GVO - reliable website hosting?

You on their shared or dedicated? We just transitioned to their dedicated hosting a month ago. The move didn't go very well, lots of stuff was missed by them. Not to mention that email outage a few weeks ago didn't sit well with me either. Right now everything seems to be OK, we're going to monitor the situation but will be quick to pull the trigger and move again if any more problems occur.

Their support, while quick to respond, is thus far quite unimpressive as well.

I am on their shared server. I have been having constant problems the last few weeks and I wonder if I should more. It's a hassle to think about though as I have quite a few sites with them now. Also I bought the Titanium package so there is a bit invested in that financially. Maybe I should see what their refund policy is.... I have also done some research on the net and they don't even feature in any reviews of hosting companies. Makes you wonder eh. I initially thought it would also be great from a mlm point of view too but if the service is not up to par there isn't much point is there. Got to have quality along with a good business plan.

OP - You didn't mention it, but just asking...did you submit any tickets for these issues? If so, what did support have to say?

I don't mean to pull up an old thread, but I am curious about the OPs question too.

So, really, how does GVO compare with their competitors? ex. Hostgator for one.

Only thing I could find: Web Hosting Talk - Search Results

Hi,

Things have improved a lot with GVO over the last year as a new support team was created (that actually know what they're doing and are on top of things). Also, the tools such as the integrated email marketing system make it stand out.

Hello, just me.

Thanks for posting your experience with the company.

As I am currently an affiliate for them, your information will help me re-consider my approach to promoting their offers.

btw: I was wondering, if you are familiar with Payoneer and their debit card? Because it is mainly for this reason why I joined GVO; to eventually get the card.

I've always wondered the quality of this for hosting. Hosting is such an important factor as downtime kills business. I'm with hostgator and am thrilled.

I also use hyperspin's downtime text notification service so I now exactly when there is an issue.. I'd prefer to be text if my sites arent loading rather than find out when a customer messages me 5 hours later.

I've been thinking about switching hosts and I've given serious thought to GVO.

GVO is the Best Hosting Company. I have several sites and have their Titanium account. Support is excellent. Best thing is try in the late evening to get best support. Use chat line from your back office whenever chat line is open. I am very happy in using their sevice. They are growing fast with new products and lots of tools for internet marketer so some time support is busy. Place a support ticket and they will contact you. You can also check the status for your support ticket in your account's back office.

I've been using hostgator for years and never had a problem. If you are running huge marketing campaigns and use tracking programs, you might consider a different company as they will not send traffic to your site if you exceed a certain traffic capacity.

Sign up with GVO is not a Good Deal. Their servers are always down. I quit them few Months ago.

I've been with GVO twice now since they started, and ready to leave again. THey've had some serious equipment issues apparently and that can happen to anyone - but support -which used to be amazingly great - is now dreadful. My sites have been up and down like a yo yo for the last couple of weeks and very slow - apparently due to DDOS attacks. But twice I have been on hold for live chat and then watched as MORE people were suddenly ahead of me on the chat line...and then I had to leave a message. Fine except that no one ever responds.

Yesterday - my support ticket tagged 'emergency' took 8 hrs for a response and then it was because I finally used the emergency pager system and the IT person sent it up the food chain to an 'executive'.

I admire Joel tremendously for what he has built - he is about as entrepreneurial as you can get!! But I am really tired of dealing with this side of things. The issue is that we have a lot of sites there and it is going to be pain to move everything.....

Mel

Thanks for all the info on GVO. I have a slow provider at this point and need someone that is fast. I have 15 web sites. Also need to be able to run scripts. I do have a host gator account, but can not run all the scripts, and they limited what you an do.
Any suggestions would be great.
Roger

None of my 4 websites were accessible yesterday and neither on August 1, 2013. I cannot even access gogvo dot com,except for only a brief 15 minute span. I have a well ranked traffic exchange on here and as soon as GVO is up and running I will migrate that and possibly 2 other sites to HostGator where I have 3 other PTC sites. I will downsize from a Titanium to a HostThenProfit for $9.95, instead of $44.95 . I'll keep the HostThenProfit for the EasyVideoProducer, Autoresponder and the other tools and the C channel IP address differentiation in my total of 100 sites.
I solve 95% of the technical support problems. I have worked with many brilliant Indian software engineers,Oracle DBAs and systems admins. None of them are at GVO.
They must hire from the Delhi slums which is great for the Delhi slums and I approve of that
but they are probably being paid that way too. I will not belabor all the hideous stupidity
they have made me go through. Let me give you one example: I need to send Admin/Support
emails to all members of my traffic exchange of which there are approximately 1120. So
after repeatedly being told that I need my email limit over 999 for one day they occasionally
stop the emails and say I am spamming. This has not happened lately but it has happened
many times after I have told them why I absolutely need to do this and they have agreed to
extending the limit.

OP, Thanks for starting this thread.

I almost signed up to transfer over from HostGator. What enticed me about GVO was their autoresponder, but it doesn't look like it's worth the hassle. I've been with HostGator for years with no problems, so I guess I'll stay where I am for right now.

Something else I realized was that I was getting a lot of spam in my Gmail account that was coming from GVO, so I was continually clicking the "report spam" button. I'm just wondering how long it will be before Gmail blocks their IP?

I was on their Platinum plan (appx $45 /mo for unlimited everything) from about the time they opened their doors. I never promoted the MLM side of it.

I was totally sold on their depiction of their data center, equipment, and connection speeds. I also liked the concept of unlimited everything. I also really loved their "for marketers BY marketers" attitude. They didn't come down hard on you just for pushing the envelope in your marketing efforts.

Over those 2 years, I created about a dozen sites on my GVO account and I while I never had any complaints, I never really knew just how bad the performance was.

I started getting frustrated, however, when I'd work in WordPress. It would take 15 to 30 seconds every time I saved a post or moved to a different place in the dashboard. My sites didn't seem terribly fast, either. But, again, I didn't really have anything to compare them to.

I also REALLY HATED the fact that, by default, they redirect not-found pages to THEIR sales page, rather than my home page or an error page that still looks like it's part of my site. Not cool.

After hearing other people complain about them, I started looking around and decided to give Kingfish85's hosting a try. It was less money for an impressive looking setup. It's not unlimited and doesn't include the autoresponder, conference room, and other stuff that GVO includes, but I wasn't really using those, anyway.

I've been with Kingfish85's hosting for a bit over 2 months, now, and I'm ECSTATIC. His team was able to transfer ALL my domains from GVO without a hitch and at no additional cost.

My sites are now fast. No more lag when moving around in WP. And, Kingfish85 has been absolutely a dream with technical support. And, he has a similar attitude about marketers. He knows your site is for making money and won't shut you down w/o notice just because you maybe went a bit too far with your marketing (though he'll certainly do what he needs to do to protect his servers if you're running something damaging or too resource-intensive). But, the point is, he'll work with you to get it sorted -- unlike some hosts who just shut you down.

I love how helpful he is on this forum without pimping his service.

So, if you're looking for an alternative to GVO, I give him my highest recommendation.

I don't know why anyone uses GVO. It's a minor player, a newbie host, with a spotty record (mixed reviews) from day one. The worst offense was spamming via email and on forums for months at one point, and several sites banned it. (Legit businesses DO NOT need to spam!) It's not even that good of a deal. It's as bad as EIG.

There are better hosts.
The above suggestion for Veerotech is a good one.

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Tried using their autoresponder. It says the broadcast is in queue, but it's already 20 minutes past it's send time.

Is it working as intended? I watched the Youtube demo so I'm positive I queued the broadcast properly.

Just wanted to give a brief update on my hosting decision.....

Finally, I have made the change and left GVO.....for all the reasons that I, Keith and others have posted about in this thread......if you are happy to pay for hosting with a company that has no qualms in using your websites as redirects to their MLM opportunity landing page.......if and whenever, you have a technical issue with one of your sites...then GVO may be for you...(and given my experience with them...I'd say that this is an almost certainty)

And if you don't mind your website going 'down' on a fairly regular basis and enjoy the randomness of never quite knowing whether it's functional or not...then GV0 would be a perfect choice.....

If, however, you are like the rest of us who just want to pay for hosting and have our websites available 24/7, without too much drama and without having our visitors think we are trying to pull a fast one on them with a 'bait and switch' to an MLM offer, then you'd be wise to look elsewhere.....

Based on Keith's feedback in this thread I have finally opted for Veerotech and so far very I am very pleased with their great support and help in moving my sites over quickly.

Whoever you finally chose to go with, don't underestimate the value in having a reliable service which leaves you free to spend time on the things that matter...i.e. building your business and not trying to fix the foundations all the time.....

I no longer use them. Like you I was not happy with the speed issues. There were also constant interruptions and down times as well. I don't like the interface either. Too complicated compared to other hosting services. There is only one reason to use them as a hosting service and that is if you are trying to make money through their program. Other than that, I would recommend going some place else.

I've been a client since like forever, but hate to say I don't recomend it.

Keep away from GVO.

From what I have read they are not a reliable hosting provider, they are famous just for affiliate thing