ipage.com/hosting????????

I don't think I've heard of ipage. I use Hostgator, and I'm one of those people who thinks it's one of the best out there. Their customer support is great and their uptime is excellent.

iPage is a brand of EIG - which I'd recommend staying away from. They own pretty much 95% of the "unlimited" web hosts and operate under different brands.

What are your requirements & what types of sites are you looking to host?

I have seen lot of reviews with negative ratings for iPage. If your planning to host a Wordpress site, I don't recommend going for iPage. Bluehost or Hostgator are the best.

I use ipage and have to say I regret it!

iPage and Hostgator are both owned by the same company.

Although iPage and HG are owned by the same company, I have to say I have seen a HUGE difference between the two when it comes to performance.

I was with iPage for over a year, and my WordPress sites were a pain to navigate. Then I switched to HG and immediately saw a dramatic speed increase all across the board (for all my sites.)

Yes, I use shared accounts as opposed to private ones, and both hosting services are owned by the same company. This means that the increase in speed could very well just be a coincidence. But I'm still glad I made the switch nevertheless.

Current list of known brands owned by EIG Include:

2slick
A Small Orange
AccountSupport
ApolloHosting
Berry Information Systems
BizLand
BlueDomino
Bluehost
Dollar2Host
Domain.com
DomainHost
Dot5Hosting
Dotster
EasyCGI
eHost
EntryHost
FastDomain
FatCow
FreeYellow
Glob@t
Homestead Technologies
HostCentric
HostClear
HostGator
HostMonster
Hostwithmenow
HostYourSite
HyperMart
IMOutdoors
Intuit Websites
iPage
iPower
iPowerWeb
JustHost
MyDomain
MyResellerHome
NetFirms
NetworksWebHosting
Nexx
PowWeb
PureHost
ReadyHosting
Saba-Pro
SEO Hosting
Southeast Web
Spry
StartLogic
SuperGreen Hosting
USANetHosting
VirtualAvenue
VPSLink
WebHost4Life
Webstrike Solutions
Xeran
YourWebHosting

ipage is great for newbies but I suggest getting a vps.

Ipage is Famous for Overselling the Servers, So, It is usual that the website uptime is very low and poor.

Well yeah they tend to overpack the shared server ipage offers.

I have found 1and1 to be okay been with them now for about 8 years not had any issues in the uk,

Also noticed they don't ever get mentioned in here is there a reason why?

iPage hosting is exceptionally bad.

By "bad", I mean slow.

Here is my 2cents on the issue it is cheap as dirt and they have wordpress auto installs. I am a customer it works just as good as Blue Host and it works much better than Host Gator since the migration. Is it going to be as good as VPS? No But then again for a total of $48 (sometimes $24 when they run a sale) which includes 2 years of web hosting and free domain name registration it is hard to beat. If your just getting started it is just what you need.

And why would you cancel it you pay for it upfront? Makes no sense to me.

Hi there,
You heard right. Host Gator rocks! Easy CPanel use. Even if you have never had hosting before, you won't have any trouble. Customer service is great, too.
Geri Richmond

It totally depends on your budget and most importantly what do you want to do with it. Best of luck mate!

I haven't heard of "ipage". Hostgator is good, along with Yahoo Webhosting. These and freehostia are the 3 i've worked with before.

Here's a link for anybody who wants to get a year of iPage hosting for $1. http://www.ipage.com/popups/265

I'd just hate to see anybody pay more than a dollar for this.

I picked some random ones from the EIG list that I posted earlier and added "/popups/265" and a bunch have the $1 / year...

I'm not gonna go through the whole list but here's a few more:

freeyellow.com/popups/265
globat.com/popups/265
purehost.com/popups/265


Looks like vps hosting for $1 too: VPSlink

I don`t use ipage, I use hostgator, use the best from the company if you want the best, my opinion

Hostgator is far away best from ipage for hosting services

I've been an iPage customer for several years. I have a business package (shared hosting) with them. iPage utilizes an odd cPanel for their backend admin that's not as functional as the one used by Hostgator and most other popular hosting companies.

They (iPage) offers a lot of good features and up-sells in services that are similar in value to Host Gator's. Customer service was always pretty good. I even have a sales rep assigned to me which contacts me by phone, skype, and email on occasion.

That being said, all of the websites that I've hosted with iPage have extremely slow load times. After many conversations with iPage and several migrations to different servers on their part, load speeds have only increased! I run a lot of my own software and scripts on the back end and this only seems to compound the problem (cpu power) further.

I had planned on not renewing my account with them this year and migrate the dozen or so domains/sites that I have on their servers to one of the other hosting companies that I employ but just haven't had the time. Hence, I got re-billed and stuck with them for another year (well over $100 a year).

The sites I currently have on iPage's servers are some of my old sites which still bring in some residual income through adsense and such. I haven't updated them in over a year or more, yet they still bring in enough to cover hosting, upkeep, with a little spare change left over, so this is not a big deal. They pay for themselves.

I would not recommend them for the sole reason that they have not been able to resolve the speed issues. Like I said, they have great customer service, and very little down time, but I don't think they have the hardware to handle my needs.

Media Temple

My primary business is hosted on a VPS from Media Temple. I can't say enough good things about them. If you are serious about making a full time living online, in a business that involves high volumes of traffic, a virtual private server is the only way to go.

Media Temple (in my humble opinion), is the best out there. It's expensive but more than pays for itself. They also offer great shared hosting packages as well. They cost more than most, but their benefits justify those costs by far. There's not enough room to discuss them here, so Google them and check them out for yourself. I make my living on the web, therefore I hire professional services to fulfill my business requirements. (Yes, I am biased towards them and also sell web hosting to my clients which I also host on Media Temple).

HostGator

I also have a business hosting package (shared hosting) with Hostgator that has served me quite well over the years. I generally build my new sites and host them on my Hostgator account for trial, testing, and tweaking. If they produce enough money and generate lots of traffic, I migrate them over to my VPS on Media Temple. With Medial Temple, my billing is incremental with my hosting needs (CPU power, memory, etc).

How did you get SSH access from iPage? Everything I've read about it seems to indicate that they don't offer SSH.