When you’re buying hosting for the first time you’ll see that there are plenty of different packages with different bandwidth allowances, but how much do you need? Well, it all depends on type of website you have, as well as the number of visitors.

Once you’re able to estimate the average page size of your website, you should multiply it by the monthly average number of visitors. You then get a fair idea on how the amount of usage you need, yet the more big files you have that people will be downloading, the more bandwidth you’ll need.

In simple terms it’s always better to have some room to grow, because you never know when your traffic may start to increase significantly. If you have a friend or a peer and you want a site similar to theirs, see how much bandwidth their using, because when you’re choosing your first hosting contract, you have to get it right. We recommend you choose bandwidth for a couple of moth san see how it goes, you can then make an informed decision when you’re choosing a longer contract.