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[DarkMind]

Hi,
I just wanted to check if this hosting is possible and secure?
Hosting For Life.. Is it possible?
I just found this site in one of WHT member's signature while looking for hosting..
Is this company any good?


What do you guys think?
Check it


Thanks

[rois]

If its not going to break your bank, and its hosting for a non-serious site, then yeah go for it. Why I say that, well if you get a host for live account will they stay be able to stay in operation that long (your lifetime)? And also read their TOS, as I've come across a host that said host for life, but in their TOS it actually said it was for 10 years... So decide wisely

[essexguy]

have you tried searching these boards with the search feature?

in regards to the hosting company, there site looks professional and their plans are feature rich and generous with disk space/bandwidth for the price they charge (good or bad thing, your decision).

There forums look quite active, not hundreds of posts but enough to know they have a few customers.

the name HostingForLife is just a gimmick really, its very unlikely that you would stay with a hosting company for the rest of your life. But then again you could say it is a very creative name.

[edit] you do realise that this company charges monthly/qaurterly/annual amounts and will do so for the duration you are wit them [edit]

[colorteck]

Let me explain about a plan like this. We offer this as a promotional plan. You get the plan we get free advertising by you telling your friends and family about us. We have a limited amount of spots left

After all is said in done. We pick up new clients by you and it will balance itself out. Just another way for us to get more advertising. We were actually going to use the two servers for Free hosting but decided not to go this route as after the research we have done it will not be in our best interest to do such a thing.

This has been done before by other companies as well. Yes we have to pay for the servers as long as clients are hosted with us but we are betting that we pick up more clients by word of mouth.

You will get some that will say it is too good to be true, but our whole point behind this plan is to actually pick up clients off of you. It is an advertising adventure that pays off in the end as we have done this before. We have spent thousands on advertising that had little affect but the last time we did this it paid off with new clients signing up for our regular plans. This will probably be the last time we do this. Plus we do not send a hit man to your door

Hope this explains the basics of a plan like this.

WHT mods I am not trying to advertise just simply explaining about the post and letting the poster know that plans like this can be done for advertising purposes...

[DarkMind]

Well i was planning on getting the account of my emails only.. I have 2 resellers..

And i was asking for opinion thanks guys

[colorteck]

Originally posted by essexguy
have you tried searching these boards with the search feature?

in regards to the hosting company, there site looks professional and their plans are feature rich and generous with disk space/bandwidth for the price they charge (good or bad thing, your decision).

There forums look quite active, not hundreds of posts but enough to know they have a few customers.

the name HostingForLife is just a gimmick really, its very unlikely that you would stay with a hosting company for the rest of your life. But then again you could say it is a very creative name.

[edit] you do realise that this company charges monthly/qaurterly/annual amounts and will do so for the duration you are wit them [edit]

[colorteck]

Great point I always suggest everyone search these forums and also call the host to get a feel for them. The only plans we have that are monthly, qaurterly and semi-annually are the regular plans.

Have a great day! Got to go guys as we are opening a new office In South Texas and we have to get moving to the new location.
I have been looking forward to this for a year now.

We are working on getting the forums more popular, but it is hard to get clients to post as we have many. We may try some kind of reward system to get them to post. We have some regulars who seem to enjoy posting on our forums helping others as well. Most clients put up a web site and you never hear from them at all. I always believe that forums are an excellent way to communicate with each other and get help by other clients. Most of our support is just questions on how to do things.

[DSLWeb]

This has been a topic in the past (fairly resent past) read the TOS as has been stated as this may in fact be a couple 10 years or the "Life" of the hosting company so basiclly if you feel this company will not go out of buss. or get sold > desolved in the next ohh say 60 years ... Then you may have a shot at hosting for life.

Regards,
-Lee

[colorteck]

Sorry about the one post above I don’t know what happened:

I am 40 right now I do not plan to sell or die until I am 90 But I have four very intelligent kids that will take over when I get buried in my coffin that looks like a server

[essexguy]

Originally posted by sandee29
Great point I always suggest everyone search these forums and also call the host to get a feel for them. The only plans we have that are monthly, qaurterly and semi-annually are the regular plans.

my mistake there, sorry

i was not clear on the hosting for life plan arrangement.

[colorteck]

No problems at all as we all do this at one time or another. Well got to get to work have a lot of office material to move and I do not like to move at all but our new location is just minutes from the beach. This I like as I will be the only fisherman with a connection to the internet Can not wait to see the look on my buddies face when we go fishing he always yells at me about getting on the computer making sure everything is running smoothly or making sure our support is doing there job!

[DSLWeb]

Originally posted by sandee29
Sorry about the one post above I don’t know what happened:

I am 40 right now I do not plan to sell or die until I am 90 But I have four very intelligent kids that will take over when I get buried in my coffin that looks like a server

LoL I hear you Sandee was just commenting that it is more then likely the life of the company not the user as I am sure 10 years from now if something unfortunate happened refunds would not be issued to these clients..

< Did really lol @ coffin that looks like a server >

Regards,
-Lee

[colorteck]

No we are betting the clients die before us Most of the web sites we host on average the lifespan is around a year we do have clients who have had a site with us every since the beginning. It is basically like offering free hosting the plans are just a bit larger. But it has worked before and we love to have promotional plans. We usually have them when we bring on new servers. The plan is selling fast as usual so probably by the end of the month they will be gone.

This is the business that supports my family and has been a dream of mine since the early days of Microsoft and Dell. I actually got to meet both of them as I use to do some work for Dell and was invited to a seminar. Very interesting people. Our office in Round Rock is just down the street from Mr. Dells headquarters.

Ok now I am leaving now I have to get the placed moved.


Have a great day all!

[xstorm]

their website looks cool, and...
look like a news website

[Mark_TVI]

Hosting for life could be a good sales tool as long as it has some constraints and the so-called "lifetime" is very clearly spelled out. I do think there should be some sort of a written document signed by a principal with some guarantees and not just a post in a forum or on a web site saying how the company will be in business for generations and the service will never change, etc, etc...

Some considerations for any Hosting for Life plans;

1) What if a malicious user spams my website URL and I get reported for SPAM (even though I didn't generate the emails) and my account gets suspended? Do I lose all my money? If I had a normal plan I would only lose a few dollars for a month's fee, would I really lose the entire amount I paid?

2) What if I violate the Terms of Service (knowingly or unknowingly) do I lose everything? Or will I get some funds refunded? If I get a refund how much will it be and how will it be pro-rated?

2) What guarantees do I have I will get at least 20 years of acceptable service? Guarantees meaning some form of legally enforceable guarantee.

3) What if the service fails? Web hosts fail all the time, in fact at last look there were a few thousand hosting domain names pending deletion.

4) What happens if I need to upgrade? Is there a legal agreement that I would have with guarantees that I can upgrade for life at a fixed price? If not, am I going to get fleeced with upgrade charges?

Here was a recent thread on Lifetime Hosting, there were quite a few decent perspectives posted.
Here is also a recent thread about *********.

I didn't see any of the above questions answered at the URL posted by the thread starter, in fact the descriptions on that site were very vague and ambiguous concerning Lifetime hosting. Just as a side note, any further detailed explanations in this thread or any other forum afford no legal protection whatsoever in the event of a problem down the road.