5 Best Hosting Services for an Ecommerce

So you wanna start your own Ecommerce Online but don’t know where, how or what to do? No worries, here you’ll know what are the Top 5 Best Services for an Ecommerce, and most important, know how they work and what it is exactly what you need, because if you’re starting from Zero, you won’t need a huge Hardware that costs more than your house, no! Here I’ll set a service and specify what kind of Ecommerce this service will be better with, then you can look the service you want in the Internet, or get with Impreza Host ;D

It is the best choice for new commercial stores. With a service like this you won’t have the necessity to have great knowledge in servers, you can just focus on your ecommerce service like WooCommerce or Magento for example.

With most Linux Hosting hardwares, you can easily install and start using your preferred ecommerce script.

Remember that this is the simplest option, that is, it is suitable for those who have few products, few visits and need to start their project. In many cases, in the same plan you can have built-in emails and thus save a lot with Linux Hosting.

Hosting made especially for WordPress and Woocommerce, as it works depending on WordPress.

It usually has the same features as the Linux Hosting, with the difference that this type of service is focused on optimizing and bringing more security to your hosting environment.

And in some plans it supports a higher level of access and use of resources such as memory, processing and disk, an excellent option for stores that are starting out or that are already on Linux Hosting and need more processing resources.

Here you will initially need to have basic knowledge of Linux server management, as on VPS services, you will only get an OS installed and SSH access to the server. In other words, there is no panel, web servers or PHP installed, you will need to install everything manually.

If you don’t have the knowledge to install everything manually, you’ll need to hire someone who does or study it in depth. After all, your e-commerce site will be installed on it, and any error could be fatal for your project.

So if you are venturing out, I recommend always keeping external backups activated, and to help you can start by installing a free control panel, such as aaPanel, CyberPanel, etc… cPanel may be an option, but pay attention to license prices, Depending on your budget, it often may not be worth starting with something paid.

Regarding resources, many low-cost VPS servers are not recommended, only the operating system uses an average of 512MB of RAM, only WordPress or Magento require at least 128MB of memory, but to work well, 256MB is recommended.

Remember that you will need to run a web server such as Apache or Nginx at the same time.

In addition to the database, whether MySQL or MariaDB, the latter consume a lot of RAM. In short, any VPS server with less than 2GB of RAM and 2 CPUs will not be compatible with an ecommerce project, as you will have problems with lack of resources in the short term.

Always choose something with more than 4GB of RAM and at least 3CPUs to have satisfactory performance and often superior to the Linux or WordPress hosting mentioned above.

In this regard, I recommend that you read again about VPS servers, they have the same operation and recommendations, but with some additional features that, depending on your project, may be interesting.

The benefit of Cloud servers compared to VPS servers is being able to increase resources or decrease them without the need for many configurations. For example, when you’re in busy times, you can increase processing resources, and in low times you can reduce your cloud resources to save money.

Cloud servers typically bill you based on usage time, so you can easily create a cloud environment for just a few hours. For example, upload a simple sales page, and when the sales period ends, you can turn it off to avoid additional charges for its use.

But pay attention to the bandwidth limit of the Clouds servers, they usually have a high cost, especially if you are not expecting a very high peak of visits, and this in the end can hurt your wallet.

If you’ve come this far with your project, having already gone through VPS or Cloud, and your ecommerce still needs more resources, this is the right place for you.

Here on Dedicated Servers, you have the same benefits as a VPS, but with much more hardware. Always remember that you must use SSD or NVMe disks, always in RAID, so that you have a much higher reading and writing rate, bringing more reliability to your systems.

We recommend using dedicated servers if you have thousands of weekly accesses or if your system needs a lot of resources.

You can even divide the load by separating the database on other servers, or replicating your files on more than one server, once again bringing greater stability, trust and security to your application.

Also remember that having knowledge of Linux server management is essential.

Many people confuse cloud servers with dedicated servers (also called bare metal servers). The key difference is virtualization: cloud servers use technologies that enable multiple virtual servers to run on a single bare metal server, like VPS servers. When using baremetal (dedicated) servers, you are using the entire hardware, without virtualization, which means, it is as if you turned on a computer in your home and used it as a server. So be aware that memory can burn out, and you will need to open the computer and change it.

With a bare metal server, it’s similar; however, if you have three 16GB memory modules, you can replace one without turning off your system. In a cloud environment, the process works similarly, but you won’t know when the datacenter exchanges your server’s memory because it handles this without your consent. With a bare metal server, you need to authorize the exchange.

Anyway, there are many options here to start your ecommerce, from the beginning of the project, until when it is already consolidated, but the most important thing is that you always start at the bottom, little by little, so that you obtain your own knowledge or find companies and people to add to its development.

Many people try to start on VPS and Dedicated Servers, but unfortunately without basic knowledge, it’ll end up having their projects negatively affected by this. Always look for a good partner, from the data center to a good developer. We know the cost is higher, but the main thing in the story is your customer and their safety. May their data be safe, and yours too.

Remember, no matter which service you choose, keep your data backups up to date, make daily backups, and, if possible, store them in locations separate from where your website is hosted. This approach will protect your business in case of a disaster.

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