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.
TIA!!
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dukes Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2011 3:19 p.m. To: CentOS Subject: [CentOS] OT: Ecommerce hosting
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.
TIA!!
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:18:59 -0500 Thomas Dukes wrote:
Would appreciate some suggestions for ecommerce hosting.
Depends on what you want. I use beanstream for the bit of stuff that I do.
Would appreciate some suggestions for ecommerce hosting.
Depends on what you want. I use beanstream for the bit of stuff that I do.
I think he meant web hosting for running an ecommerce oriented website. :-)
+1 for BeanStream in any event.
hi,
On 02/24/2011 02:18 AM, Thomas Dukes wrote:
Would appreciate some suggestions for ecommerce hosting. Been using, cough,
A large majority of the .centos.org infrastructure comes from hosting companies who donate machines and bandwidth to the project. While some prefer to opt out of being mentioned, the rest are mentioned here : http://www.centos.org/mirrors
I would highly recommend people looking for hosting, consider these people. Also worth noting here is that we dont endorse any of them ourselves - and the CentOS Project has no relationship beyond the fact that they donated resources to the project.
Regards,
- KB
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.
TIA!! ....
It seems you're aware of the cost/quality issue on the provider side. So don't just pick the most inexpensive one yourself. Having hosted yourself, you understand that there's some effort and expense involved. 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.
On the other hand, 1and1.com has a variety of packages, all with different features. So you can select which you want/need. You can also up- and downgrade your selected hosting package anytime you want. I've found the guys who answer the phones there to be helpful and knowledgeable and willing to spend time with you. That's good to have when you need it. They're a German company working out of Pennsylvania and seem to get the expertise/cordiality mix pretty good.
A buddy of mine did hosting out of his house for after-work pocket money. He charge $15/month, but for that price he couldn't offer any support. His thinking was if he spent a half hour on the phone with a customer in a month, effectively this wiped out his profit on that site. If you believe time is money, it's not hard to see his thinking.
As you hunt, keep in mind what you need the hosting service to provide. And then be sure to ask if they provide it.
hth, ken
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.
mark
On the other hand, 1and1.com has a variety of packages, all with different features. So you can select which you want/need. You can also up- and downgrade your selected hosting package anytime you want. I've found the guys who answer the phones there to be helpful and knowledgeable and willing to spend time with you. That's good to have when you need it. They're a German company working out of Pennsylvania and seem to get the expertise/cordiality mix pretty good.
A buddy of mine did hosting out of his house for after-work pocket money. He charge $15/month, but for that price he couldn't offer any support. His thinking was if he spent a half hour on the phone with a customer in a month, effectively this wiped out his profit on that site. If you believe time is money, it's not hard to see his thinking.
As you hunt, keep in mind what you need the hosting service to provide. And then be sure to ask if they provide it.
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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.
mark....
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.
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.
mark
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