Business web hosting help

[Jay the PRESIDENT]

-whats good idea/best option for web host for a starting up small business?

-be able to sell items from the site too (paypal..)

thnx!

[whYME]

I would say absolutely do not use 1and1, they are hands down the worst I've ever dealt with. (maybe they've gotten better in the past few years, I don't know)

Some people like godaddy.com, others hate them. I myself never had any major issues with them but I personally  dislike their system so I try not to use them.

I've been using ipower.com for some of my things for almost ten years, I haven't had any serious problems with them. (I think they're part of a big company which runs hosting under a bunch of different names)

I know a lot of people like bluehost.com and hostgator.com though I personally never really used either one much.

[Dan]

I had and hated bluehost and 1and1.

I liked Mediatemple before they started having problems with security issues on WP blogs.

[whYME]

I had and hated bluehost and 1and1.

I seem to remember you saying at some point that you like bluehost?
(maybe you liked them initially then got fed up?)

[Dan]

I seem to remember you saying at some point that you like bluehost?
(maybe you liked them initially then got fed up?)

They started making DD go really really slow due to traffic.
1and1 was much faster, but they had way too much downtime.

[whYME]

Well Apparently I was wrong, if you ever did say that you liked bluehost I can't find it anywhere...
the closest I found is that you said they're "considered quite reliable."

[Jay the PRESIDENT]

i guess i need a ecommerce site...... so which is the best for that?
the domain is from  godaddy if that makes a diff?
how should i publish?

thnx!!

[chofetzchaim]

I use startlogic and am generally happy with them for small sites. For sites that need to be faster I use http://mapletime.com which has great customer service

I used 1&1 and couldn't stand them

And I am bishita against go daddy because of their advertising. I dont like their site even withouit the pritzus as well

[whYME]

i guess i need a ecommerce site...... so which is the best for that?
the domain is from  godaddy if that makes a diff?
how should i publish?

thnx!!

Sounds like you're looking for something like volusion or yahoo stores, not hosting.
-You could also get hosting and use an open source ecommerce platform like oscommerce or magento, but that requires some technical know-how to do properly.

[kranzman]

I had and hated bluehost and 1and1.

I liked Mediatemple before they started having problems with security issues on WP blogs.

Dan - if you're not using MT any more, who are you using to host WP blog? I am looking for host for 2 WP blogs and was seriously considering MT.....

[Dan]

Dan - if you're not using MT any more, who are you using to host WP blog? I am looking for host for 2 WP blogs and was seriously considering MT.....

I'm still on MT.  Not happy with them, but I'm not sure of a better host.

[kranzman]

I'm still on MT.  Not happy with them, but I'm not sure of a better host.

If you would, please, elaborate about what you are not happy with. Thanks.

[Dan]

If you would, please, elaborate about what you are not happy with. Thanks.

Security issues and paying high-traffic overage fees.

[AsherO]

paying high-traffic overage fees.

Does this mean if we're (collectively) less active on the forums DD saves $$$?

[Dan]

Does this mean if we're (collectively) less active on the forums DD saves $$$?

It would save even more money if I just turned off the forums
Overages caused by the forums 2 months ago were $70 (on top of the $20 hosting fee).
I turned on site caching after that and didn't go over last month but this month we'll probably be $20 over.

We tried using caching for the forum, but that was causing those error messages.

[AsherO]

It would save even more money if I just turned off the forums

Precisely my point

Overages caused by the forums 2 months ago were $70 (on top of the $20 hosting fee).
I turned on site caching after that and didn't go over last month but this month we'll probably be $20 over.

We tried using caching for the forum, but that was causing those error messages.

I followed the caching discussion on the 'new forum' thread.

[whYME]

It would save even more money if I just turned off the forums

Why stop at the forums? close down the whole site and you'll save even more money

[Dan]

Why stop at the forums? close down the whole site and you'll save even more money

Well the site itself isn't going over the allotted GPU's, especially now that I'm using SuperCache.
And the site is b"h profitable, the forums-not so much...

Although I may switch to a more expensive dedicated virtual plan which has no GPU limit, but does have a CPU limit...not sure if that will be better or worse though.

[whYME]

And the site is b"h profitable, the forums-not so much...

1. I assume the forums help bring traffic to the profitable part of the site.
2. I always wondered why you don't have any ads here in the forums...

[AsherO]

1. I assume the forums help bring traffic to the profitable part of the site.
2. I always wondered why you don't have any ads here in the forums...

Your two points almost seem contradictory: If #1 is true, who needs #2?