A typical question:
I have created a website for an organization. (one that raises awareness about fire saftey for children) but I am having trouble finding a good affordable web host. Does anyone have any suggestions? (i’m looking for something that will let me upload a site or use only custom html that doesn’t cost a ton.)
Answer: It is not your fault you are confused. Finding a web host should not be so complicated. Web hosting is one of the most important part of your web presence and can mean the life or death to your business.
To answer your query, here are 7 qualities to look for in a good web hosting. An excellent hosting:
- does not suspend accounts easily like other cheap hosting,
- gives unlimited storage,
- offers unlimited bandwidth,
- gives multiple add-on domains,
- has friendly Site Builder with thousands of unique templates,
- has QuickInstall to quickly install apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, OSCommerce, ZenCart and more
- can be easily upgraded to VPS or one of the best dedicated server plans if and when your business require.
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Hostgator Complaints
No web hosting service is perfect. Some complaints about Hostgator plans include:
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- You need to pay full price after your first invoice – well, they need to make money too and all the support and great service do come with a cost. It is like they say, you get what you pay for.
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Vvarden says
I wouldn’t recommend cheap web hostings. I have tried so many web hostings in the past 10 years.
From my experience, I noticed that most cheap web hostings do not last long, and most of them will even kick you out / suspend you for using too much bandwidth or exceeding their cpu usage limits.
Right now I’m using iPage.com, they haven’t failed me so far in terms of great support and almost 99% uptime. It’s cheap in your first year or so and then you’ll have to pay the regular price they have currently. I have about 5 sites hosted with them in one account and it’s going very well. This is my second year with them by the way.
You can do almost anything you want. You can even edit your Php.ini file with them and edit the limits in it. So yes, you can upload your custom html files. Oh and their control panel is very easy to use as well.
This is their site: http://www.iPage.com – Check it out to see their prices and specifications.
Cheers!
PoisonMondo says
There’s a hosting service called x90x which has $10 a year hosting with unlimited bandwidth, storage, emails, MySQL. It’s a good place to start.
Muhkwa DotCOM says
I can host your website for free if you want, if you have a domain, just send me a message, or you can pay a host, up to you. 🙂
i dont want to provide a link here because i get in trouble lol.
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Technik says
@Muhkwa DotCOM You get in trouble for a link? Hmm that only happens if it’s a scam or a violation of the yahoo answers terms….not just for leaving a link.
Personally, I recommend SiteServing. They have been my host of choose for a while now.. and I’ve tried a ton. They have consistently been reliable and have great prices (I have my website on a VPS). You may only be looking for shared, and in that case….it will be super affordable…like a couple of dollars a month. They have great support too…should you run into any problems with your site.
And..of course you can upload a site and use your own html…
Hope this helps!
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Juan Camilo says
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