Cheap web hosting can be tricky if you’re going to host your own speed test. If it’s too cheap, the bandwidth just won’t be there, but if it’s too expensive, you may not make enough money to offset the costs.
I found that one of the best places to start your speed test website is hostgator.com. Use coupon code tentyfivesakesalive to get %25 percent off any of their packages! They offer a plan for $7.95 per month that provides you with unlimited bandwidth, disk space and a ton more; simply type in their address into your browser and you’ll see a list of plans.
The server that your are using right now to check internet speed is Pair. This is not cheap web hosting when you compare it to a $7.95 a month plan, but when compared to equivalent servers at other companies, it’s hard to beat it. The downside of such an inexpensive plan is that you share the IP address with others (not a big deal for small sites).
With Pair, your server is yours, you can request as many IP addresses as you like and you don’t have to share resources, but you do have to shell out a couple hundred per month.
If you are looking for cheap web hosting, hostgator is your best bet (use the coupon code above) but there’s a second option you might want to consider and that’s wordpress.com – WordPress started off as a blog, but as you can see with this site, it’s evolved into one of the most popular content management systems on the net. With wordpress.com, you can host your website for $15 per year; simply buy your domain, then direct it to WordPress name servers (they explain it all, and it’s easy), and you are on your way, however, you are LIMITED on what you can do, such as placing ads, using certain plugins, etc.
Once your site starts to get heavy traffic, you can then select a power server or even a dedicated server.
We’ll provide a list of other cheap web hosts once soon.