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Web hosts aren’t going to advertise
fact that they oversell. It’s not something that will gain them customers and it’s likely to drive away a few. In general however, they’re likely to get away with it without any real problems. The reason
idea even exists is that it is true that
majority of websites don’t use all of
space that’s allocated to them. The problem is that it’s not a particularly honest way of dealing with clients. It’s a little like
‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ where
host is just hoping that no one notices
fact that a package is in fact a little nude.
Overselling will generally not be a problem unless a host gets too greedy and ends up selling much more than they could possibly provide for. On
other hand, it’s not even necessary as
host can usually make enough money to make ends meet without overselling. It will generally be quite difficult for you to find out whether or not a host oversells unless they specifically advertise it, or they’re well known for having problems due to excessive overselling. Just make sure you do some research and choose a reliable host, not necessarily
one that appears to offer ridiculous amounts of bandwidth or disk space for far too little money.

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