There are so many hosting companies! Which one?
For this decision I had help. My IT colleague took over the task.
The website technical requirements defined CANDOO. Linux Operating system, Appache web server , PHP compatibility, Magento know how, MySQL version and server hosting setup where on the list.
To these points we added, storage space, support, SLA, backup type, monthly traffic, monitoring ....
Once again put everything in an Excelsheet including costs (need to split here if dedicated server yes or no), analyzed and from 3 names in the shortlist we had finally our Hosting company. Not quite so cheap as we thought at the beginning, but that's it.
It was the wrong decision. During the testphase it was clear for everybody, the site is to slow, we can not go live. A KO criterium didn't pass. Shocked, we moved the golive date and looked for a new server. Now it's working. And not bad.
ToDo's:
- find the best hosting company for the shop
- start early to look for the hosting, it takes longer than you think
- make tests befor you sign the contract with the hosting company
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