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[Zoom Active]

I am looking for the following....

1) lots of space and bandwidth
2) Ability to install PHP Programs including Joomla and Magento
3) Atleast 100 Databases which pulls space from the hosting space
4) It would be nice if the hosting company offered free advertising example. free $25 google adwords
5) Extremely Good Uptime prefer 99.9%!
6) 24/7 Tech Support
7) Unlimited Email Accounts
8) Unlimited Add on Domains
9) Price is a main key factor and must be under $10 a month.

I just signed up with 1and1.com and account is still not set up, is 100mb database a lot of space? Are they good for what I need? Should I cancel?

I am also looking at

Preferred......
ImHosted.com
IxWebhosting.com
BlueHost.com
iPower.com
StartLogic.com
Dot5Hosting.com
PowWeb.com

I was using lunarpages but lately there support has been horrible.

[Orien]

How much is a lot of space and bandwidth? It looks like you're looking at a generic list of "top 10" companies.

[Zoom Active]

I am looking for the best of the top web hosting companies. most offer unlimited which is not realistic.

I would say atleast 100gb Space and 1tb Bandwidth

[Orien]

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

I am looking for the best of the top web hosting companies. most offer unlimited which is not realistic.

I would say atleast 100gb Space and 1tb Bandwidth

And there's irony for you.

< $10/m for 100GB space and 1TB bandwidth isn't "realistic" either sadly.

[gameforever]

There is no the "best" of the top web hosting companies. All of companies' views have both of good and bad, lunarpages.com is a overseller host, but there are somebody think it is a good host, because it is suitable to them, so suitable to you is the "best".

[TheBizDev]

have you tried downtownhost? they have several good reviews hear on wht, just search for them.

[Sparrow-Sean]

Originally Posted by gameforever

There is no the "best" of the top web hosting companies. All of companies' views have both of good and bad, lunarpages.com is a overseller host, but there are somebody think it is a good host, because it is suitable to them, so suitable to you is the "best".

There is no best host, only the best host for you.

To the Poster, What sort of site do you plan on creating, I am not sure you will need a lot of space and a lot of bandwidth; The site you are planning to make will determine what you need.

If you are planning on running a site with downloads, loading images and streaming media then you may look at 50 + Excess Depending on what sort of traffic you intent to target.

If you are going to be hitting no more than 100 Views a month sure Shared Hosting will work, This factor is also determined by the amount of people online at the one time also.

To all the Hosts that you are Looking at Preferred, Are all on the top lists of Overselling and the ones you have chosen all pay to be at the top of that List.

Can I ask why you have chosen those as your preferred Hosts?

[David]

Skip the rest, http://www.dreamhost.com will easily fit those needs.
Enjoy!

[RossMAN]

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

I am looking for the best of the top web hosting companies. most offer unlimited which is not realistic.

I would say atleast 100gb Space and 1tb Bandwidth

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Good news - Most of the "top 10 web hosts" claim to offer the resources you're looking for.

Bad news - Your expectations are unrealistic, if you're looking for reliable hosting with support. You're probably wondering then what should you expect for around $10 per month? 2GB/20GB or higher. I know it's not what you wanted to hear but eventually you'll "see the light". Until then, have a fun time spinning your wheels

[Hostamina]

You will probably need to have a much larger budget to get what you desire. That's more like something you would get with a small scale dedicated server.

[Zoom Active]

Ok, found what I need.

webhostingreviews .com

HostMonster will serve me well. I was using lunarpages and had no problems and if there overselling I have no problem with overselling, lol. I usually have at least 2-5 users on at any given time.

By the way, HOST GATOR is offering your first month for 0.01! Look up Host Monster Coupon, instant setup and you can pay by debit/credit or paypal!

"OOPS" By the way, HOST GATOR is offering your first month for 0.01! Look up Host Monster Coupon, instant setup and you can pay by debit/credit or paypal!


"I meant type in Host Gator Coupon!"

[Sparrow-Sean]

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

Ok, found what I need.

webhostingreviews .com

HostMonster will serve me well. I was using lunarpages and had no problems and if there overselling I have no problem with overselling, lol. I usually have at least 2-5 users on at any given time.

By the way, HOST GATOR is offering your first month for 0.01! Look up Host Monster Coupon, instant setup and you can pay by debit/credit or paypal!

Good Luck Mate, Glad you found what you were after
Yes, Hostgator has been offering this for quite sometime now

[MikeDVB]

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

2) Ability to install PHP Programs including Joomla and Magento

99.99% of hosting accounts allow this.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

3) Atleast 100 Databases which pulls space from the hosting space

Again this is generally how these things work, as for 100 databases on one single account, I do wish you the best of luck.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

4) It would be nice if the hosting company offered free advertising example. free $25 google adwords

$25 in Google AdWords will last you about 1 day if you're serious about advertising.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

5) Extremely Good Uptime prefer 99.9%!

Then you're likely looking more towards the higher end of the shared hosting market. I'd say $10/month or so would be pretty reasonable for what you've asked for up until this point (item 5).

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

6) 24/7 Tech Support

If you want 24/7 phone support you'll likely have to shop around. Keep in mind that often times the phone support does nothing but put in a ticket for you, which you could have done yourself. If you want 24/7 email/ticket support then this should be a cakewalk to find.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

7) Unlimited Email Accounts

Quite a few hosts don't put a hard limit on e-mail accounts, however like everything else there is a limit one way or another be it CPU/Memory usage from too many accounts checking/sending email for example.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

8) Unlimited Add on Domains

Again they may say "unlimited" but realistically there is a limit somewhere. Just as there is no unlimited diskspace or unlimited transfer there is no such thing as unlimited addon domains. You can certainly host more domains with one account if you go towards the higher end accounts, but generally those accounts will be more realistic in their offerings and limit how many addon domains you can host. If you look at it this way, giving everybody on a server unlimited domains basically makes it next to impossible to control how many domains are hosted on the server which makes it more difficult to manage and keep it reliable.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

9) Price is a main key factor and must be under $10 a month.

Good luck

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

I just signed up with 1and1.com and account is still not set up, is 100mb database a lot of space? Are they good for what I need? Should I cancel?

100mb is a decent amount for a web site but if you're really wanting 100+ databases and unlimited addon domains and unlimited e-mails 100mb is going to run out really fast.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

I am also looking at

Preferred......
ImHosted.com
IxWebhosting.com
BlueHost.com
iPower.com
StartLogic.com
Dot5Hosting.com
PowWeb.com

That's basically a list of the highest paying affiliate programs offered by hosts. I'm guessing you got that from a "top 10 web hosts" list or a "web hosting review" page of sorts. They are all bogus with paid spots instead of being actually based upon reviews.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

I was using lunarpages but lately there support has been horrible.

Define horrible?

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

Ok, found what I need.

Fantastic.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

webhostingreviews .com

Looks to be another affiliate driven site, I can't vouch for the credibility of any of the reviews on this web site so pick at your own discretion.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

HostMonster will serve me well. I was using lunarpages and had no problems and if there overselling I have no problem with overselling, lol. I usually have at least 2-5 users on at any given time.

Do us all a big favor and run a search here on WebHostingTalk (you can find the search tool at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/search.php) for HostMonster and look through at least the last 15~20 threads where HostMonster was directly spoken about. You may change your mind that HostMonster is the right choice, or you may not but it certainly helps to do the appropriate research before leaping onto a new host.

Originally Posted by dalexdesign

By the way, HOST GATOR is offering your first month for 0.01! Look up Host Monster Coupon, instant setup and you can pay by debit/credit or paypal!

Yeah, paying by debit/credit or paypal is nothing special... Most hosts allow that (and some allow more). The $0.01 coupon for the first month is definitely not new and has been around for ages. As for a setup fee for a shared hosting account, I'd never pay one. Generally the setup of the account is automated and requires little to no human intervention.

Best of luck.

[Adam-Buzz]

Ok so you signed up with 1and1.com, did you buy hosting? If you did, good luck, enjoy the fact you'll not be able to cancel and still be billed for it!


Anyway, with your budget & requirements, your only exptected to go with over-sellers, I pay good money for my hosting, and that's what you should do...

[firefox9]

Btw since you signed up with 1&1, did you get the software package that comes with 1&1 hosting plans? Are they any good?