listed there?** Yes, I was looking at those three as well as WPEngine, Pressidium, and GreenGeeks.
I was assuming a basic shared hosting plan from any of the ones I mentioned above would be sufficient for me, but my main concern was making sure my website was fast and (relatively) easy to manage. So I guess I’m just looking for confirmation on that or alternate recommendations. I do plan on one day hiring a professional to manage everything but since it’s a start-up, right now the budget is very tight and I feel I have enough basic knowledge to get something functional up.
Thanks in advance!
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