Hosting.. which one

[QUOTE=James Fame;8336192]I might be biased, but I've been using Hostgator for years and absolutely love the uptime, the features and the customer support.

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Completely agree. I have the business package and love the 24/7 support...

I was just about to buy hosting with HostGator. But, after reading all their recent bad reviews (on this forum), for me they're out of the running.

I did extensive research a couple of years ago when I was looking for hosting and Bluehost came out tops for everything. In those two years they've never let me down. I have recently heard of some problems with Hostgator and one very large IM related site was offline for a couple of days due to problems with them.

I think the most important thing you want from a host is uptime and I've never heard of any problems with Bluehost regarding that.

That's my 2cents worth. But I still think you should do your own research. :-)

Blue Host is my favored one. Had hostgator before but had some unresolvable issues

Which details could be useful for you guys to help me pick the best?

As I'm reading hostgator was used to be the best but not anymore..

I vote Bluehost...I've been using them for years. They have great support and I've never had any issues.

wow they have great prices..

as I said I don't even know what should I look at to make a decision

The question I always ask is, how expensive would it be if it broke?

For a clothing line, I'd be looking at a managed private server. For that, I highly recommend ViaVerio. I've been with them (in various previous incarnations) since 1998. They're reasonably priced, at $200 to $300 a month for mid-range private machines.

The big thing for me is competent, readily accessible tech support. I don't need it often, but when I do, I want solid people. Verio has THE best tech support I've dealt with, ever, for a hosting company.

Note: I am not an affiliate. Just a very happy customer of some 15+ years.


Paul

Erm...I'm not sure how many "happy" customers they have right now.

I'll just leave this as a chance for mid-range hosts like MDDhost and Stablehost to shine. Their discounts on webhostingtalk allow you to get a year of decent shared hosting for like $50. That's very hard to beat in terms of value and performance.

I too have been using the HostGator for a while and now have all of my websites hosted under them. I have never had a problem when it comes to uptime or customer service. Only thing I dont like is that they dont give you a free domain like many other hosting services do.

why you think stable host is better? and btw i need django framework and stable host doesn't have python

I've had a dedicated server with HostGator for 4 years, and cannot fault them at all.

The problem with a thread like this is you can come away still confused with all the different opinions.

Hosting industry veteran here. I just wanted to quickly point out, that most of those that you mentioned are brands of the same company: The Endurance Brands | Endurance International

EIG's brands all had about a half-day-long outage last week, but usually they're fine for little affiliate sites that don't need perfect uptime or performance, especially if you're planning to push their law of averages on own of those wildly over-loaded "unlimited" servers. For that, they're all probably good enough, and the price is certainly right.

I do marketing consulting for hosting companies now, so I'm probably too biased to give you a recommendation that the mods will approve of, but if you have a site that's more mission-critical, I'd just look for a more mid-sized hosting shop and do your research on them. There are thousands of good options out there, especially with those running SSDs and creative web server / caching engine arrangements (which can do dramatically good things to your benchmarks).

I logged into a HG dedicated server today and yesterday. They're really, really slow. SSH and WHM are so bad that some modules timeout, and SSH closes mid-process. Again, really, really slow. Even my dedicated servers in Lithunia, half a world away, load faster.

Nothing is fixed there. That's the norm with Hostgator. You can do better.

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Surprisingly yes. I believe their pocket book was deeply in jeopardy. What ever hacks you, makes you stronger. I have been through somewhat similar scenarios. Eventually it all gets handled. I was lucky, because none of my sites are released yet on HG Servers.

But it would have shook the earth, had my sites experienced this "anomaly." During peak hours on a weekend as it occurred. Hackers have no sense of time or consideration for the machines they hurt, lol. So now for me, HG will at least remain until I find better priced and performance. (Dedicated Server).

I had some trouble dealing with Hostgator before because I used a different paypal account to purchase a package. Still, the CS where very kind to help me through. I'm all good using Hostgator for my websites now. I also think BlueHost is good.

By the way. Any ideas on what's the cheapest SEO hosting website?

I need some good package that's affordable.

Lunar Pages, Green Geeks or GVO.

If you look for a reliable hosting than I recommend you Bluehost.

I don't know boo about hosting companies yet since I'm a newbie, but so far I have heard/read good things about dreamhost, ipage, & greengeeks

I found Hostgator to be excellent, but unfortunately I did have a problem with them that was unresolved and I left. After moving all my sites they all worked perfectly.

However, my friend is still with them and would not move and when I first started with them the support was great.

Would I use them again? Yes probably
Would I recommend them? Yes

They have monthly rolling contracts so it is easy to move if you have a problem.

I have so been in your shoes! After a few more flops than I care to share....I LOVE Host9. Been with the father figure and the snapping lizzards....dont get me wrong they were good. But the support through Host9 is AWESOME! FREE, live online support at your fingers whenever you need someone to hold your hand. Multiple package options and monthly billing, not to mention a 45 day guarantee. Trust me, it's worth clicking the link below and seeing all they have to offer, or just hit them up to answer any questions. Congrats and good luck on your website!

No, Hostgator is not good anymore, (It hasn't been for many months now.)

Godaddy isn't very good, and for the reasons you yourself have stated. If the site gets any degree of decent traffic, it'll be throttled and slow. I saw some tests last week with a 25 concurrent viewership. Godaddy was the only host that froze up when it got to ~20 users at once. Terrible! (HG and the EIG brands went wacky, with 5-10s page loads.)

Good hosts like Site5 and Stablehost fared well in the tests. The load was consistently under 1S, even with 25+ concurrents. You'll likely be able to get quite a few more, meaning thousands of view per month without an issue.

Most advice here is unknowledgeable. Watch out who gives you advice.

Good luck!

I had big problems with Bluehost, so would never recommend them. I use Hostgator and have never had a problem. Great support phone and chat. Even zapped some malware without being asked. Bluehost want $45 a rip off because they didn't clear it.

Not anymore

There was once a time when they were the best. I used them for years without any issues at all. Live chat used to be very quick.

But now they are the total opposite. Live chat is mega slow and replies are much more basic.

I now rent my servers from 100tb.com - Its been much more challenging as 100tb servers don't come set up out of the box but it's the best move I could have made.

if you with hostgator then you really should start to consider moving before they get you frustrated.

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Thanks for your help!
I've read your thread about the best hosting/VPS.
for my business website expecting like 300 under user at the same time on my website should I buy which hosting plan from Site5?
for example the shared hosting plan called HOSTPRO
will do the trick?

Thanks again

What problems were you having with your sites?

JustHost = Bluehost = same company! = EIG = 50+ others = yuck
Don't "switch" to the same EIG company.

So that unfortunately does not tell us much. People on here will just pop up with their favorite hosting. In reality you need to tell us more about the "small commerce business."

Are you using a shopping cart? Which one? Magento? Prestashop? Opencart? Tomato Cart? Spree?
Or are you going the amateur route and using wordpress?
Are you checking out on site? Or are you just using PayPal web standard?
How many products will you have? 20 products, 200 products, 2000 products?
How many options?

All of these will let us give you targeted advice based on what you tell us. Are you using a dedicated cart, well cheap hosting won't do you any good. Are you using opencart? Well you need to make sure you have Mod-rewrite enabled for SEO friendly URL's. Do you want to have your own SSL or a shared SSL? You will need your own IP address, that is an extra cost.

I have hostgator shared and have noticed it getting much slower over the last few months. I am using Veerotech for my offline customers and have been pleased with the performance. Dedicated IP's are more expensive than other providers but good quality hosting (lightspeed servers, softaculous vs fantastico) means its worthwhile for me.

You also might be better off going for a hosted shopping cart where you don't have to worry about the hosting, SSL, Shipping API, it is all done for you at a reasonable monthly cost.

We have plans slightly lower than that but majorly lower and you are opening up a can of worms for inferior/crappy quality hosting.

There is not a magic formula to reduce hosting costs. Instead, the $1/month hosts will cram 2000 accounts per server to try get a decent revenue per server and your site will be left hanging day in, day out.

Avoid the myth/farce that is SEO hosting

this is not helping me

Goodbye Servint and Hostgator. Hello Veerotech!

I just finished moving all of my sites over to Veerotech based on your recommendation. I experienced fast, helpful support all day yesterday through the process and my sites were transferred very quickly. In fact, it was the easiest transfer I've ever experienced and I've had sites online since 1997!

Today, I'm up and running and boy do they load fast.

Hosgator and blue host are owned by the same company EIG , need something reliable you can try :

Rshosting.Com
Webhost US
Infrenion.com

I have to chime in about Hostgator going downhill. I was a long time customer and then they shut down my sites without warning a couple of years back. I was sad to leave because I worked in tech support for years and they had great tech support.

So I went with a VPS at Servint (came highly recommended) but it is slow and I'm constantly having problems with them so I tried to go back to Hostgator with a VPS about 2 months ago. After 2 weeks of screwing around with their now very slow support center (tickets - yuck) I gave up.

So, yes, Hostgator has changed and is not nearly as good as it used to be. I used to be able to send a simple email to support and get a rocket fast accurate answer. Now, I have to go to a ticket site, fill out a ticket and wait and wait and don't get helpful answers any longer.

So, now I'm looking to replace Servint and Hostgator! And, I'm not afraid to pay for good hosting. It's important. Going with cheap hosting is like putting diesel in a gas engine. You can start it and it will run, but you'll know the difference for sure and so will your customers. It just makes you look bad.

I would never use my domian registrar for hosting and a lot on here would agree

You may use hosting service from onlinecares.com.
Their plans are able to meet the needs of any webmaster and prices are not high.
They offer a trial period as well.

i love Digitalocean too much more stable and faster.