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  1. #1
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    Which one is better hosting for an Online store?

    Dear Sir

    I want to host my online store. Please tell me best web host. I am thinking of godaddy or 1and1. How are they both? Is there any better web host? I am looking for shared hosting in starting with good features like SSL too.

    Reply soon

    Thanks

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    There are many reviews of both of those companies on this forum if you do a serch then I am sure you will find them.

    The first thing you need to do is make a list of what your requirements are (Disk Space, Bandwidth etc) then add half again. If it comes out that you will require alot of disk space you may want to consider going for a VPS/Reseller Package.

    Always check the reviews on the company you do go with.

  3. #3
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    Which one better web hosting?

    Please tell me among the following web host which one is better for shared hosting.
    godaddy
    1and1
    hostgator
    WHB
    lunarpages
    site valley
    namecheap

    Also give reason for selecting the best

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    Site hosted on right IP

    It may happen that in shared hosting our site will be hosted with any black listed website. Then how would we know where the web host has hosted our website? Can they provide us information about how our website is hosted, like what others are hosted on it, are there any black listed or not, is there enough space between all?

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    Then how would we know where the web host has hosted our website? Can they provide us information about how our website is hosted, like what others are hosted on it, are there any black listed or not, is there enough space between all?
    As they would be providing the information to you (if you managed to get it) and they are in the business to attract customers a question you should be asking your self is can you trust the information ?

    godaddy
    1and1
    hostgator
    WHB
    lunarpages
    site valley
    namecheap
    Some Oversell and some wouldn't I would recommend you go with a company who has limits on it's package and keep away from the oversellers. If you need to look in the Offers part of the forum and see what the offerings are in there.

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    First few questions that i will ask you.
    Do you need such large space and bandwidth?
    What is your budget?
    Do you prefer quality or quantity?
    [ James Lee - Cloud & Web Hosting Specialist 10+ Years WHT Veteran]

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    I have not much large space, say 300-500 Mb space, i dont know exact..but we can assume it
    I want medium or affordable budget and not much
    I prefer quality

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    I have not much large space, say 300-500 Mb space, i dont know exact..but we can assume it
    Is this now because if you plan on growing your business (as most people do) then you will need more space.

    What is your budget?
    Do you prefer quality or quantity?
    What budget do you have and a must has got to be Quality, it is ok going with a host who can give you more then you need but what is the quality of the service like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sjtalk9 View Post
    I have not much large space, say 300-500 Mb space, i dont know exact..but we can assume it
    I want medium or affordable budget and not much
    I prefer quality
    If that is the case, let me give you an idea on this.

    Lets say your budget is about $5 a month.
    A host provides you with 300GB space and 3000GB bandwidth, while another provide you with 120GB space 1200GB bandwidth.

    Who will you go with?
    I believe most will take the former, as you get more from it.

    However, do you think you can use all of it?
    Most host will limit your cpu usage and ram so that you can't use that much space. Check their TOS.

    How do the host earn?
    They will cram lots of account into a server.

    Does this have any effects?
    You site may be slow as there are too many sites on an average server. Besides, those clients who tries to use all of the resources given will either get suspended or overload the server, or both. This may cause your site to be down as well.

    So, when you see something that is too good to be true, it is mostly not true. You must always remember that you'll get what you paid for.

    SSL certificate is not that expensive, you can get them at below $20 a year. I recommend RapidSSL.
    [ James Lee - Cloud & Web Hosting Specialist 10+ Years WHT Veteran]

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    Site will be of around 1000 jewelry items
    Budget should be affordable

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    Namecheap is not a web host. Godaddy. The provide web hosting services but both are popular as domain registars. Other companies are well known in hosting business and on one can say something in general about them just like that. They obviously are good providers.
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    for selling jewelry, jewlery photos will be uploaded

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    I can only tell/suggest that you don't use Godaddy, as their admin panel is terrible and I had many problems with Mysql there.

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    SSL is something extra (true that it is not that expensive),
    but you will need a static IP Address for your SSLed domain/sub domain.
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  15. #15
    yea, Godaddy's panel sucks hard.

  16. #16
    If you want quality, go for MediaLayer or DownTownHost. You can serach about their reviews in this forum and see how great is them Since online cart is more of mysql, and might cause some loads if there is too many visitors at once, you you should even go more for quality host as oversellers mostly will suspend your account if you overused their server resources which is CPU limit. MediaLayer uses directadmin and DownTownHost uses cPanel if I am not wrong. MediaLayer provide free Shared SSL by request.
    Last edited by ogawai; 04-26-2008 at 06:29 AM.

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