Is free Hosting Safe! ?

**VizHost** · March 28th, 2012, 11:21

Best thing to do when it comes to any hosting company is read their ToS and their Privacy, and if they have none, move away and dont bother.. Then you will have to decide for yourself if you can place temporary trust into the site your interested in, until they earn your trust. Its a game of rolling the dice, alot of trustworthy sites but alot more untrustworthy sites. tread with caution, but also keep a open mind.

**frewebhost** · May 23rd, 2012, 03:45

Several free web hosts a safe can't see what the point would be in taking someones database user details etc unless the web host doesn't want any customers and destroy their company word gets around pretty quick when it comes to bad web hosting companies.

**storminternet** · May 23rd, 2012, 19:36

If you wish to run your business without any problems I would recommend not to go for free webhosting.
If you enhance your searching, you will find many hosts that are offering their webhosting packages with cheaper rate.

**polieleos7777** · May 24th, 2012, 22:07

That still does not remove the credit card requirement (most won't take WU unless there's a payments of 12 months or more, locking you to one hsot)

**wswd** · May 24th, 2012, 22:30

Originally Posted by polieleos7777

That still does not remove the credit card requirement (most won't take WU unless there's a payments of 12 months or more, locking you to one hsot)

Credit card, PayPal, cash, check, Western Union...There are tons of options to pay for hosting. I'm so sick of people saying they can't pay because they don't have a credit card.

**ajkent** · May 25th, 2012, 10:34

As for me, the main advantage of free web hosting is that you can keep your data without paying any fees and in most cases you are granted with quite sufficient space for it. Also there may be quite enough bandwidth allotted for you and you can also make use of ready made templates for your website.

**polieleos7777** · May 26th, 2012, 00:07

Originally Posted by wswd

Credit card, PayPal, cash, check, Western Union...There are tons of options to pay for hosting. I'm so sick of people saying they can't pay because they don't have a credit card.

Cross them out. If you have a card or paypal, you can easily get paid hosting. My post does not cater to that people. They can easily pay for shared, or VPS.
Cash? How? Without going to the mail, sending a money order and having to pay a fee(which adds to the total amount)? NO.
Check: It requires a bank account, and if you have one, you can make a CC, which sets you back to square 1,so no again. Squished.
WU: Too much paperwork for some hosting, which could be got for free... Paid hosting creates trouble, more than free hosting.

**nextgenhostnet** · May 26th, 2012, 04:27

Look for the hosting that has both packages (paid and free),
those hosting are financially stable, cause we all know that a host needs money to provide free hosting.

**Seraphim** · May 26th, 2012, 08:25

(Deleted, as it's just going to go off-topic. If only I could find the delete post button. )

**HostRazor** · May 27th, 2012, 13:29

any data you want kept safe should be encrypted, free hosts, big premium web hosts are all insecure anyway, even if it is down to one system admin who's a pirate and steals all of your data your still not safe unless it's encrypted. Look at Car Insurance companies, go signup with a new email address and register for a quotation, within 5 minutes they've already spammed your email address and you'll start receiving tons of junk mail. It's all money and profit to these people.

**ifastnet1** · June 2nd, 2012, 07:37

I couldn't imaging any webhost, free or paid that would steal your DB contents and sell it, that would be very illegal and unscrupulous!

**rolson30** · June 11th, 2012, 12:37

i dont think there is any problem with free hosting

**binil** · June 12th, 2012, 23:54

It all depends upon the host (whether its free or paid doesn't matter) - if they want to sell your info - most shady ones may sell it..

**nosupporthost** · June 15th, 2012, 06:31

Your best bet is to take regular backups of your websites.
Even non-free web hosting services have been known to go bust or have their servers crash and lose all user data

**cheekychristie** · June 19th, 2012, 01:22

Free hosting is for those who can really take a lot of risk and not for those who wanted a secured website that can last for a long time.

Then again, it can be a good stepping stone to invest on a fully operational site later on.