Let's review the main points of each option.
Free Web Hosting:
(+) It's free. No money for
space, bandwidth and domain name
(-) Your URL will contain the
mark of the free web hosting provider and thus would not reflect the identity
of your business. Changing providers might result in the loss of some or all
traffic to your online business
(-) Required advertising items
such as banners, frames etc have a detrimental effect on your content in terms
of accessibility and air, making very professional
(-) If you plan to use banner
exchange on your site read carefully the terms and conditions. Some free hosts
does not allow it
(-) You will probably have low
bandwidth then a paid host provides and space could also be restricted
(-) Features like PHP and MySQL
are rather rare for a free web hosting provider. Some do not offer FTP access
to your website
(-) It is common that free
hosting providers change their terms and conditions at some point in time.
Consider that no adds today could mean a banner or popup tomorrow. Such changes
could mean that the free hosting service is canceled and web hosting services
are offered paid. Right now, you either pay or you lose your website
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