For two reasons, Ananova does not recommend using shared web hosting to run an e-commerce store.
When you share the server with other websites, those sites can cause your pages to load slowly or even cause the entire server to crash. The second reason is that a shared server is a lot more susceptible to security problems, and running an online store that charges and possibly stores credit cards is unsafe.
The Dangers Of Using Shared Web Hosting For An Ecommerce Store:-
Performance Concerns:- If you are running an e-commerce store, you want it to be online nearly 100% of the time for both your customers and so search engines can find it. If you are down, it can cause users not to trust the site, and the obvious downside is that they can’t buy anything. Similarly, if search engines come across your store and it is down, that can cause problems for the search engine optimization you are doing.
Security Concerns:- In a shared hosting environment, you are more susceptible to security problems, which is a big problem when running an e-commerce store. Shared web hosts usually profit by volume and not quality; this might mean they don’t have time to ensure all their servers are fully secure. You don’t want to wake up one day and find out that another user on your shared server was reading your files, got your database password, and has all your store’s info and customer list.
I recommend getting a VPS or a dedicated server instead of sharing a server and its resources with many people.
By getting a VPS or dedicated server, you have complete control of your web hosting environment and can’t be affected by other people’s sites. Knowing that you have full control of a VPS or dedicated server and can tweak or upgrade any software it is running is also a nice bonus.
