Best place to host 15 domains

[Techie Turtle]

I've been using ScarabWeb.com, Reseller - Nano Plan, $6/month, for about a year. I only host a handful of domains and I have been able to access my sites 100% of the time. Their support is friendly and quick too.

Having a reseller/WHM account to host multiple domains is NOT the same as a hosting account that let's you add-on domains.

[dave147]

most are going to recommend hostgator - I recommend them too

[packjack]

Ya I too have hosted many domains with hgator and till now have never faced any problem..

[TrafficWhizz]

I have used hostmonster for ages and absolutely love it. It also has a cpanel attached which make evrything so easy to use.

[Rhia]

I really like Host Nine and their support is excellent ... Unlimited bandwidth and domains for $9.99 a month. Plus they do DAILY backups of your site, unlike Host Gator which only does it once a week. So if your site gets hacked you better hope it was close to the backup day and they charge you $15 to bring your site back up ... Host Nine charges you nothing

Rhia

[Sam Rodrigo]

Hi,

Don't host with your domain registrar, even if it's free.

I am with WEBHOSTGIANT (Cheap Hosting, Budget Hosting Cheap Web Host - WebhostGIANT - Limited Time 50% OFF), which has multi-site hosting for around $5.00 per month. Just PM for a coupon code that makes it $3/the first quarter.

I am not an Affiliate. I just like to help an organization that provides excellent customer care.

Success,
Sam

[imburne]

I use gigapros which allows my dolphin/wordpress/joomla sites. No adult or warez though.. Customer support is A+++ I swear to you.. I have easily contacted them 50 times in the past year with building all the sites I have.. Tell them inkedhumans sent you
http://www.gigapros.com/members/aff.php?aff=002

[lilydab]

Just started using Hostgator and they have been very helpful.The 24hour support is great,it doesn"t matter where you are in the world you get the support and thats what matters..

[creative]

I recommend featherhost. Very affordable prices and reliable.

[GoldTrack]

Hi
I use justHosts - they were the only company I found absolutely zero negative reviews about - try typing in justhosts sucks into Google amongst other terms - when I tried it I could not find any negative press - I signed up and have had no problems with them.
Cheers
Will

[Jeff Henshaw]

If you're just looking for good cheap hosting with no ads, where you can host "unlimited" domains (as add-on domains), it doesn't get any cheaper than "free"....

www.000webhost.com

Elliott

I can't disagree with that and as you say, free and no advertising.

I have one account with them which I keep to ensure that nothing changes there, as I recommend them to clients who are new to the IM scene and have limited money to spend.

The one warning that I would give though, is that they log you out of your account frequently and without notice. If this happens when you are editing a file, even your index file, then the entire file is lost. So you must back up to your own drive or remote server frequently while you edit files with 000webhost.

Apart from this, they are a good start up hosting provider in my opinion.

Regards,
Jeff.

[Goatboy]

Okay, before I make a mistake in my host selection, I see that there is a difference between a host that offers unlimited domains and one that offers a reseller account. But I'm not understanding what that difference is.

So, what is the catch? When I see an ad for unlimited domains, what is the host actually selling me?

[mr.schutz]

I suggest you go for Hostagator, they offer good service.

[Techie Turtle]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

Okay, before I make a mistake in my host selection, I see that there is a difference between a host that offers unlimited domains and one that offers a reseller account. But I'm not understanding what that difference is.

So, what is the catch? When I see an ad for unlimited domains, what is the host actually selling me?

In a nutshell, having a shared hosting account with unlimited add-on domains lets you login to your hosting account with 1 username/password to administer all of your domains. With a reseller account, each domain is hosted under its own username/password.

Lets say you want to sell one of your domains: if you're on a shared hosting platform you'll have to transfer the domain to your buyer, edit dns settings for the new host, and waste a lot of time. In a reseller environment, you sell the domain name and offer "free" hosting for a year for $xx and then just give the buyer the username/password for that domain and you're done. Literally, I could transfer one of my domain names to you in about 20 seconds!

With a shared hosting account, if all your sites are running complicated scripts that are CPU and memory intensive (Joomla, Wordpress, etc) you can put a big strain on the server. If your host catches you, they can (at their leisure) suspend your account. If that happens you would lose access to ALL your domains because they're being hosted under 1 main account in a shared environment. If you're just hosting a handfull of sites and they all use static HTML you would stay under the radar.

In my opinion, host each domain under its OWN hosting account. Even if you have to host with 000webhost.com you at least can keep all of your domains seperated. Better yet, get a reseller account and be done with it.

[Goatboy]

Thanks, Travor. That makes a lot of sense. I've been wondering about the possibility of selling the domains later.

[Techie Turtle]

Okay, I don't know what I was thinking when I said this:

In a reseller environment, you sell the domain name and offer "free" hosting for a year for and then just give the buyer the username/password for that domain

Obviously you cannot offer "free" hosting for $xx! But, when you sell your domain name just tell the buyer you'll throw in a year of hosting, no charge.

[kenmorgan]

I use hostgator and can recommend their customer service. I always use the chat facility which is great for me being in another country.

[vistaland]

Host Gator is the best for the money.

[Goatboy]

Originally Posted by travor

Okay, I don't know what I was thinking when I said this:

Obviously you cannot offer "free" hosting for ! But, when you sell your domain name just tell the buyer you'll throw in a year of hosting, no charge.

I understood what you meant. It sounds like a nice "freebie" to induce a sale of the domain.

[Instructor]

I'd have to recommend HG as well. Very reliable and the CS is pretty good. Id stay away from GD as a host. Pretty good as a Domain registrar though.

[lnardi01]

I use hostmonster. It's reliable, has a great reputation and you can have a free domain registered as part of the hosting package. I have 18 domains with them and I think they are great. No pressure, no problems and when something doesn't work well ( always my fault) they help me work it out with their tech support. I think they are great and for $5.95 per month. How can you go wrong?

[Mubarak Waseem]

no, no, no!

go for www.hundredhosting.co.uk

It is run by a mate of mine, and the prices are unbeatable!

[red-dayton]

I use HostGator and have been very satisfied with the service and support but I also like Bluehost and have gotten very good feedback about them as well.

I see many different recommendations in this post but it does look like HostGator and Bluehost are the favorites.

I saw were someone suggested GoDaddy for hosting, I would just stick with them or NameCheap for domain registration only.

-Red

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by Droopy Dawg

Everyone swears by HostGator, but I use Bluehost. Buy once... host as many as you want. unlimited everything. good support, and they have the same cPanel as hostgator.

I have dedicated servers, but I know plenty of people who swear at Hostgator.

They are a good host, but if you start getting excessive traffic or use IM software from their extensive list, they separate you from the server and give you a week to find a new home.

I can understand that - it is to protect the people the service is mostly designed for - static HTML sites.

A VPS is by far the best solution if you don't need a full dedicated.

[Fairlinks]

I recommend Hostgator, no complaints, best service.

[patricialin]

Hostgator. I've hosted with them for the past 3 years and so far so gd. Their 24/7 live support is reliable too. I think that's an important aspect you might want to consider when it comes to choosing your web host.

[dnka]

I use Hostgator, Bluehost, Lunarpages and many other smaller hosts. If you have small sites, you can get cheaper deals.

[ripsnorta2]

Everyone has good suggestions and reports for their particular host (except for GoDaddy) but I wanted to ask a question.

The OP asked the best place to host 15 domains, but I was wondering about the practical limits of each webhost. Given that I'll be wanting to drive a great money making amount of traffic to each domain (lets say 2000 visits a day), if I use Hostgator (for example) how many sites will be practical?

According to the user agreement I can have a unlimited number of addon domains. But there has to be a technical limit.

[dnka]

Originally Posted by ripsnorta2

Everyone has good suggestions and reports for their particular host (except for GoDaddy) but I wanted to ask a question.

The OP asked the best place to host 15 domains, but I was wondering about the practical limits of each webhost. Given that I'll be wanting to drive a great money making amount of traffic to each domain (lets say 2000 visits a day), if I use Hostgator (for example) how many sites will be practical?

According to the user agreement I can have a unlimited number of addon domains. But there has to be a technical limit.

It depends on the design of your website. Hostgator allows unlimited domains, but they have restrictions on the number of inodes and CPU usage.

[roukarous]

You can consider slhost.com which offers a semi-dedicated VPS account for about $35 monthly.

They have great support.

[melanied]

I use Hostgator and I'm more than satisfied!

[abs007]

I have been with a few hosts. streamline.net and strato-- not good whatsoever. waited days for support and they have premium numbers for support with long waiting times.

I now use hostgator. they were recommended to me and I am very happy with them. 24hr online support and the advisers are educated in their fields. I think i have the baby crocodile package and can host unlimited domains and mysql databases. they have fantastico which makes it very easy to install many programmes.

the decision is yours and i dont have any complaints for hostgator whatsoever.

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by immick

I keep my dedicated servers at Liquidweb but I also have a whm reseller account with Hostacus.

Liquidweb are excellent.

I would suggest a VPS over shared hosting. Costs more but you get guaranteed resources and above all root access to Linux - I could not function effectively without command line access.

Also you will never get thrown off the service - like Hostgator seem prone to doing - if you use alot of resources or use scripts they do not approve of.

[Sensei.Design]

I'm hosting all my domains with name.com and I'm happy with them

[BeauJustin]

Bluehost has an outstanding reputation for providing great service. Plus they don't host porn, and are vocal about it. I'm just sayin...

Blessings,
Beau

[tommygadget]

If you want 15 unique IP addresses and lots of bandwidth, I would suggest hostexcellence.com for your hosting. I have two accounts with them, 30 unique IPs and my authority sites sit on them.

TomG.

PS - Oh, I guess I should also mention that I have a dedicated server with hostgator and 48 dedicated IPs with them

[ac3spad3s]

I have always used HostGator. I never run into any problems and their customer service is outstanding for the most part.

[Adrian Cooper]

Originally Posted by Steven W Johnson

Bah..THINK BIG!!

1. Prowl the Web Hosting Talk forum special offers and grab a WHM account ($5- $10 a month)

2. SHARE the costs with one or two warriors you JV with until you outgrow it.

3. Keep the shared WHM and BUY YOUR FIRST DEDI (handy for root-req goodies)

4. Set up VPS on it and spread access around your team.

5. When the team grows, BUY ANOTHER DEDI (make sure the Class C's are diff)

Note: the RIGHT NSP will offer you MULTIPLE Class C IP addys on the same dedi box..sometimes even MORE than two if they are big. these are worth their weight in gold if you get into advanced linking strategies

6. Don't overlook a buildout of MULTIPLE WHM accounts across MANY MANY class C IP addys - that way you can build dozens or even HUNDREDS of blog farms, article directory farms, wiki farms with your team, and have RADICALLY advanced linking strategies, distancing yourself from the Hostgator uh, herd.

Have FUN! Life's SHORT!

Some pretty good hosts:

Welcome to SoftLayer
Dedicated Servers | Managed Dedicated Servers | Web Hosting | VPS | Liquid Web
Dedicated Servers | Managed Dedicated Server Hosting

If you get overwhelmed, spend some time on webhostingtalk - awesome info and resources.

I like the way you think Steven

I always recommend a serious IM to skip shared hosting altogether and start with a VPS - which you can get for less than $50 per month, and then aspire to a fully dedicated.

I could not even think of hosting without full root shell access - in fact my business could not even function.

Your attitude towards these fundamentals can and will affect your results.

If you think small, or minimalistic, or cheapskate, your results will match.

Think big to be big.

Shared hosting is not for serious IM, and a VPS is not that much more unless you are planing to make less than $30 per month.

[HomeBizNizz]

Originally Posted by Jotterbox

I use Servage.net.
It's Australian

No, that is just a undercompany.

http://www.servage.net/page/contact_us/
Main company:
Servage GmbH
Neustadt 16
D-24939 Flensburg
Germany

[Mustafa Khundmiri]

Namecheap.com has worked great for me ... They've got a very user friendly interface and you don't have a lot of other stuff dumped in. Really easy to manage multiple domains.

[brilliant]

I used Bluehost for the last 2 years and they are great.

[morry]

I don't think you can go wrong with Hostgator. I've used them for years and can't fault them. But really, there are loads of good ones. Stop umming and ahhing about which one to use.

Just pick one (there have been plenty of good ones mentioned) and spend your time figuring out how to make the cash instead

Sean

[Hellas]

I am very satisfied with catsnine.com resellers accounts.

[mikeyman120]

Hostgator - I have about 30 sites with them for years and never had a problem. They take paypal also.

Mike

[Hyaku_Man]

Like many people here I have hostgator shared, and it's very good for the basic stuff. The service ticket system is really good, they always get back to me quickly.

When you get into some more serious stuff, using cronjobs to do automated functions etc. then shared hosting starts to be a limitation. But for basic hosting it does everything. I've got a good 30 domains on there. And the cpanel is easy to work with.

[Kat Fuschillo]

Yep, I always use Hostgator too.
It's cheap, easy to use, and they're very reliable and helpful.