Fact: Over 90% of all web sites contain less than 20 pages with an average of 75k (75,000 bytes) per page, that means most web sites rarely exceed 1.5 megabytes.

Fact: E-mails are only temporarily stored in your webspace until you read them at which time they are downloaded to your local computer. Emails are text and rarely exceed 2k per message so even if you got 50 e-mails per day and forgot to read them for a month, you would only use 3 megabytes of storage space (more with attachments).

Fact: Very few web sites even use server side data storage programs. Some sites use small programs called Perl scripts that rarely exceed 20k and even advanced websites that store databases rarely exceed 500k.

What does all this mean....? If you have a typical website displaying pictures and text that uses 10 e-mail accounts, you will not likely exceed even 15 megabytes of total disk space.

Most web hosting companies advertise 500 megabytes - 2000 megabytes (2 Gigabytes) of traffic per month and charge 4-7 cents or more per megabyte over your allocation.

These companies will tell you that with an average page size of 40k, you'll get 50,000 pages on a 2 Gig account and this will be adequate for your needs.....Or is it ?

Consider: The average page size has grown to about 75k due to increased use of graphics and Java scripts, and that does not even address the use of 500k flash animations used on some web site home pages.

Consider: Each customer going to your website will view at least the home page, and those that are interested in your site will view other pages as well. It is not uncommon for a customer to view 10 or more different pages within your site and consume 750k per visit. That means your 2G/m account would only allow 2666 visits per month or roughly 89 visits per day. If you had even moderate traffic of 150 visits per day, you would exceed your bandwidth allotment by 1.37G and have to pay an extra $54.80 in bandwidth surcharges.

For example, one of our customers www.southafricatraveler.com runs a very graphic intensive 7 meg /100 page site and averages 15 page views/customer with 120 customers hitting their site each day. If they were on a 2G/m limited site they would be paying an extra $71.20 per month for bandwidth surcharges. Just imagine if they did a large advertising campaign and had 400 clients/day; it would cost them $424.00 per month in bandwidth surcharges !

Most businesses assign each employee or department their own distinct (POP-3) e-mail address i.e. bobsmith@yoursite.com or accounting@yoursite.com. These accounts are accessible using e-mail software like Outlook, Eudora, Outlook Express, and should not be confused with unlimited "virtual e-mail" accounts.

It is very common for even the smallest company to separate departments by creating distinct e-mail accounts used to manage correspondence. Most companies will use at least 5 POP-3 E-mail accounts as a minimum plus one POP-3 e-mail account for each employee....for example:

No business can afford to offer a service for free without finding a way to defray their costs. Don't be fooled by companies that offer "free domain names" only to charge you a domain "transfer fee" or force you to host your name with their service at some exhorbitant rate.

Companies that offer free hosting use many techniques to recoup their money:

Banner Advertising: These are for personal use and include annoying advertising banners along the top or sides of your page making it obvious you're on a free service. These banners are both distracting, and often lure your viewers to leave your website.
Lowest hosting never forces you to use banner advertising.

Pop Under Advertising: Free services often use hidden pop unders which open and appear in a hidden fashion and are not seen until after your page is closed. Unfortunately pop unders can cause some browsers to lock up and freeze causing the client to reboot and lose your page. Pop unders are another annoyance that may keep clients from revisiting your website.
Lowest hosting does not load any pop under advertisements on your webpage.

Subdomain VS Your Domain: Free services often use subdomain names which THEY own and are a part of their primary name. Yourdomainname.freewebsitehosting.com is an example. These names are longer and harder to remember and are not always properly indexed by the search engines. Worst of all you have no control if they raise their prices.
Lowest Hosting offers only full top level domains that you own... ie: yourdomain.com.

Mailing List Sales: Some companies offer a free webpage only if you agree to complete a "demographic" survey and to receive constant advertising (Junk Mail) offers in your email.
Lowest Hosting does not collect, disseminate, or sell its customer's private information.

No Advanced Features: Free services don't offer advanced features that some websites require (CGI/SSI/PHP/MYSQL) ultimately limiting your web site design options.
Lowest Hosting offers you a full service webspace with all the features you need.

Limited Disk Space/Bandwidth: Free services severely limit your disk space and bandwidth rendering it almost useless. Once you are established on their system, you will most likely require additional bandwidth or disk space and upgrade to their "premium" paid package.
Lowest Hosting offers you a full 80 megabytes of webspace storage and unlimited traffic.

Limited E-mail: Free services only allow you a single e-mail address and don't offer "catch all" and other services that are crucial to running a website. They also limit the size of the files you can receive and the amount of storage space to hold your e-mails. Worst of all they attach advertising messages on the footer of your E-mails and anyone you email will know you're on a free service. Many of these companies get you hooked on using their service only to charge for it later. Lastly, many are halting their free service altogether (Click HERE for some recent examples) forcing you to quickly find a new e-mail provider and then endure the tedious task of trying to contact everyone you ever e-mailed and every newsletter or subscription in order to inform them of your new address.
Lowest hosting offers "Catch-All" E-mail plus Unlimited POP-3 E-mail accounts with full SMTP.

Forced E-Commerce: Many free "E-commerce" websites force you use their gateway or merchant account providers. These merchant accounts usually have much higher discount rates or fees allowing the hosting company to make a percentage on your sales which can end up costing you thousands of dollars per year.
Our shopping cart links allow you to choose any merchant account or gateway provider you like.