Well the day has arrived when I start to look for a host.
As anyone should do and I strongly recomend it. Do your HOMEWORK here. If you don’t do you you are at risk of getting the run around. Or paying way more than you need to.
Ill review some sites for you so you can see how I came to the conclusion of why I made the choice I made on a webhost.
Ill start out with HostICan although there was not much wrong with them, they were pretty great actually I got a bit picky and looked at a realistic payment method. With the basic plan you get a free domain name.
What the basic offers:
| Features | Base-Host | |
| Disk Space | 2,000 GB | |
| Number of Domains | 2 Domains | |
| Special Offer | FREE Domain for Life! | |
| Monthly Bandwidth | 20,000 GB | |
| E-Commerce | Enabled | |
| Price | $6.95/month |
As you can see it isn’t that bad. At first I was like this is the one I want to host with, they have an easy to navigate site. Look and sounds reliable, and $6.96/month you cant go wrong. So I proceeded to go to check out then realized that they don’t have a monthly payment option its an all or nothing go here. At a whopping $166.80 up front. With all my other bills and expenses this was something I could not justify doing.
| Base-Host | $166.80 |
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| Discount | -20% |
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Total: $133.44
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They even had a summer promotion of a 20% discount.
Having never tried them before I did not want to be stuck in paying for a whole year up front. Things change so do websites and a websites needs. I wanted the flexibility to be able to leave if it doesn’t work after a few months with no REAL loss to myself.
So I then decided to check out another site, and this was DreamHost .
To me they looked a little to good to be true so I read some reviews on them on graphic design sites, and stumbled a hosting option they offered because they had a lot of space (the fourm/article I read). Then there was post further down to a blog someone had written basically saying what was wrong with dreamhost (link). Just after that I decided DreamHost was a no for me.
I then decided to see what SurpassHosting was up to. Having used them as a host before I already knew that they had great customer service and their rates were billed monthly.
For their basic Power plan you get 200GB Disk Space 2000GB Bandwidth 10 Add On Domains. At $6/month or $60/year. Not to shabby I’d say. But also note that you will need to buy a $15.99 domain name if you already have one they have an option for that as well. This $15.99 domain name charge is a one time fee and is not going to be reoccurring monthly. So that domain name will be good for a full 12 months!
At the check out it totals every thing up for you making the first payment $22.96. Then after that the payments will be the reoccurring $6.00.
In conclusion I have decided that I would like to go with SurpassHosting. I feel for me they meet my needs and offer the flexibility that I am after, and from experience know that they have excellent and fast customer service. Many I have talked to/read on the net, have had a good experience with them. I am sure some may have had other wise as like with the other hosting sites I listed here. I just suggest that when picking a webhost that you do some research and see whats out there and what works for you, your first choice may not always be the best choice. Look into it and read reviews and customer input. Like with anything it is always best to shop around.
Cheers!
