A question I have been getting lately is who do I recommend for free hosting. Honestly I did not feel the free market needed much review. Other then one company that tried to spam their affiliate link on my video on YouTube. 000webhost.com, was the spammer. My own opinion about free hosting is not to expect much, and complaining about free hosting is for suckers. There is no such thing as a free lunch comes to mind. One of the last emails I got asked me for which free hosting had the most bells and whistles. He had complaints about the load time on his site, the speed at which he got support, and too many limits. Keep in mind he was paying nothing.
I am not going to explore free hosting on who is best
I have no need for free hosting. I tend to favor having my own dedicated platform be it for business or personal use so I am not exactly the person to ask about shared hosting either. I only had 4 shared hosting accounts they are all with godaddy. Other then that I am doing vps and dedicated hosting. But I am still shopping around for a better provider based on service.
My last host review with kvchosting.com had me looking at their free hosting plans
http://www.kvcwebhosting.com/free-web-hosting.php
** Our Free Web Hosting is different from other free hosting sites. We do not place banner ads or other distractingly big advertisements that might annoy your users. However, we place footer texts that mention our company name and the text size will not be big either. It will only be visible to users who scroll all the way down. Our free website hosting requires a one-time payment to set up your free web hosting. The package includes add-on features such as 3000+free website templates, 70+SEO tools, and rvsite builder. We have more than 10,000 satisfied clients who use our free web hosting services. They have often remarked with amazement about our server speed. We never oversell our free web hosting plan and pride ourselves in maintaining fast and efficient services.
There are flaws in this statement “your users” for one, and they don’t appear to actually have 10,000 clients, let alone 10,000 domains.
They don’t appear to have had any traffic going on til the second quarter to this year.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kvcwebhosting.com#
If you happen to look through kvchosting.com’s free hosting plans you will notice that there is a $4.99, $9.99, and $19.99 set-up fee (called a 1 time fee). So its not truly free hosting. Its also a convenient way for kvcwebhosting.com to have your credit card on file.
One last thing. They offer a 45 day guarntee on their free accounts. However the terms of service contradict this:
http://www.kvcwebhosting.com/webhosting-terms-of-service.php
Money Back Guarantee
We offer a 45 days money back guarantee to our clients. This is valid only for GENUINE cases and we accept only relevant causes/reasons, for your dissatisfaction with our money back guarantee. Setup fee or add on packages will NOT BE REFUNDED for any hosting plan. It is to be well noted that KVCHosting reserves full rights to inquire about the website demanding money-back guarantee.
Until a further review of 000webhost.com and other free hosts I did not realize how the different the free hosting market has changed since I used Geo-Cities 12 years ago. There was no getting an affiliate commission for my sign up on geo-cities.
Translation: they reserve the right to not give you money back on a free hosting account
Frankly this is another host that I will have to review a year from now because I have a feeling things are going to change. I imagine all the traffic they have gotten has come from the award sites. According to spyfu.com they have spent nothing on goggle adsense. I imagine they have not spent any thing on advertising anywhere. Other then ‘biding’ on webhostingstuff.com.
000WebHost.com offers free hosting and you can earn $5 for every visitor that you send
One post that I have found which is proable the best post to explain why you should avoid this company is:
http://www.thecaymanhost.com/hosting-reviews/beware-free-hosting-with-000webhostcom
Its a bizarre setup, after all why would any one pay for visitors to a free hosting service? Granted there are allot of former affilates out there that claim that
While my opinion has not changed about free hosting, there are things to look out for. There is a reason they are paying people to bring new people in. Even though there are several times I have found the affiliates are not getting paid. So much so that there videos about it, tons of posts on forums and blogs.
The next host on my list Awardspace.com offers free hosting
The first thing that comes to mind is I don’t get to see much details in regards to this free account. Clicking on it brings me to a order form. Keep in mind the ‘free domain’ is $19.95 if you choose to leave them. But my post on awardspace.com will explore there free hosting service, and the lack of details in its offering. The only reason I am exploring this is because they appear on webhostingstuff.com’s top 25 list.
