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Post May 19th, 2009, 8:00 am

Which is recommended?

I am to get a hosting account from a company, which seems to be good for me, but I got to know that another company is offering annual billing for very low cost making certain economy, as with the first I would have to pay about five dollars per month, while the other gives account for ten buck a year...

Will you choose annual billing, providing both companies are stable and experienced?
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Post May 19th, 2009, 8:00 am

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Post May 19th, 2009, 12:49 pm

Generally, when you 'pre-pay' the entire year, you are afforded either price breaks or some other incentive (such as additional help desk calls, bandwidth volumes, etc.).

I would pay the entire year. Course, I would pay for several years to more greatly enhance my ROI on a month to month basis.
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Post May 20th, 2009, 2:37 pm

The worst case scenario is there's something wrong and you need to stop hosting with them. Ask them how that works - do you get refunded for unused time? Regardless, the costs you're talking about are low enough, you're not going to lose much either way.
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Post May 21st, 2009, 11:26 am

I prefer monthly and I like to stay a month ahead.

Actually, I prefer annual billing for the reasons Daemonguy brought up, but monthly has worked better for me.
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Post May 21st, 2009, 7:07 pm

Daemonguy wrote:
Generally, when you 'pre-pay' the entire year, you are afforded either price breaks or some other incentive (such as additional help desk calls, bandwidth volumes, etc.).

I would pay the entire year. Course, I would pay for several years to more greatly enhance my ROI on a month to month basis.


I usually pay annually as well, and I've been quite happy with doing this. There are always price breaks, and then I don't have to think about payment for a year either.
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Post May 25th, 2009, 6:13 am

Annual is more stable. Make sure that host has no penalties for stopping membership, and go ahead. The good conditions billed yearly are offered by //removed, which I know from the own experience top be good.
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Post May 29th, 2009, 5:56 am

Sometimes annual billing can be more profitable then monthly. Like when companies offer lower price for twelve months at once, and companies which are making each month in average cheaper.
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Post May 31st, 2009, 3:35 am

Don't take more focus on the price,but the hosting's features.And the review of their customers.
Just choose the better one even its plan is not cheapest.
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Post June 4th, 2009, 6:10 am

Depends on what company are you going to use. It should be stable enough.
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Post June 10th, 2009, 6:21 am

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Depends on what company are you going to use. It should be stable enough.


I agree. For example, there is a company which is operating for several years and offers only annual billing - they should be considered as reliable and can be chosen. But if the company appeared yesterday and offers you to buy a plan for year or two - it would be better to avoid, however, not always.
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Post June 16th, 2009, 6:42 am

Thanks.. The topic is pretty helpful. Thanks mods for watching it!

I have made a concurrent research about annual billing and came to a the same conclusion, as it is stated by Unnamed - the company should be experienced, and knowing dayana host is, I think getting their annually billed account is a correct step.

Once more - Thanks everyone.
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Post June 21st, 2009, 8:38 am

The cost of hosting is so cheap that it doesn't really make sense to buy on a month to month plan for budget hosting anyway. Plus, you don't have to worry about any billing stuff, setup fees and it usually comes with added features.

Plus a lot of the hosting companies these days are going that route. I find it a lot easier.
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Post August 25th, 2009, 8:42 am

RANTIZED, U R RIGHT
BUT ALWAYS THERE R HOSTING SITES THAT MAKE BETTER OFFERS FOR LONGER DURATION
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Post August 25th, 2009, 8:48 am

It would be nice if hosting companies credited monthly plan holders with the difference once a year wouldn't it ?
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Post September 2nd, 2009, 5:59 am

As long as you plan on keeping the site for a while sign up for the year. If this is just a testing site go for the month membership.
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