Best (And Cheap) Hosting for 70k-100k visitors per month?

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Hey.


So I tried host gator and it... Keeps crashing when more than 20 people are viewing the site. I am on a budget so can somebody recommend good hosting please?
#70k100k #cheap #hosting #month #visitors
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Meaney
    You might want to look at VPS hosting or go straight to dedicated if your site is growing quickly.

    75k - 100k visitors a month is too many for shared hosting.

    I had to jump from shared when my site hit around 30,000 visitors a month, to a VPS.

    And then I needed to move again, to a dedicated server when it hit 250,000 - 500,000 visitors a month.

    A lot of this stuff really comes down to the resources you're using - shared hosting can't deliver the resources your site needs because it's spread across hundreds of other sites.

    If your site is run on Wordpress and you've got a bunch of plugins installed, then it's gonna need a fairly high amount of resources. If it's a static HTML site then it'll use a lot less.

    With VPS, you're still sharing resources with other sites but you're guaranteed a specific amount of RAM and a specific number of cores.

    Before you jump ship ask Hostgator what kind of resources your site is using, find out how much RAM you need and the number of cores. Most likely you won't need that much, just a guaranteed slice.
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    • Profile picture of the author megamind22
      Originally Posted by Michael Meaney View Post

      You might want to look at VPS hosting or go straight to dedicated if your site is growing quickly.

      75k - 100k visitors a month is too many for shared hosting.

      I had to jump from shared when my site hit around 30,000 visitors a month, to a VPS.

      And then I needed to move again, to a dedicated server when it hit 250,000 - 500,000 visitors a month.

      A lot of this stuff really comes down to the resources you're using - shared hosting can't deliver the resources your site needs because it's spread across hundreds of other sites.

      If your site is run on Wordpress and you've got a bunch of plugins installed, then it's gonna need a fairly high amount of resources. If it's a static HTML site then it'll use a lot less.

      With VPS, you're still sharing resources with other sites but you're guaranteed a specific amount of RAM and a specific number of cores.

      Before you jump ship ask Hostgator what kind of resources your site is using, find out how much RAM you need and the number of cores. Most likely you won't need that much, just a guaranteed slice.
      Well said Micahel cause the more traffic you get to your website the bigger your hosting plan so my fellow warriors rightfully said VPS hosting is the way to go buddy.
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  • Profile picture of the author clairelynn23
    I'd recommend VPS. Great service.
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  • Profile picture of the author ramtar
    Yes VPS will suit you better.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Heard awesome things about SiteGround. I am happy with Krystal, a UK company. With a basic package - about 15 USD a month depending on the currency exchange fluctuations - they did a fine job handling my guest posting blitz over the past month. Guest posted on a big time blog with 80,000 subscriber email list on Tuesday and no hiccups, slow down or down time.

    But with those numbers, looks like it may be a VPS thing.

    Which will not be cheap per se, but something you will need to invest in as your website grows.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Meaney
      Originally Posted by ryanbiddulph View Post

      Heard awesome things about SiteGround.
      I think it's good for most, but my friend was with them (dedicated server), his site gets millions of visitors a month and the server was struggling to cope.
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      • Profile picture of the author pawandave
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        Siteground is good, but once you grow more you need to move on
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  • Profile picture of the author PhilHardaker
    I am happy with Cloudways managed hosting. They are like a middleman, the site is actually hosted on Digital Ocean, and they manage it, and provide an interface for you to control it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Grazina
    I'd recommend you to use hosting services from hostround.com as their plans are full-featured and servers are solid and responsive around the clock.
    There is no downtime on their servers.
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  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    Siteground and Hostround also work great for you. You can also go with Dreamhost as well. Excellent hosting company.
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  • Profile picture of the author Grazina
    I'd draw your attention to services from hostingsource.com and a2hosting.com, these companies have resourceful plans and uptime is high. Support is active for 24 hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author softwaresuggest
    Some budget web hosts are as good as that VPS hosting deal you were looking at. Web business idea you have in mind doesn't need a dedicated hosting yet. You can host it on a shared hosting first and make the switch.
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  • Profile picture of the author softwaresuggest
    Connect2World is a great compromise between performance and price.
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  • Profile picture of the author talking
    The best cheap hosting providers are: hostingsource.com and hostround.com. Prices are low and servers are rock-solid.
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  • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
    the words 'good' and 'cheap' never belong in the same sentence unless that sentence is, as follows: "It is never a good thing to look for cheap services if you depend on them for the growth and security of your online business."

    If you approach things with a pauper's mindset, there's a good chance that you will end up a pauper.

    Just sayin' . . . . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter89
    If you only have static files I would recommend AWS Cloudfront because you only have to pay for the traffic. If you have dynamic content you need a server to run the server side code. This can be on shared host or a VPS. As you can see shared hosting has limitations. It can be still ok if you can generate static content and upload it to AWS so your shared host won't get any traffic.
    BTW: What do you use, wordpress?
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  • Profile picture of the author talking
    I'd recommend you use VPS deals from time-tested companies, I mean hostwinds.com and vpsfront.com, their servers are solid and prices are low.
    Support is active and helpful around the clock.
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  • Profile picture of the author Clickbank Lover
    Dang I have Host Gator I hope I don't have that problem, I don't even knowhow to see how manypeople see my site a month, I don't really care though I just want to see the money roll in on clickbank... I don't even know how I got my site started I can't even imagine switching hosting companies that sounds scary, you can't upgrade in HostGator to a more powerful plan or something? 500k visitors a month? Are you making millions or what?
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  • Profile picture of the author Clickbank Lover
    Wait, John Chow uses Host Gator and he gets over 250k visitors a month, probably way more than that... 20 visitors and it crashes? That doesn't sound right...
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