Why There Is Free Hosting but No Free Offshore Hosting

Today if you don't exist on the internet, you don't exist at all. It is important to represent yourself and your business online.  A strong presence online gives your business a bigger chance to be successful.  That is why people have web pages. Websites need to be hosted on a server. Hosting on the server could be free or not free of charge. Paid hosting is "offshore hosting", and free is just hosting.

The major difference is the location of the server where the website is being hosted.  If a website owner and host server are at the same location, that would be free hosting, but if the website owner and host are in different locations, different countries, that is offshore hosting.

Hosting is a bit like finding the right apartment for you to live in. Imagine that you have no house and you wish to rent space. The server is the space where websites exist. So, if you wish to live for free in other people's apartments, you have to be prepared for some compromises. But, if you are willing to pay, depending on the amount of money you are ready to pay, you could expect some luxury. You will have a security door, with special locks, guards, big rooms, a nice neighborhood, a handyman at your service, etc. The same is for web hosting. A high-quality security system preventing spam, commercials, viruses, and all other unwanted visitors will be at your service. You will have a bigger space for all data connected to your web, experts 24/7, the latest technology in hosting business, multilingual support, best customer support, data privacy and protection, and anonymity.

Imagine how much it costs to have a facility to guard your data from hurricanes, how much are submarine cables for data connectivity, maintenance of all that, a team of high-quality experts, etc. 

Free hosting means that you allow the server owner to make money some other way.  They will earn money placing advertisements on your website or using free hosting as a marketing strategy. Space for your website will be limited, protection, server resources, etc.

Finally, the decision is only yours. Depending on what kind of business you run, and what kind of needs you have, you should decide whether you will pay for web hosting or not.