I’m Asking You – Web Hosting Recommendation?

20 Responses to “I’m Asking You – Web Hosting Recommendation?”

1. bwb
   May 19th, 2007

   Might try our site to find reviews and so on, http://www.webhostingunleashed.com

2. Molly
   May 19th, 2007

   I use Textdrive. They started up a few years ago. You can host 5 domains for $99 a year. The support community really feels like a community.. that’s a cool thing about them. Service has been solid, and they have everything you need to run WordPress.

   The thing I have been most impressed with has been the reduction in the amount of spam I get. They have some kick-ass server magic in place that keeps a lot of it out.

3. Andrew Flusche
   May 19th, 2007

   bwb,

   Thanks for the link. I’ll definitely check out your site.

   Andrew

4. Andrew Flusche
   May 19th, 2007

   Hi Molly,

   Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll look into Textdrive. It could be a good solution for me. 🙂

   Thanks for commenting,
   Andrew

5. chris
   May 19th, 2007

   I’ve used Site5 and RailsPlayground and would recommend either for hosting, although RailsPlayground is a little more geared towards development.

6. Jake
   May 19th, 2007

   I personally have had good luck with 1&1.

7. Ponn Sabra
   May 19th, 2007

   Hey Andrew!

   I’ve been using Thirdsphere for 3 years now and while I looked at comparable webhosts in the past couple of months with my move to WP in March, I’m still stuck on Thirdsphere!

   Here are 2 reviews I did on my blog:
   full review. Talk about killer CS, Miguel the CEO responded to my review 🙂

   a review just on their automatic responder system.

   T answer your questions here in the comments:
   Yes, to all your above concerns.
   Massive space!

   As for cheap prices: I’ve found no comparable option to Thirdsphere being the ultimate e-commerce package:
   – webhost, unlimited domain/subdomains and email accounts
   – ultimate autoresponder system with unlimited campaigns
   – full-blown affiliate and affiliate marketing software
   – incredible testing & tracking software
   – and much, much more!

   All this for an affordable $24.95/month.

   As you know, I have a *huge* site, and Thirdsphere is prepared to help it get 10-times bigger.

   When a webhost owner asked me to highly consider her hosting service, she took a look at my acount, and she couldn’t even assure she could move everything, becuase I have so much. We ultimately agreed that Thirdsphere serves me *extremely* well as an internet marketer. Blogging is only one-aspect of my online business. Information products, affiliate marketing and managing, ezines, eCourses, etc. is much more. And comparable autoresponder programs costs as high as $119/month!

   Good luck on your decision.

   Feel free to ask me anything 🙂

8. Andrew Flusche
   May 19th, 2007

   You guys are great! Thanks for all the recommendations. The awesome thing is that I didn’t know about any of these options, until you suggested them. That means I definitely have lots more research and reading to do. But information is a great thing!

   Thanks again,
   Andrew

9. ben
   May 20th, 2007

   You might consider looking at Dreamhost. They meet most of your criteria, although they suffer somewhat on the customer service aspect of it. However, what I love about them is that it’s cheap, generally reliable, and that I can host unlimited domains on one account for less than $10/month. Bandwidth and disk limits are huge, so no worries there either.

10. Andrew Flusche
    May 20th, 2007

    Ben,

    Thanks a ton for the recommendation. I’ve definitely looked into Dreamhost a bit. I’ll check into it some more, now that you mention it.

    Take care,
    Andrew

11. Marina
    May 21st, 2007

    I’ve been with NetFronts for going on six years now. They have a really convenient “Webmaster” pricing plan that allows you to host multiple sites via one administrative interface for a lower price than to host each site under its own account. (Over the years I’ve grown from their basic Linux single account to their Linux Webmaster 20). They don’t require prepayment and don’t have a setup fee, but you get a discount for paying either three or twelve months in advance.

    Their phone/email customer support is truly fantastic and in six years I can’t recall experiencing an outage–I’m sure they go down from time to time, as all hosts do, but I know they’re prepared to fix any problems the second they come up.

    http://www.netfronts.com/

12. Andrew Flusche
    May 21st, 2007

    Hi Marina,

    Thanks for providing the information about NetFronts. I just checked into them. Unfortunately, I think $17.95/month for the webmaster plan is a bit high for my budget. Perhaps I’m being a tight-wad. 🙂

    Thanks for commenting,
    Andrew

13. investorblogger
    May 24th, 2007

    Andrew, I run InvestorBlogger on InvestorBlogger’s Referral Link @ Dreamhost. I actually like them.

    Large bandwidth, large space (much bigger than other hosts, so great for photographs, etc). unlimited domains, too. I only pay $7.95 a month as prepaid for 2 years. Suits me well. Been with them nearly 3 years.

    If you’re interested, I could provide a coupon to get a first year discount of that, though there are plenty of dreamhost coupons on the net.

14. Andrew Flusche
    May 25th, 2007

    Hi Kenneth,

    I’ve definitely looked into Dreamhost. My only beef is that the best rate requires 2-years prepaid. I’m curious what kind-of coupon you might have, though. I’m just reluctant to invest that much money in a company that I have no personal experience with.

    Thanks,
    Andrew

15. investorblogger
    May 25th, 2007

    Actually, Andrew, I understand your hesitation!

    I didn’t sign up for a 2 year account at first. I signed up for a 1 year and upgraded my pricing later on, when I better understood what I was dealing with. Actually, I chose the 3rd plan, when I upgraded, but I had to start cutting costs last summer for other reasons.

    Coupons… Well, you can find coupons that reduce your costs to very little.
    for example: if you pay for a year rate: about $120, then a promo of max discount would get you 97 off, leaving about $23 left for 12 months hosting. Not too shabby, eh?

    There are websites that market such deals! My own discount would not be so generous, but then I’d be happy to provide after sales care as much as I can.

    Best Wishes
    Kenneth

16. Andrew Flusche
    May 25th, 2007

    Hi Kenneth,

    I really appreciate the further information. I see that there’s also a 97-day money back guarantee. That gives me a little more assurance that I can get out if things don’t work for me.

    I think I’ll contact you off-blog, to see what discount you could offer.

    Andrew

17. Adas
    January 8th, 2008

    godaddy.com has some good domain & hosting rates. Reviews anybody?

18. WordPress Made Easy
    July 10th, 2008

    I may be a little late for this, but I’ve used and reviewed a bunch of different webhosts. Here’s a link to my reviews.

    http://www.pressedbyambie.com/.....endations/

    I’m constantly adding more as I test them. Any hosts you want me to test? Leave me a comment and I’ll add it to my queue.

    Adas, my blog is currently running on Godaddy’s server and so far I’d have to say it’s good. Not much to complain about yet. 3 more months for the godaddy test. I’ll post an update when the time comes.

19. Toto web hosting
    July 11th, 2008

    you may want to try with totonet at http://www.totoidc.com/en/

20. Jesse
    June 12th, 2009

    for amazing support, uptime, cheap prices, I can only recommend Chime Host. So far i haven’t seen any other host offer such a low price.

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