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Recommend a Cheap or Free Host

Hello
I am looking for a reliable webhost that is cheap or free. I don't want to pay more than $25.00 a year.
The webspace can be very small as I only want to use it as a front page or a redirect page to my main website.
There are two things that are important:
No Advertising
And I do not want to transfer the domain name to the webhost. I just want to point the website name to the webhost from my domain name provider. I know that a lot of the cheap or free webhosts want you to transfer the domain name and that is where I am having problems finding an appropriate webhost.
Please can anyone recommend a host that they have used for this purpose.
Thanks
Tanja

[JLHC]

Actually most hosting providers only needs you to change your domain's nameservers to point to them. I really don't see a need to transfer the domain name to them.
If you plan to look for free hosting, please have a look at http://www.freewht.com and http://www.freewebspace.net.





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If you dont mind paying for reliability, I recommend Steadfast's Starter plan:http://steadfast.net/services/shared.php






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[AeonCube]

Many hosting companies on WHT will have some great free or cheap hosting. If you do a search on these forums you can easily find a few companies
Good luck finding a hosting company





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[iHubNet-Matt]

Your requirements are pretty small but some of the free hosting providers put advertisements on your site.As JLHC said freewebspace.net is a good forum to find free hosting.





Last edited by iHubNet-Matt : 12-12-2008 at 11:40 AM.

Look for some offshore providers.
With the basic requirements such as yours, you'll find one easily.
A company called 3ix offers $1 hosting. Maybe that will suit you.

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Originally Posted by hgworld


A company called 3ix


Can you please provide us with a domain you own that's hosted there to verify your experience with this provider?





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[The Stealthy One]

tanja, your request is very reasonable so you should not have any trouble finding what you need. FreeWHT.com is a sister site to WHT and a good place to look for free hosting. Also check the Offers section here at WHT - you will find many good paid hosts there, as well.





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[Rageki-John]

Quote:



Originally Posted by hgworld


Look for some offshore providers.
With the basic requirements such as yours, you'll find one easily.
A company called 3ix offers $1 hosting. Maybe that will suit you.


Why would they require offshore hosting? It seems like your just hosting an ordinary website. Most hosts would be able to suit your need. I would look for a host that is around $2/month at least. Remember, quality over quantity so I wouldn't recommend going for oversellers. There are plenty of hosts in the offers section. Just browse around and I'm sure you'll be able to find something.





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[shakewell]

rite now id say your only options taht i have tried in teh past and are satisfied is
midphase or fdcservers ... both good smooth n you will get waht u need. for the price you are asking for .

[RossMAN]

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Originally Posted by tanja


There are two things that are important:
No Advertising
And I do not want to transfer the domain name to the webhost. I just want to point the website name to the webhost from my domain name provider. I know that a lot of the cheap or free webhosts want you to transfer the domain name and that is where I am having problems finding an appropriate webhost.
Please can anyone recommend a host that they have used for this purpose.


These web hosts meet your criteria. As always search Google and WHT for reviews.HostPC.comRippleHost.come-rice.net

Thank you for everyones input.
I went with 50webs it has no advertising and is free. I looked up the reviews and it looks positive. I set up the account in half an hour and have the page up already so it was easy to use. I don't mind paying for webspace but I will try this for now and if it doesn't work I will try out the Universes suggestion as this looks like a good place according to the reviews.
Tanja