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Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:06 am
by Chrissy Poo
I have been using Vidahost for over a year with no problems
- Fast New Servers
- cPanel 11
- Free Domain Name
- Fast Support via Phone and Email
- Customer Support Forums
- 99.99% Uptime Record
By far the best hosting company I have ever had:
http://www.vidahost.com
Also here is a 10% Discount Code: CL10
(when paying annually)
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:34 pm
by i2Paq
For
The Netherlands:
Good:
Virtual Dynamix Webdolutions (VDX)
Great support, will actively search for solutions and not just point the issue towards the script(s) you use.
Avoid:
Trans-ip, will blame the script when issues found and their statement will be: We do not support third party scripts.

Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:56 pm
by rph
Xsecrets wrote:Bluehost can be the same depending on what server you are on.
Had some trouble with them a year ago. They've made a lot of changes since and I have no complaints.
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:15 pm
by rayfung
I use hostgator now. Fast reply for technical support and easy to config for opencart. Godaddy not easy to deal with.
Ray
sales1@opendistroland.com
www.opendistroland.com
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:04 am
by easyhost
From UK
Good:
Easyas ABC Hosting
Great service and uptime, can host many scripts etc.
Avoid:
Scarletbeach Hosting, they will take your money then after a few months they will develop a hard drive crash on the server, theny will move all your accounts to a new server and give you new nameserver IPs, then a few days later they will suffer another hard drive crash, but this time they will not reply to any communications, their site will suddenly have a suspended site page taking all your sites and files with them, their site will be gone for about 3 months and then suddenly reappear. they will do this several times a year
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:01 pm
by scanreg
What if you want a VPS account?
Do you still like Hostgator for VPS or is just good for shared?
Have you tried Arvixe for a VPS ? (their banner is posted here on oc)
Re: Best Hosting Site??
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:45 am
by webslave
I've been designing and hosting websites for 15 years. After trying a variety of different hosts, I've come to the conclusion that hostgator hands down is the best. Why?
Affordable Rates
Unlimited Bandwidth and Disk space
99.9% uptime
Cpanel
They have a special right now for $10 off with this coupon: 10OFF52316
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:07 am
by webslave
After trying a variety of different hosts, I've come to the conclusion that hostgator hands down is the best. They have the best rates, unlimited bandwidth and disk space, 99.9% uptime, cpanel support, and excellent customer service.
Plus hey have a special right now for $10 off with this coupon: 10OFF52316
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:11 am
by xrgb
Hi all! Please help me with one simple question: I'll try to host my OpenCart shop on Hostgator (near 15000 products and near 500-1000 visitors per day). Can you tell me, which hosting plan will be the best for me? Do I need to use VPS or just Web-hosting?
I'll be realy thankfull for any of you interested in my question.
Greetings
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:56 pm
by xrgb
Well, I have answer from their support:
(02:50:38 AM) Chris Mo: You should have no issues with a shared account
(02:51:58 AM) Chris Mo: I would recommend you look at either Baby or Business.
But I can't believe that it will be enough

Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:11 am
by peteVA
I've got to raise my hand here!
I've got servers in both the US and UK and presently have quite a few OpenCart sites being hosted. From $4.49 per month, with unlimited everything. Yes, bandwidth is also unlimited.
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:38 pm
by CUSTOM_UK
For UK based hosting, I have found catalyst2 to be one of the better offerings for low priced hosting.
http://www.catalyst2.com
One to definitely avoid is Apthost. One of their employees put malicious code on their servers, which they stated on their own site. Sadly they didn't do a good job of cleaning it off and all the sites simply became re-infected again.
Magmahost were good until they were taken over by Yomura, then it all fell apart.

Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:02 am
by scanreg
Where are hostgator servers located ?
Looking for U.S. based
Thanks
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:27 pm
by JAY6390
I've just moved to cloud hosting, and have to say it's pretty damn good. Cost is cheap, there are plenty of tutorials on how to install a control panel etc, and you have full control over exactly what it is you want to change with it. Want to allow ssh access to an account? done. Want to set php values, remove/add restrictions etc - no problem. Granted you have to be comfortable with using the linux command line. I'm certainly no expert with it but the web is a plethora of information, so finding out how to do so is a piece of cake!
Just need to get my store back up and running now lol
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:29 am
by creativa
At the moment I use surpasshosting.com for over a year and I can recommend this. Uptime, support and configurations are similar of HostGator but offer much more bandwith.
Re: Web hosts. Who's good and who to avoid
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:20 pm
by MattW
If you are upto managing your own VPS, and you want hosting in the UK, I'd highly recommend Xtrahost (
http://www.xtrahost.co.uk/xenvps/)
I've been with them for over a year now, and had no unplanned downtime or outages, and the load on the VPS is always low, with super fast loading times for my users
Code: Select all
# uptime
05:19:35 up 78 days, 7:57, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Re: Best Hosting Site??
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:23 am
by JCSedeino
I moved to hostgator and so far its outstanding compared to GoDaddy.. (Night and Day) difference.
Oh great, I just bought hosting from godaddy for my first site.
Re: Best Hosting Site??
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:09 am
by zerofileone
Hostgator is the best hosting....

Re: Best Hosting Site??
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:20 am
by ShopperWM
I like ipage because their hosts are powered by wind energy, I have a simple site so I don't really know if its fast though. I also heard good stuff about bluehost before.
Re: Best Hosting Site??
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:24 am
by Qphoria
ShopperWM wrote:I like ipage because their hosts are powered by wind energy
Just hope it is a windy day when people are shopping on your site
