ken wrote:
On 02/24/2011 01:03 PM m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
ken wrote:
On 02/23/2011 09:18 PM Thomas Dukes wrote:
Would appreciate some suggestions for ecommerce hosting. Been using, cough, cough, godaddy, for about 5 or 6 yrs but in the last year or so, they really suck. Did the hosting myself for a while prior to
going with
godaddy but I don't have time to babysit. Seems godaddy would rather
spend
millions advertising during the Super Bowl than put that money to
good use.
<snip> > Adjust your expectations accordingly. For instance, I'd stay away > from Blue Host. They're inexpensive and have just one hosting
package. And
they don't make adjustments to it to fit your needs. They're fine for someone who just wants to have "their own" website. And they have lots of ports open, including for https. But they have a lot of ports open :) and it's part of the hosting package.
"One hosting package"? Dunno, I'm paying for Hostmonster/Bluehost (same thing), and a) have had very little trouble, and b) get reasonably knowledgable people. They do offer a choice of o/s, too. Admittedly, I have a very low-traffic website, and I don't have any of the commercial packages that don't come with the basic, but *shrug* they're ok.
I just talked with them on the phone a couple weeks ago and that's what I was told... just one hosting package. The guy I was talking with did seem like a ditz, so maybe he was giving me bad info. We are talking about http://www.bluehost.com/? I'm looking at that page right now and I see just one package offered.
Just did a search, and they *are* from the same hosting co, but the review I saw said that bluehost is the "professional" (business) one.
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