Best hosting service provider

by debbychisha

Posted: 13 years ago 42 replies

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I'm searching for a reliable hosting service provider and costing should not be high! Can you please tell me what are the key factors I need to consider before going for the best one.....you know at present there are so many and no one will say they're bad!

In such situation it's really difficult for me to select the good one.

#hosting #provider #service

Danielm 13 years ago

I know a ton of people on here suggest hostgator.com.

Outside of reliability, years in business, etc, you need to make sure the host has what you need to develop your sites. If you need templates, make sure they have what you want, if you need certain software for applications you use, make sure they have it, etc.
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tdm60 13 years ago

Hello Debbychisha;
Danielm was correct but did not actually recommend hostgator, but I am. Stay with one of the best as most people here will advices.All host do basically the same thing now days but reliability is the key here. Hostgator offers what you need. Good Luck
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Dr Dan 13 years ago

You can find many threads on this topic. But I only recommend Hostgator. Great support, easy to use, and dont try to upsell you every time you log-in like many other services.
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- Helena33 13 years ago
  
  Hostgator has been most reliable. Besides not having had any problems with them, customer service has been great.
  
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JezH 13 years ago

My recommendation is also Hostgator.

I switched to them just over a year ago after having a series of problems with the previous hosting company.

Not only did Hostgator handle the transfer of my account to their servers, it went without a hitch and I was up and running again very quickly.

There have been a few occasions when I have had minor problems, which customer service sorted for me (one of them was my fault!)

When I had problems with the previous company, I had to wait 72 hours from submitting a support ticket before they would even respond!
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TheKeys 13 years ago

Not exactly why this is on offline marketing section.. but I would recommend Hostgator or 247-host.com
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Hugh 13 years ago

Am I the only guy here who loves Host4Profit???

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KZar 13 years ago

Interesting that no one has mentioned Bluehost. Is it because they don't do multiple accounts maybe? I'm looking to switch to Bluehost but have heard one report of slowly loading pages. Hard to believe that one bad note over all the recommendations here on the forum though.

How easy is it to sell a site hosted at Hostgator?
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debbychisha 13 years ago

Thanks a lot guys! Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! I'm really searching for a reliable hosting service provider where I don't need to pay high!
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- Chad Kimball 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by debbychisha
  
  Thanks a lot guys! Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! I'm really searching for a reliable hosting service provider where I don't need to pay high!
  
  are you saying hostgator costs too much?
  
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  Elboydny 13 years ago
  
  I have used several host company and I find the best of all to be Hostgator which I have been using for several years. I have never had a problem with it and technical support is also excellent if you need to talk to them.
  
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- micksss 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by debbychisha
  
  Thanks a lot guys! Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! I'm really searching for a reliable hosting service provider where I don't need to pay high!
  
  If HostGator is too high of a price for you then check out BlueHost or WebHostingHub.
  
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alistair 13 years ago

I use Bluehost. Never had a problem. Don't know what their support is like to be honest as I've never had to use it and I can't comment on other hosting services but Bluehost is good for me.
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SerenitySerenity 13 years ago

if your working on an e commerce site . then godaddy. but if its a free blog post site the host gator is very cheap
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simonbuzz Banned 13 years ago

I will recommend Hostgator.com
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thehypnoguy 13 years ago

I also recommend Hostgator.com and that is without an affiliate id embedded in my recommendation

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SubUrbanHype 13 years ago

Hostgator has the best price. I like Media Temple, but it costs a bit more (like $20 a month).
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Kate Campbell 13 years ago

iPage costs about $50 per years so it's cheaper and similar to hostgator. You can try it.
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- cossie 12 years ago
  
  hi kate i took your advice and i am giving ipage a try and so fare it has been fantastic i have had to have a bit of a training lesson because they dont have a cpanel of such and it is laid out a bit different to what i am use to but they have tonns and tonns of features i think i am going top be a long stayer of i page i compaired hostgator and ipage and there is i big difference on pricwe and functions but i took the 3 for $100 thats only $30.00 per year and the support is great you carnt go wrong but when the 3 years are up ill be paying the difference, i was with justhost but there billing went up after the 2 years finished up as well to nearly $300 for the year so i shopped around and this is a fantastic deal.thanks for the tip.
  
  Originally Posted by Kate Campbell
  
  iPage costs about $50 per years so it's cheaper and similar to hostgator. You can try it.
  
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monsur 13 years ago

I recommend Hostgator,then hostthename owned by a warrior
HTN is cheaper
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mejohn1 13 years ago

hostgator is the best of all
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storge 13 years ago

I have discovered a gem in StableHost!
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RentItNow 13 years ago

Was with justhost but went thru a nightmare with them when they changed hands. Went to hostgator and never had an issue since.
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- scarab 13 years ago
  
  I have been with Hostgator from the start. I would never consider anyone else for hosting services. Their service is 'Primo'. If you really look around they do have the most features, you will never outgrow their packages and I have a very good feeling 75% of the companies offering low cost hosting are reselling HG. Go to the source.
  
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DH5 13 years ago

Big fan of hostgator.
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Retziki 13 years ago

Very satisfied with hostgator
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- Tim Brendel 13 years ago
  
  I have been using hostgator for years but in the last 6 months or so I noticed that all of my websites started running incredibly slow. I talked to support and they told me that the shared server I was on had its Apache web services being attacked by a hacker so they moved me to another server. Then that one started to get slower and slower and they moved me to another one again.
  
  It is my opinion that hostgator is growing too fast and are out-growing their data centers & perhaps cannot keep up with the demand so their servers that provide shared hosting are being pushed to their max which causes slowness. Thus the moving around to new servers. I therefore now recommend Blue Host or Dream Host.
  
  If you want dirt cheap hosting and month to month payments I would go with GoDaddy. Their control panel sucks (compared to Cpanel) but their support is top-notch and you can get basic hosting for like $3 a month with a coupon. Here are some GoDaddy coupons that are updated daily: GoDaddy Promo Codes - GoDaddy Coupons, Coupon Codes, and discount codes
  
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  DWolfe 13 years ago
  
  I use Hostgator, Started off with the Hatchling plan, Moved a site off Homestead to Hostgator due to lack of support.
  
  Contacted Hostgator support for an upgrade. less than one hour, was upgraded to the Baby Plan. So far no complaints. Did not care for GoDaddy, they try and sell you everything.
  
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  kiwichamp 13 years ago
  
  i use Hostgator and always impressed with the speed of their customer support (when needed which is rare).
  
  They are online chat 24/7 and usually the wait is less than 5 mins and your problem is solved within a total of 10mins (they always have a good team of reps online at one time)
  
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bluesteele 13 years ago

I'll tell you the worst one: 1and1.com - Good cpanel, but if you ever need support you are screwed. Just garbbaageee!
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irraw12 13 years ago

The best is trying just 1 dollar at 1usdhosting.com is very good hosting.
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try_hard_samurai 13 years ago

HostGator FTW! BlueHost is pretty good as well.
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kamaxi 12 years ago

I would like to tell about the best Hosting provider then i want tell some factor which are essential during choosing your web hosting provider. Generally there is a common problem of server down and this is the major problem you face then you should ask about it first and then there is more problem of slow speed then you should talk about the same then you should choose your hosting provider.
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alle3 12 years ago

hi there.. you can try http: //limpohost.info/cart.php there are not the best but it's cheap and stable since the price only $1/month i think it's worth to try out.
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sunidhameto 12 years ago

Bluehost is best hosting company
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OO 12 years ago

There are many including hostless and seohost which are both reputable and good.
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athanne 12 years ago

The key factors to be considered here are the server uptime and the web hosting control panel. You have to look out for a good server uptime to enable faster loading on your website. Get to know the efficiency of your web hosting panel. You need to have a control panel that is very efficient.
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- ianwicks 12 years ago
  
  I would ask where is your target market ?
  
  I use hostgator personaly for our wouldwide business stuff as with most of the above and would recommend them, the live support is great.
  
  I am based in the uk so for uk sites I use fasthosts and have done for about 10 years now, I would not recommend fasthosts for there add ons and extras and seem to lack when wanting things like fantastico for auto installs ect, for general hosting and basic html sites I found them perfect.
  
  if you are having multiple sites I would use more than one host the saying "never put you eggs all in one basket" stands true
  
  I know a few people that use Bluehost and recommend them
  Godaddy are another although they are getting very bad press right now over SOPA this maybe because they are one, if not the largest, but thats another story for another day.
  
  Another is namecheap for hosting they also sell domain names cheap believe it or not
  
  Uk2 are another I have used, only reason I stopped using them and went to fasthosts reseller hosted server was the bot support system donkeys years ago was very annoying but they where cheap and never failed with downtime, they have changed to a ticket system so thats all sorted out now.
  
  I will post the links on next post due to my post count.
  
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  ianwicks 12 years ago
  
  Here are the site address's for you, none are my affililiate links :
  
  Hostgator Web Hosting - Shared cPanel Web Hosting
  
  BlueHost Web hosting provider - Bluehost.com
  
  NameCheap Cheap Shared Hosting - Shared Web Hosting Service - Linux Shared Hosting • Namecheap.com
  
  GoDaddy Web Hosting | Secure Hosting Plans with Unlimited Bandwidth
  
  UK based: Fasthosts
  Web hosting - Website Hosting UK - Fasthosts
  
  UK2
  Web Hosting | Providing Web Hosting Solutions for 12 years | UK 2
  
  Hope you find this of use.
  
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  seoparadise 12 years ago
  
  Hostgator, the best.
  
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Deidra Renee 12 years ago

Is Hostgator easy to build sites with? I know a lot of people recommend them for hosting, but as far as building your actual website with them..how easy is that to do?

..I have a hostgator account, just haven't built a site with them yet..I have an outsourcer that goes into my account and builds my sites for me..so I was just wondering before I tried to do it myself.

I know they have templates and all that, but it seems like you have to download and install them or something. I'm a copy and paste type of person lol
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Peter Olson 12 years ago

Hostgator is alright for shared hosting, but if you want vps you should look at linode. They are the best for quality and price ive found so far.

They have supper fast and actually helpful support, an awesome whole daily whole server backup system that lots ov vps's dont have, are very reliable....
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