Should I host my own system or go with a hosting company?
It depends on what your data needs are. Are your customers going to be uploading large files? If the answer is yes, host the system without your server room. Otherwise consider a hosted option. It sure is cheaper to pay a hosting company to hire nerds to maintain your systems in a server farm than it is to hire one yourself.
Which hosting company do you recommend?
We love Site5. Their nerds are the most dedicated and immediately responsive to your needs. GoDaddy will lock you out of the process and make you fill out tickets for things that should be immediately accessible. For this reason, GoDaddy annoys us.
How much should I be paying for hosting?
This depends on your needs. If you’re transferring a lot of data or hosting a lot of data, you might be approaching $100 per month. If you’re hosting a website, under $10 per month.
Can you explain how hosted email works?
Hosted email is hosted works like Gmail, which you may have as your own personal email. Why pay to host an email account internally in this day and age? Only the hyper secure need worry about this.