There is a famous old saying “One always gets what he pays for” and it is true. In any field of our daily life and business, we see there is quite strength in this saying, but not very much when it comes to web hosting. Sometimes, one do not get what he deserves to or for what he has paid. For example, a client is paying $500.00 each month for his web hosting account. When we see at his requirements we conclude there is nothing extraordinary in the features he need and all these are also available in any basic hosting plan which will cost him less than $6 a month. Thus he is overburdened by the heavy monthly charges due to lack of knowledge and planning.

Few years back, there was no existence of web hosting industry. Websites were hosted thru local ISP’s. Average monthly charges for hosting any website were normally 20-USD. If any user has a technical query to ISP, he needed to buy a related book or instead attend a class to clear the query. 1996 was the year, when some of the “web hosting” companies started their business. These companies were only dedicated to hosting websites and were delivering a hosting package including technical support as per user’s necessities for about 10-USD a month; this used to be acceptable to both parties. In 2005, an entirely new type of hosting called as "cheap web hosting" was introduced. They started offering hosting services at a much low cost of even less than 4-USD a month.

Comparatively, cheap web hosting companies are the latest in the industry. So, it becomes quite daunting for the established web hosting companies to lower their rates as they have a big clientele which can pay higher prices. If they do so, they will adversely affect their expansion and it would not be a positive step for most of them.

Then how cheap web host companies offer hosting packages at such low rates?
One big reason is that servers, hard drive space and bandwidth are very cheap today, which were not in the past. The second reason is that cheap web hosting companies follow diverse business structure different to the established and old companies. No doubt, web hosting business is very competitive, where the actual competition is between the tools and features offered to the client. Every user does not need all the features offered in a hosting package like many companies render free backup services to all of their customers without any discretion. So, what happens? As backups are expensive and not a need of everybody, despite that every client has to pay for it because it is included in the selected package. Cheap web hosting companies understand the whole thing and design their packages with the basic features needed by everyone. Weekly backups are available as an additional offering; this puts the cost of backing up only to those clients who asks for it.

It sounds very good, but what about the services? Will you get speedy and expert customer support by only paying 4-USD a month? The reply is unbelievably in YES. I am sure, you can never expect from the cheap web hosting companies to provide you first-class services. However, the key to success of any cheap web hosting company is in the fact that how well it sustains the trust of their clients. A professional cheap web hosting company always tries best to care and satisfy their present clients.