| A: As you might expect, there is no such thing as a free web host. Free web hosting companies need to make money too. They usually make money in one of
two ways: 1) Advertising Most free web hosting companies make their money through advertising. They do this by requiring you to put a banner ad on your website, or
by requiring that your site launches one or more pop-up advertisements each
time users visit the site. Your visitors may find this advertising annoying.
Pop-up and banner advertisements might make your site appear unprofessional.
Usually, users can distinguish between free web sites and commercial grade
websites simply due to this advertising. 2) Selling you other services The services that you get from your web hosting company are likely to be very limited. To add additional services will always cost money, and you will usually find that after you've added a service or two, you will be paying as much as you would if you were using an inexpensive web hosting provider (without those pop-ups). Some companies require that you register your domain through them, or pay a high domain transfer fee (sometimes as high as $50). These rates
are usually higher than what most companies offer. In a sense, you are paying for your 'free' web hosting through higher fees for other services. Determine if your web hosting company is really
free The best thing that you can do is determine what services you will need (email, domain transfer, disk space, etc.) Then determine how much it would cost for you to obtain those services from both a free web hosting provider and an inexpensive commercial company. Compare the prices and see which is cheaper.
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