eCommerce hosting

This refers to any hosting solution tailored to those looking to launch an online store. Generally speaking, eCommerce hosting solutions offer your online business the hosting of their website along with the eCommerce platform they’ve chosen to build their store.

With this in mind, hosting plans are designed to support eCommerce functionality online stores need, like shopping cart software, payment gateways, order tracking, or SEO tools.

Choosing the right eCommerce hosting options allows you to utilize all the tools you need to find eCommerce success.

Different eCommerce web hosts will offer you different options and eCommerce features when it comes to hosting your store. You should make your final decision based on your needs, the price, and the reliability of the eCommerce hosting company.

That said, there are at least four elements you should look for, and which all the best eCommerce hosting services should offer.

1. Sufficient storage and bandwidth

   Online stores can be pretty large websites, with lots of images, videos, plugins, and other data-heavy elements. You should only consider hosting companies which offer you the room you need to build your dream store.

   You also need to consider scalability. You might only need a small amount of storage and bandwidth to begin with, but as your business grows, you need your eCommerce host to scale with you.

2. Uptime

   Uptime is a measure of how often your website is available. The higher your uptime, the more reliable your hosting provider is.

   Uptime is an important metric for eCommerce websites both because of the impact a positive uptime has on your search ranking, as well as how a low uptime can be detrimental to your user experience. Simply put, with a low uptime, your brand will be seen as less reliable.

   The best eCommerce hosting providers will be able to promise you up to 99.9% uptime, meaning that your website will almost never go down.

3. Security

   Your eCommerce website needs to be trustworthy and safe. With any luck, your customers will share sensitive data on your website like card details, names, and addresses.

   To protect sensitive data on your website, SSL certificates are crucial. These certificates, provided free for your websites by Hostinger, ensure that data is encrypted and safe from prying eyes.

   Your chosen eCommerce solution also needs protection from malware and malicious attacks. The best eCommerce hosting providers will offer this as part of their overall package.

4. 24/7 support

   As with any business, it’s wise to expect the unexpected when it comes to eCommerce. At any moment an unforeseen crash or malicious attack could put your site out of operation.

   That’s why it’s important to work exclusively with eCommerce hosting providers who are able to offer live support in your language, around the clock. Again, this is something that the best eCommerce hosting services will offer as standard.

This depends on the size of your eCommerce site.

For instance, VPS hosting is ideal for medium-sized eCommerce shops which don’t need too many resources, but do need room to grow and scale. Cloud hosting, on the other hand, is a more expensive hosting option, but is more reliable for businesses with multiple websites or large-scale eCommerce operations.

You’re better off choosing VPS if you’re a smaller to medium enterprise, since there is no need to waste money on cloud hosting unless your shop grows to that size.

It’s easy to switch if you do outgrow your current plan, though.

Hostinger is a web hosting platform and not an eCommerce platform in its own right. To build your store, you need to choose some eCommerce software on which you can create your store.

The good news is that Hostinger is compatible with the most of eCommerce platforms. Part of what makes us the best eCommerce hosting solution is that we offer the same reliable and secure hosting, whether you choose WooCommerce, PrestaShop, or any other self-hosted eCommerce software available through our Auto Installer.

It’s all about finding a reliable provider that offers the tools you need to create the store you want. Make sure you do your research and choose the right platform for your self-hosted online store.

If you’re still undecided about which eCommerce platform is right for you, check out our tutorial where we dive into the best eCommerce platforms and explain how to decide between them.

Yes. Hostinger’s best eCommerce hosting is specifically designed to protect your online store from all threats.

Firstly, we offer unlimited free SSL certificates with our web hosting plans. This means that each eCommerce website hosted with us will have its own, free SSL certificate. All your visitors' data and transactions on your online store are protected by encryption.

As a responsible eCommerce web host, we have dedicated resources to identify and address threats. Your store is also protected by DDoS attack prevention, and automated backups ensure your data is protected.

Decided that Hostinger is the best eCommerce hosting provider for you, but already have an online store hosted elsewhere? Don’t worry, you can still easily migrate your eCommerce business to Hostinger’s servers with the minimum of effort.

All you need to do is choose the Hostinger plan you prefer, request a free migration of as many websites as you need, and send us a few details from your current hosting provider.

That’s it.

We’ll handle the migration of your eCommerce site to our servers in no time.

For more information about migrating your web hosting to Hostinger, check out our dedicated website migration page.

This depends upon the kind of hosting you choose. Different eCommerce hosting plans offer different features, allow you to host different numbers of websites, and come with different tools to manage your website.

Your best option at Hostinger is likely our Cloud Hosting plans which start at {cloudEconomyPrice}/mo, allow for up to 300 websites, and come with free domains and SSL certificates.

The easiest way to find out how much it would cost in your case would be to choose the best eCommerce web hosting plan for your needs, then visit our pricing page to find our best deal for you.