Archive for May, 2007
iPower, one of the largest privately held web hosting company in the world, has always been at the forefront of providing more for their customers. The packages are setup to grow with your business, offering more space or bandwidth as you need it for just a few more dollars. They also allow you to upgrade to their servers for an affordable price if you need a larger web hosting solution. This host is perfect for new businesses planning to expand.
Some of iPower’s most popular features include a free domain name, hosting for up to 6 sites, a free marketing credit with Google and Yahoo, a free web site builder and a 30 day money back guarantee. Starting at just $3.95 per month, you get all this plus 5 gigabytes of storage space, 250 gigabytes of bandwidth, 1 email address, domains for only $6.50, 1 MySQL Database and various other website tools. To get the $3.95 rate, you have to sign up for a 1 to 2 year term. If you sign up for 2 years, you get free setup and domain registration. Otherwise the setup & domain registration fee is $10.00. This plan does not include the site builder because it is designed for more experienced users.
If you need a site builder, purchase one iPower’s iPage Builder plans starting at just $2.50 per month. iPage is a user-friendly website design program developed by iPower. With this program, you can create the look of a professionally designed website yourself! The basic plan includes 10 megabytes of disk space, free setup, 500 megabytes of bandwidth transfer, 2 web pages and 1 email address. If you’d rather have someone else design your website, iPower offers web design services as well. They charge a $199.00 setup fee and $25.00 per month for website design, unlimited pages, search engine optimization and email marketing. Whatever your website needs are, iPower has solutions for you.
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May 31st, 2007
Web.com has served over 300,000 customers since it’s initial launch in 1995 and has consistently ranked among the top 10 domain name providers and web hosting companies throughout the industry. Over 4 million websites have been made using Web.com’s website tools, services and technology. This hosting provider offers both do-it-yourself and professional website design, ecommerce, web marketing, and email in addition to web hosting services.
Web.com’s plans are a little higher than other hosts, starting at $15.95 per month. For this you get 2.5 gigabytes of web storage, 100 gigabytes of bandwidth, 150 email addresses, 24-hour customer support, and various developer, ecommerce, marketing, and database features.
Many web hosts do not offer all of these features, especially in their basic plans. So if you’re looking for the extra features and support, Web.com might be the host for you. The setup fee is also waived, making this plan a bit more digestible. If you’re willing to spend the extra money, you can get advanced hosting for $29.70 per month. This plan gives you 5 gigabytes of web storage, 500 gigabytes of bandwidth, 350 email addresses, and media features in addition to all the features offered in the $15.95 plan.
Web.com makes it easy for you to design your website yourself, by using Web.com’s simple and powerful web design software, Site Builder. This program includes website templates, ecommerce solutions, and traffic-generating features. With Site Builder, you can build your website quickly and easily, and sell online, accept credit card payments and more. Whether you’re an experienced web designer or a novice, Site Builder will give you the tools you need to get your website up and running.
Web.com is a good choice for anyone wanting reliable hosting, around-the-clock customer service, and quality web design tools.
May 25th, 2007
StartLogic is one of the leading web hosting providers around the globe. Thousands of businesses have used this provider’s hosting solutions to establish their online presence. This hosting provider offers solutions for personal, business, government and educational entities, including hosting services, ecommerce solutions, and security features.
StartLogic.com provides excellent customer service, striving to understand the needs of its customers, and providing technologies and support to meet those needs. The goal is to provide world-class hosting and customer support at an affordable price.
StartLogic is a fairly new company, established in 2004, but has been able to make it as a big player in the hosting industry through a lot of hard work and strong sales. This company now has a strong customer base and is ranked #4 on the Hosting Chart. Offering solid plans with a wide variety of features and options, StartLogic has been able to make it to the top ten. The prices are affordable and the customer support is spectacular.
Plans begin at $5.95 per month, offering 200 gigabytes of storage, 2,000 gigabytes of transfer, free setup, ecommerce tools, free Google AdWords credits and free Yahoo! Search Marketing credits. Many hosts do not offer the Google and Yahoo! Credits or charge additional fees for them. For this price, you also get a free domain, unlimited email accounts, software support, a website builder and marketing tools to name a few.
When you look at all the features you get, this really is a good deal. StartLogic offers a 30 day money back guarantee on all its plans, so if you’re not happy with the service, you haven’t lost anything. But we don’t think that’s going to happen. With the excellent features and support you get with your web hosting, StartLogic is the way to go.
May 21st, 2007
BlueFish Hosting is great for those who are looking for an all-in-one package. This hosting provider gives you one hosting plan which includes most everything you’ll need for your website, including a domain name and 6,000 megabytes of web space. You’ll also get 100 gigabytes of bandwidth per month, unlimited POP email accounts, 100’s of website templates, a web page and document editor, search engine submission, ecommerce and marketing tools, to name just a few of the services provided with your hosting package.
To help you manage your website, BlueFish Hosting gives you an easy-to-use control panel called V-Deck. The plans start at $6.95 per month and there are no setup fees if you choose a 1 to 2 year billing contract. You can cancel the service anytime within the first 30 days but this won’t be likely, as this company prides itself in providing individual attention to its customers. Customer support will even give you a courtesy call after you purchase a plan to help you get your website up and running. And it’s not an automated call either; you will receive a call from an actual live person ready to personally walk you through the process of starting your website.
BlueFish Hosting started in 1997 providing superior customer service and supplying reliable and affordable web hosting service, and has received numerous web hosting awards. This company really puts the customer first. The goal has been to provide low prices with quality service, and BlueFishHosting.com has been able to do just that.
Although most of BlueFish Hosting’s clients are small businesses and organizations, this host is great for individuals as well. If you‘re tired of cheap hosts with poor customer service, give this one a try. With the 30-day money back guarantee, you have nothing to lose.
May 14th, 2007
If you’re considering entering the lucrative business of web hosting, you might be considering a reseller hosting package with a reputable, large-scale web host. Once such hosting company is the HostGator Reseller division.
Starting at $24.95 per month, HostGator offers its reseller customers access to 12-50 Gigs of disk space and 125-350 gigs of transfer per reseller account. Depending on the package you choose, you could host a few big sites or 100’s of normal sized websites on one account.
With a HostGator Reseller account, you will have access to WHM (Web Hosting Manager), a control panel which manages all of your sub-accounts. Each sub account will have its own cpanel or hosting control panel.
HostGator also offers web hosting templates to help build your web hosting business website, a billing manager script that integrates with PayPal so you can automatically bill your hosting clients each month and a domain name reseller account.
So who needs reseller hosting?
- Web Designers who want to sell web hosting packages to their design clients
- Entrepreneurs who want to enter the highly lucrative hosting business
- Webmasters and Google AdSense publishers who build multiple websites and want to keep them independent of one and other.
- Affiliate Marketers who need to build many websites and want to keep them IP address independent.
If you fit one of the bullets above, the HostGator Reseller account is a good choice. You can start with the cheapest plan, then upgrade as your business and needs increase. You can upgrade your account overall, or just upgrade certain features like adding a new IP address (or multiple IP addresses).
If you don’t fit one of the bullets above, but need a hosting plan with the ability to host multiple websites under one plan, you might consider the cheaper HostGator Shared Hosting plans. For just $10 a month, you can get a plan that hosts unlimited websites (as add-on domains). This type of account could also be used for reselling hosting, but it lacks many of the features you will need to give your hosting clients full server access.
May 14th, 2007
Looking for a web hosting package is not easy. Trying to compare each little feature from host to host can give you a real migraine! In this article, our goal is to give you a few of the features to look for in a web host. For most of you, you can just ignore the rest of the features. These are the ones to compare.
Disk Space/Web Space- This is the amount of space provided by the web host to put your website on. It’s kind of like a hard drive on your computer (well, really that’s what it is!). Most small businesses don’t need a lot of web space, but if you plan to host your own videos or pictures in will be an important consideration. LunarPages is one host that offers a boatload of disk space with their basic hosting plan. You get a whopping 350 gigs of storage space. Now that’s a lot of videos and pictures!
Data Transfer Rate - This is the amount of data that is transferred from your site to your visitors computers. If you’ve got a lot of storage space (like in the LunarPages example above), you will need a high transfer rate. In the LunarPages example, you get 3500 gigs of transfer. That’s a lot, trust us.
Email Accounts - Most hosts these days offer tons of email accounts (more than the average company or website will ever need). Just make sure you don’t use a host that charges extra for email accounts. They’re gouging you!
Domain Names - Many web hosts will give away free domain names when you buy a hosting package. This sounds good, but we recommend you keep your domain name purchases and hosting separate. This helps avoid any issues down the road if you decide to switch web hosts.
May 2nd, 2007