$3.95 Domain Hosting. 200MB/5GB Bandwidth/MySQL etc.

[MarkUsG3]

This is what you get for $3.95 a month:

First level domain hosting w/DNS.
25 Email accounts
200MB Space
2 MySQL DBs
5GB Bandwidth/month
PHP
Hosted on a Sun Cobalt Raq 4

I host my website with them and haven't had any issues. Support and uptime have been good.

3-95.com

 

[yugpatel]

Let em know I sent you.
You might wanna edit your message. I believe per forum rules no self-reference is allowed.
Which site?

 

[malt]

And who is that...?

 

[ironring]

Great? So where do get hosting for this price? A link or name would be nice.

 

[acebathound]

Might want to post the webhost's address so we can check out all the info on this host..

 

[kingsmoit]

Try www.techexcell.com <-- 20/year for about the same thing. I just signed up, so I'm not recommending them yet. It's just the best deal I've found yet.

I might post in here after a few days to tell you guys how I fare.


(They cohost with verio, so they should have a decent connection)

 

[sjshaw]

I just sent an email to them asking how long they had been in business. They responded in 5 minutes with (hope they don't mind me reproducing it):



<< I started the company in October when I knew that my dot com job was doomed.
---
Gary Harris
-[ Dixie Internet Systems ]--[ $3.95 Web Hosting ]-
-[ $13.95 Internet Access ]--[ $15 Domain Registration ]-
-[ http://www.dixiesys.com/ -- Put a little bit of Dixie into your
Internet ]-
>>



Very fast response. I may have to give this a shot.

 

[MarkUsG3]

Gary's been great over the last couple months I've been dealing with him. They aren't big, but as far as I see he treats the customer right. I've gotten my $3.95 worth in just support.

 

[elektronic]

I use whizhost, and I've had nothing but problems in installing CGI Scripts.
No luck at all.

Its a fast server, and they don't monitor FTP bandwith.

 

[nMo]

Try 34SP.com They seem to be based in the UK, but their servers are fast and they respond quickly to any questions. Their prices are very low and I've been hosting with them for a year now without any problems. Highly recommended.

They provide all this for under $17 a year.

Free www.yoursitename.34SP.com address, Use your own domain for free (www.yourdomain.name) , 30MB storage (extra available) , Full CGI-BIN: Perl, PHP4, Java , Python, TCL and C/C++ , Database suport (MySQL) with PhpMyAdmin interface , Full FTP access , 400MB monthly transfer bandwidth (extra available) , SSI support , WAP support , 10 POP3 email Addresses , 10 email redirects and 10 autoresponders , IMAP mailbox access , Front Page 2000 extensions , .htaccess, Cron tasks , Simple web-based site administration , Daily comprehensive traffic anlaysis tools , Raw log file access , Customizable error messages (e.g. 404 messages) , Webmail facility.

 

[travanx]

I also used dixiesys.com. He is very responsive and after getting my domain from godaddy.com I was all set up in less than a day.

 

[coolVariable]

I use readyhosting.com for my domains and they are very very good.
99$/year might be a bit on the expensive side but I get a lot for it ...
And the second account is half price...

Here's what they offer:
500MB Web Space
Free New Domain Registration
Unmetered Data Transfer
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Email Aliases
Unlimited Autoresponders
Web-Based Email
Toll-Free Technical Support
24 Hour FTP Access
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee
ASP Support
Live Statistics
FrontPage 2000 Extensions
Cold Fusion 4.5
Database Access
CGI/Perl
ASP Mail Component
ASPEmail Component
DevMailer Component
Instant Setup!
Password Protected Directories
Daily Backups
Custom 404 Error Page
Server Side Includes (.stm, .shtm, .shtml)
RealAudio/Video
PHP Server Extensions
SSL Security
E-commerce Shopping Cart by Cart32.com
Control Panel
SQL Server 2000 - ($25/Year Per Database)
ASP Simple Upload Component - NEW!

 

[darkjester]

<< I use readyhosting.com for my domains and they are very very good.
99$/year might be a bit on the expensive side but I get a lot for it ...
And the second account is half price... >>


I'm thinking of going with them by January's end. It's one heck of a long list of features for the price.

3-95.com is cheaper, but they're just not offering as much as readyhosting.com. However, 3-95.com limits you to 25 email accounts, but those can be IMAP. readyhosting.com has unlimited email accounts, but none IMAP (to my knowledge). IMAP is good.

 

[sjshaw]

<< readyhosting.com has unlimited email accounts, but none IMAP (to my knowledge). IMAP is good. >>



Could you elaborate on the advantages of IMAP?

 

[Kenji4861]

Damn, sounds like a hot deal!

 

[MontyBurns]

I, and several others here, recently signed on with HostOnce.com. They simply offer the absolute most bang for hte buck... $4.95 a month (about $60 a year), with unlimited storage, unlimited pop boxes, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited EVERYTHING.

HOWEVER, and this is a big however, I suggest you do your homework before signing up with ANY of these providers. While I have absolutely no complains about HostOnce, and would recommend them, there are several complaints about them posted in newsgroups. There are even more complaints about ReadyHosting (it seems as though their servers have been hacked many, many times). I'm not trying to start some big flame war here, so if you use one of these services and you love it, then bully for you. I'm just encouraging people to do their research.

Go to groups.google.com and plug in the host names (for instance, hostonce or readyhost) and search the usenet archives for user complaints. You'll find a lot of information.

And if anyone else is using hostonce, I'd be eager to compare notes. Like I said, so far I'm a huge fan, as the servers appear to be incredibly fast and the price can't be beat. But there are several usenet posts about both HostOnce and Readyhosting cutting off users for using too much bandwidth -- even though both offer "unlimited" bandwidth. (They do both warn you in their terms of service that they get to decide what "unlimited" means.)

 

[acebathound]

It basically all depends on what kind of risk you want to take. I took a risk with my current webhost and there were some bumps in the road (the guy was having all types of problems with the server and decided to do a server move and basically all of the customer's email/websites were down for two weeks and having major problems/outages for a month). In the end, the original owner ended up selling the business and luckily the guy that took over has majorly improved things, is fair with the customers, and so far has done a very nice job of handling things. Anyway, not to get off topic.. but basically at the $3.95 price, you can't count on anything -- the idea of the $3.95 price is that most of his customers aren't going to use up their full bandwidth each month or reach their disk quota... otherwise he'll just break even or end up losing money.

With a small amount of people, things are always going to be fine and support will be spectacular -- but prepare for some growing pains in the long run. I read some of his posts over at webhostingtalk.com and no one had anything bad to say about it. I'd just be a little wary now after what I went through with a start-up host... it'll be cheap hosting, but when they grow faster than they planned, don't always expect things to go smooth. The way I figured it when signing up for cheap hosting was if they went down in 3 months and I got my money's worth for the amount I would have been charged at a more expensive host, how much did I really lose out? Just glad things have gone as well as they did in the end for me.

...... eek.. hope he was prepared for a lot of people signing up after this was posted on Anandtech. Might be bumpy right from the start =P

 

[imported_Grimmy]

<< I, and several others here, recently signed on with HostOnce.com. They simply offer the absolute most bang for hte buck... $4.95 a month (about $60 a year), with unlimited storage, unlimited pop boxes, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited EVERYTHING.

HOWEVER, and this is a big however, I suggest you do your homework before signing up with ANY of these providers. While I have absolutely no complains about HostOnce, and would recommend them, there are several complaints about them posted in newsgroups. There are even more complaints about ReadyHosting (it seems as though their servers have been hacked many, many times). I'm not trying to start some big flame war here, so if you use one of these services and you love it, then bully for you. I'm just encouraging people to do their research.

Go to groups.google.com and plug in the host names (for instance, hostonce or readyhost) and search the usenet archives for user complaints. You'll find a lot of information.

And if anyone else is using hostonce, I'd be eager to compare notes. Like I said, so far I'm a huge fan, as the servers appear to be incredibly fast and the price can't be beat. But there are several usenet posts about both HostOnce and Readyhosting cutting off users for using too much bandwidth -- even though both offer "unlimited" bandwidth. (They do both warn you in their terms of service that they get to decide what "unlimited" means.) >>



Wow you just never know where people will talk about you next, first it was F-ckedcompany's forums now Anandtech

Anyway, I don't offer unlimited "anything" because unlimited does not exist. Bandwidth is limited, harddrive is limited, the # of email accounts you can create on the limited harddrive is limited. Rather I go for the up front "here is exactly what you get" approach. There are no surprises that way. You don't have to wonder "when will I go over what is acceptable for bandwidth" you KNOW you can look at your stats and see "oh I'm at 4 gigs and the month is only half over, I'm only allotted 5" no surprises.

Imap is "better" in some ways than pop since your email is on the server and no matter where you check email from, the email is there, this is "good and bad" good if you're mobile a lot, bad because you kind of depend on the server for your email (#1 rule in life, crap happens, even to web serves). We also have webmail available so people can send and recieve email from (most) any browser. It's a very popular feature.

Someone mentioned the 25 email limit, that isn't set in stone, if someone needs a few more email accounts it's not really a big deal to let someone have up to even 100 email accounts, I just set it at 25 since that seemed like a good # for the type of plan offered. Same with the 2 Mysql databases, if someone needs a 3rd or 4th it's not really a big deal to provide that.

Guess I'm gonna owe MarkUsg a few referrals.

 

[djheater]

Thanks for commenting Gary

I just signed up five minutes ago. Hope you don't get flooded

will let you all know if I have any problems.

 

[acebathound]

>>Guess I'm gonna owe MarkUsg a few referrals.

 

[imported_Grimmy]

No he didn't even send me a link to his posting, I just recognize his handle. Someone who signed up gave a link to this thread as an "fyi" on how they found me so I came over to see where the business was coming from. I don't visit anandtech as much as I did when I worked in PC sales/service.

Had no one mentioned the thread I wouldn't have even known he did it!

 

[acebathound]

ah ok. Sorry, couldn't edit my post to say "per forum rules, etc etc".. every time I went back into edit it or view it, I received an old copy of the thread -- wierdest thing. Cleared the browser cache, etc. Seems to be OK now.

Anyway...........best of luck with your company -- hopefully you have the resources for the amount of people from Anandtech that have already or will be signing up With a domain like 3-95.com....do you plan to always keep it $3.95 (say even 5 years from now) or is that not associated with the price? Just wondering =)

 

[MarkUsG3]

Don't go getting me into trouble . I just thought it was a good deal and Gary seems to be a nice guy.. I've gotten a lot of good deals out of this forum over the last couple years, so I figured why not.

Here's to hoping my thruput doesn't go to hell .

 

[djheater]

<< >>Guess I'm gonna owe MarkUsg a few referrals.

Is that the reason MarkUsG3 posted this "Hot Deal"? To get referrals? :| Because if it is, it would be in your best interest not to give him any at all. >>



I never would have known about this if Mark had not posted. Thanks Mark! If Gary is giving referrals and since Gary is smart enough to have found this post on A-tech I say screw it, you deserve a referral. The link to 3-95 was not a referral link and Mark is not duping us into registering or anything. It's all very up front.

 

[MontyBurns]

Dixie, you seem nice and straightforward and all, but I really have to question the business viability of charging $3.95 a month. You (and the "unlimited" providers) are banking on people not using anywhere near 5 gigs a month. If they do, I really fail to see how you can remain profitable. I know what the back end costs are associated with giant operations, and even the biggest would have trouble turning a profit on that kind of bandwidth per month per user, given typical support costs.

So, reassure me.