Col T

A bit of help please. As a newbie, I have heard from some sources that I need a reseller account, but then from others I only need a "Baby" account. Which one do I need ? or is there a different account for different reasons?
Reply by PM or post is fine.

Tuhin

Hi Col T,
I,ve been using JustHost for long time. I am quite happy with their service. It provides cpanel, unlimited domain, unlimited webspace & email. You can try it.

SteveJohnson

It depends on your plans and requirements. If you're just going to be creating sites for you, and you don't need a control panel for each domain, a baby account (at Hostgator ) will work just fine.

If you need more control over each domain's hosting, or you plan on reselling hosting services to recoup some of your costs, you'll obviously need the reseller plan.

If you don't have solid plans yet, and you just need to get something up, go with a Baby. You can always upgrade later.

mikeb209

I've been with Bluehost for 3 years now and they are one of the best in the biz. You'll find them on any top ten list with great reviews.

You can't go wrong with them plus you get a free domain name when you sign up.

You don't need a reseller account unless you plan on reselling hosting.

Nick Sammut

I love hostgator,but I know bluehost are awesome as well

digitaldna

i highly recommend hostgator because they are simply amazing and very easy to use and their instant chat really kicks ass!

BudgetSEO

Are those referral links boys?

Get a shared account which allows unlimited sites (Hostgator as pointed out)
Being a reseller would mean you could sell hosting accounts under your own name, which i don't think you aim to do?
Hope it helps,
-B

rondo

A reseller account allows you to have a separate control panel for each site.
In a shared account all sites share one control panel.

I prefer to use reseller accounts for my sites.

Andrew

iaroca

I think godaddy is the best. Very reliable, and great customer service. Ive used them for years
web graphics: petalstudio.com

JohnCalvinII

I use a reseller account for 2 reasons:

1. I sell hosting to a few of my friends and clients, which recovers the expense, meaning I basically get free hosting
2. I prefer having separate control panels for each individual site.

If you aren't planning on doing #1 and don't need #2, then just go with the "Baby" plan. As was said, you can always upgrade laterl

And just ignore those guys that didn't answer your question but are trying talk you into somebody other than Hostgator. They just want to make a commission off you.

ValWu

I use Hostgator.

With baby plan you can still have a lot of websites, unlimited hosted on that account.

Reseller plan is for example, one day you decide to sell one of your sites to somebody else, they would need their own control panel to manage the site.

richgrad

Go for Hostgator baby plan
Use a coupon

Col T

Thanks John, I got that. To all, many thanks for the quick response and the expertise. Problem solved.

Col

subhub-mark

For the best in uptime and support I'd personally recommend LiquidWeb by a country mile.

Great for small to medium websites.

JimmyD

I've used DreamHost for many, many years. I get unlimited bandwidth, disk space, domain hosting (all in their own space not sub or add on domains), in fact it's like a reseller account, all for under $120 a year. It's worth noting though: they don't use cPanel, they have their own user interface which I prefer and find more user friendly than cPanel.

MMMConsulting

I am having a similar issue too, I am having 10 adsense microniche sites created, and need hosting for these, the issue being, I do not want to buy 10 hosting accounts for each one, but would prefer to have them all in one hosting account, this way all of the microniche sites are together, and I can save alot more on hosting too, what type of hosting do I need to make this happen, I do not want sub domains, but actual domains for each of these sites, but it doesnt bother me if I dont have cpanel for them all really, as long as they are all online and getting ranked. Let me know please.

stephenjparkin

I think Hostgator is the best all round and they are used to Internet Marketers volumes.

TheTroglodyte

Go with hostgator and if you are trying to do SEO get their reseller account so you have a unique IP address

MMMConsulting

A Reseller account if I only want to do SEO?

I want to be able to build links to each one from one or 2 hosting accounts max, will have 50 sites going up soon on 1 hosting, will this cause issues with ranking?

SEOGlobal

Hostgator is simply one of the best if not the best web hosting companies in the world. The best part about it is that they offer huge discounts on their unlimited web hosting plans.

Just use a coupon code to save more money. The answer is within you.

OrganicSeoGuru

It all depends on your needs like everyone states, but it also depends on the project,
hostgator is fine for all your basic needs, as are countless others.

But if you need a little more or everything, I have never been disappointed with rackspace for my more serious properties (running online apps, communities and with traffic in 1,000,000 plus per month on average)

alliance

Hostgator Baby account works for me. Excellent customer service and good price.

dotlinkmedia

I using baby, and strong enough to accommodate all of my sites.

LorrieJean

I like Fatcow Hosting it's cheap and Green~ You can use the little Powered by Wind Energy logo's and Green Friendly web logo's this is great for my Niche's~ (I embed my affiliate links in them btw) I switched in November and I have started transitioning from GoDaddy to them. So far I'm very, very happy with them. Yet, now that I read this thread I'm going to look into HostGator just to see what the have to offer.

Does anyone here know the name of the domain company that has free private registration for Domains?

William Prawira

If you are starting out,

both hostgator and bluehost are my fav.

Probably you won't be needing this, but I want to share perhaps someone else need it.

Blue host :
1 price only US$ 9.95/month (it's on 30% discount now for 6.95)
unlimited domain hosting
unlimited Hosting space
unlimited bandwidth / file transfer
unlimited email accounts
Free domain
Free site builder

What they don't tell you
750 mail / hour limit - You'll be expecting this, the higher the better if you are considering to install your own autoresponder script
20 max process at the same time

The nearest offer hostgator has with the one bluehost is offering, is : Baby Plan
Regular price $9.95/month (promo : you can get US$9.94 off or you can get 25% off the price) - Be carefull if you are using 25% off option, DO NOT pay monthly... as you will only get 25% off for the first month and pay a full price for the following month. I Did This, and now I have to bear with the full price hosting. At least choose the 1 year plan.

unlimited domain hosting
unlimited Hosting space
unlimited bandwidth / file transfer
unlimited email accounts
Free domain
Free site builder

What they don't tell you
500 mail / hour limit
25 max process at the same time

Just my 2 cents

William Prawira

you might want to try namecheap.com
free for the first year. and only USD2 for the following year if I'm not mistaken

michaelmac

Hostgator all the way! Excellent on site resources and second to none support.

Regarding wp0102's post above and Bluehost; another excellent provider but you pay 12 months up front for your hosting whereas HG is monthly.

Good luck,

Michael

William Prawira

I pay monthly alright

but the hostgator people tells me that the coupons ( $9.94 off or 25% off ) only works for 1st payment. So if you pay monthly, and you are using 25% off coupon, then, you'll be expecting an invoice of a regular price for the 2nd month and the recurring months after that.

LorrieJean

Thanks for starting this thread Col T - and Thanks Wp0102 For responding to my Question.

I am definanlty swiching to a reseller account looks like the winner is Hostgator. I have Godaddy shared and fatcow now. Anyone have any experience with hostclear? They are cheaper and they have an unlimited plan unlike Hostgator for resellers. But, Hostgator is green and that's huge plus for me. So they are winning right now. They were also great answering my questions today.

michaelmac

Strange...last time i looked at them they were looking for a years hosting fees in advance; and this ensured you paid the lowest monthly rate...alright

William Prawira

You are welcome. I haven't tried hostclear yet. But today, I contacted their live support, just to find out something odd about their live chat support. Check your pm, I'll be sending out my findings about this hostclear.

You get it wrong mate, what I mean is that if you choose to host with hostgator anually, It also requires you to pay advance for the hosting fee.

What I did was, I unknowingly choosed to pay monthly, and now I only get a discount for the first month, and I have to pay full price on the next months to come.