Google recently announced that their Chrome browser will soon show websites without https with a Not Secure warning: Image credit: Cloudflare Regardless what type of website you’re operating, this will hurt the trust with your users. Personally, I predict by the year 2020, some web browsers will completely eliminate displaying websites that aren’t using SSL. […]
How To Migrate Your Website To NameHero
If you’ve ever moved your website to a new web host, you know how challenging this can be. Running Internet-based businesses for the last two decades, this has always been one of my least favorite things to do. At NameHero we try to make this as easy as possible as our team has experience moving […]
How To Start A Web Hosting Business In 2018
The web hosting industry has been a major target for Entrepreneurs over the last two decades as the Internet has exploded into a tool that people around the world carry around in their pockets (via their smartphones). This provides the opportunity to offer small businesses, individuals, and other organizations web space for their websites and […]
How Much ROI Can You Expect With Reseller Hosting?
Every business person wants to know what their return on their investment is going to be like. Some businesses take a substantial investment before they’re able to get off the ground. For example, a business selling clothes would have to first have the products manufactured, warehouse stocked with common sizes, and an ordering system put […]
NameHero vs. InMotion Hosting: Who Offers The Best Reseller Account?
While working in pre-sales we have a lot of prospective customers ask us what the difference is between Name Hero and a lot of our competitors. Last year, I did a pretty in-depth comparison against HostGator and have received a lot of positive feedback from it. Therefore, I’ve decided to start doing this more often […]
Why 2018 Is The Best Year To Start A Web Hosting Business
When I started NameHero in late 2014/early 2015 some people tried to tell me I “missed the boat” on the web hosting boom. I didn’t necessarily disagree with them, but I felt that there statement was only half-true. I missed the boat on the “initial” web hosting boom, but not completely. My Early Days Web […]
How To Fix The Error Establishing A Database Connection
If you use WordPress on your website it’s likely you’ve ran across the Error Establishing A Database Connection: This is one of those errors that can be extremely frustrating as it brings your entire website offline. Why You Get The Error Establishing A Database Connection First, it’s important as to why you’re seeing this error […]
Best Magento Web Hosting For 2018? Here’s How To Install Magento 2 In The Cloud
For those looking to sell products on their website, Magento is an excellent platform to do so. While they have a paid version, they also have a free and open source one that is extremely powerful to help you keep your data private on your own server and conduct your business as you best see […]
What The Web Hosting Industry Can Learn From The Collapse Of Toys”R”Us (Adapt Or Die)
For those that have followed me for sometime, it’s likely you’ve heard about A.D.P: Adapt, Develop, Progress This three letter acronym is what I’ve used to develop seven Internet-based businesses since 1998. I suppose you could even put this more bluntly: Adapt Or Die If we look at the web hosting industry specifically, there are thousands […]
How To Manage Subdomains Inside cPanel (Create, Delete, Add SSL)
The ease of setting up subdomains is one of the most powerful features of cPanel. With just a couple of clicks you can have a subdomain activated, with a fresh copy of WordPress, and even a valid SSL certificate. Recently we’ve had some questions on how to modify these, including deleting them, so I figured […]