Servers, Security and Payment Processors: The Nitty-Gritty
Servers, Security and Payment Processors: The Nitty-Gritty
This chapter is really important (and don’t worry it’s not technical). If you’ve got the wrong systems in place, you’re setting your online business up for unnecessary headache. A lot of your hard work will be flushed down the drain if you don’t set up your online business properly.
Servers: Your 4 Choices Depending on what you anticipate your launch to be like will determine which type of server you use. Let’s have a look at your four options… 1. Shared Hosting Shared hosting is a great option for you if you’re just starting out and don’t expect much traffic, or if you’re testing something small. You can host unlimited domains, it’s easy to set up and its cheap (you pay from $4 to $25 per month). But if you are developing server-based software, or become really successful, you will not be able to build your business on shared hosting. This is because you are sharing hosting with a company who may not know what they’re doing. They could do something wrong with a piece of code that eats up the memory in the server that results in your website disappearing off the web. 2. Virtual Private Server (VPS) This is a virtual environment where you pretty much own your entire server.