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With such a huge market of web hosts on the Internet you may be lead to believe that they all are basically the same. I would caution you to rethink this philosophy.

There are web hosts that offer huge amounts of disk space for a small monthly fee and there are web host that offer a very limited amount of disk space, bandwidth, email accounts for a more expensive price.

When searching for a web host there is more important factors to take into consideration.

When searching for a web host please look at the following factors:

What is there uptime guarantee.

May host offer a guarantee of uptime. Please inquire to determine if there are any discounts if they do not meet this guarantee because this is your business and if your website is not visible on the Internet you cannot sell your products or services. For instance, does your prospective web host offer a guarantee of discounts for each hour that your site is inaccessible from their servers or their network.

Ask for information regarding their network

On the Internet there are several interconnected networks. There are some networks that connect smaller networks to larger networks and some networks are top tier networks. It would be a good idea to ask your prospective host for their network diagram or documentation regarding there network backbone. A top-tier provider offers more reliable and faster connectivity while a host that connects via a 3rd party network may experience frequent network issues and reduced speed on there network. Always ask for network information before signing up as this will be one the differences in terms of a reliable and high performing website and a site will frequent interuptions

Remember that you will have potential customers and clients attempting to access your site worldwide which means you do not want a host on a network that is providing acceptable network uptime in one geographical location and having less than optimal uptime in another location.

Support

Support is a very important factor as well in your decision-making process. Please ask your prospective web host about their support package. Is there support 24/7, do they offer live chat? Is there a cost? At some point you may need support and it is really reassuring to know that your web host is there when you need them.

Above are a few issues to consider when selecting a web host. There are more factors to be considered but the factors above determine if your experience with a web host will be a pleasant one or one that can rivals a natural disaster.

Bueford Copeland has been managing Computer Networks and providing consulting services for the last 10 years. He is currently a Systems Administrator for 561Hosting. Please visit http://www.561hosting.com to learn about our web hosting packages.

If you are not new to eBay, you'll know that eBay asks to pay for publishing pictures in your listings except for the first one.

For example, it can cast you up to 2$ per listing if you want to publish 10 pictures. If you are still using eBay picture service and pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month in picture fees, you should seriously reconsider your strategy.

eBay doesn't promote this. Obviously, they want people to use this and pay for picture service, but they do allow to use third party hosted pictures.

How does this work? Very simple:

1)Upload pictures to 3d party server

2)Enter the link to that picture in your listing description.

That's it, no more eBay picture fees.You can insert as many pictures as you want for 100% Free.

Where and how do you upload pictures?

There are two choices to go with:
*Use a Free service such as imagehack.us or photobucket.com
With these sites, you can upload unlimited amount of pictures and use them directly to eBay listings.If you sell few things here and there for time to time, go for this option.

But if you are serious seller with loads of listings and strong business background, you should know this: Get what you pay for! In this situation you don't pay anything, so you shouldn't expect anything in return. These websites are for "everyday" people and other photo lovers, who like to share pictures over the net. Its not for businesses.By using these services, you are risking that one day your account will disappear with all of your pictures leaving all of your listings empty, and no one will help you, because you used consumer tools for business purposes.

Another risk - I have seen this many times on eBay. If your listing gets a loads of traffic, your pictures will disappear as these services block images taking too much bandwidth. With that said, these are only risks and you can always work them out for the best. But there is another side for these things as well.

By using free picture hosting services, you are losing security and also flexibility. You have no control over how those pictures are stored, deleted or moved on servers(ll cover exactly what that means later on).

*Use your own webspace
This is the option that most of the powersellers and simply "smart" sellers use. It cost just a few bucks per month, but you get full control and security of pictures you have used for your listings.

Here are just a few things you can achieve by using your own hosting space:

*You get Security and Flexibility including fully secured daily backups.

*Change pictures and layout in your listing without changing listing itself

*Run special promotions

*Test headlines

*Create seasoned greetings

*Change shipping information

*And much more!

As you can see possibilities are endless!

If you have more then 50 active listings, it could be a big hustle to make small changes.By using this system you can make changes to 50 or 1000 listings all at one time, all by uploading new image.

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Have you ever watched how many visitors does your auction have? Have you ever thought, why do they leave? What can you do, to make more profit, if you are not the only one who is selling that item? Visit http://proauctionlistings.blogspot.com/