ALIVE AGAIN! HostPC.com web hosting for $12/yr

[RossMAN]

AFAIK this special has been extended through New Years Day, so it expires in a few days.

Disclaimer: I do not work for HostPC.com, I'm a paying customer just like everyone else (they currently host RossWorx.com). I paid via Paypal and a few hours later my account was setup and ready to go.

HostPC Holiday Sale

We received MANY requests for smaller packages, priced competitively, and I've gotten no less than 50 requests to bring back the $25 package for a New Year's special... so here we go.

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Details on the $12 Promo
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This sale will be through the end of the year.

Domain name registration is available for $8.95 here.

You may order as many of these packages as you'd like. As long as your account remains in good standing, your order will automatically renew every year for $12.

This $12 per YEAR sale package features
30 day money back guarantee
50MB Disk Space
1GB Transfer
No Addon domains
DirectAdmin Control Panel
No set limit subdomains
5 POP3 email addresses
SSI
Apache Web Server
Log Files
Front Page 2002 Extensions
Personal CGI-BIN
.htaccess capability
Exim Mail Server
Responders & Vacation Message
Mail Forwarding
Spam Filters
POP3 + Webmail
Scripting Tools (Perl, Python, PHP4)
Backup and Restore Manager
Usage Reports
Site Statistics
File Manager
1 MySQL Database
Traffic Monitoring
Webalizer statistics
Both Eubimail and Squirrelmail
Payment must be by Paypal (preferred) or credit card through Paysystems.


Order HERE

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Details on the $25 Promo
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This sale will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. Sale ends at Midnight ET on Sunday, 12/14/03. You must have a domain name to associate with this package. We will not accept any "To Be Determined" orders. Domain name registration is available for $8.95 here. You may order as many of these as you'd like. As long as your account remains in good standing, your order will automatically renew every year for $25.

This $25 per YEAR sale package features
30 day money back guarantee
300MB Disk Space
8GB Transfer
3 Addon domains
DirectAdmin Control Panel
No set limit subdomains
25 POP3 email addresses
SSI
Apache Web Server
Log Files
Front Page 2002 Extensions
Personal CGI-BIN
.htaccess capability
Exim Mail Server
Responders & Vacation Message
Mail Forwarding
Spam Filters
POP3 + Webmail
Scripting Tools (Perl, Python, PHP4)
Backup and Restore Manager
Usage Reports
Site Statistics
File Manager
5 MySQL Database
Traffic Monitoring
Webalizer statistics
Both Eubimail and Squirrelmail
Payment must be by Paypal (preferred) or credit card through Paysystems.

Order HERE

There will be a link in the ordering process to select "$12 Promo" or "$25 Promo" ... make your selection accordingly.

Thanks

Joe

Although I am currently sharing a dedicated server hosted at The Planet datacenter I purchased the $25/yr account from HostPC to get more exposure to the Direct Admin control panel.

Also a reminder that 1and1.com is offering FREE WEB HOSTING for 3 years with 500MB/5GB.

 

[Zorro]

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http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1214962

 

[patrickj]

Any known problems with these guys hijacking a domain name once you transfer it to them?

 

[RossMAN]

Zorro - ROTFLMAO I hope you're not serious.

I posted that thread you're referring to and that was the Christmas special, this is the New Years special.

patrickj - I would recommend registering your domain with a real domain registrar (such as Dotster, NameCheap, GoDaddy, etc.). As long as you register the domain with a legit domain registrar and your email address is listed in the WHOIS lookup then no web host can "hijack" your domain. If someone were to attempt to "hijack" your domain an email would be sent to you asking for permission.

This is a good deal if you need basic web hosting. I use mine mostly for webmail and becuase I like the DirectAdmin control panel.

 

[patrickj]

Actually, I registered my domains years ago with Network Solutions. I have read that there have been problems with some web hosting companies (1 and 1 I believe) not transferring a domain name to another web hosting service (dns transfer).

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: patrickj
Actually, I registered my domains years ago with Network Solutions. I have read that there have been problems with some web hosting companies (1 and 1 I believe) not transferring a domain name to another web hosting service (dns transfer).

Unless you have registered corporate or business domains, you should consider transferring them to GoDaddy.com which is an ICANN accredited domain registrar.

As the registered domain owner YOU choose which DNS name servers your domains use. So after signing up with HostPC.com web hosting, they send you an e-mail with the two DNS name servers to use, you go to your domain reigstrar's web site, login, update your domain with the primary and secondary name servers listed in your "welcome e-mail".

 

[patrickj]

Yea, thats right...its been a while since I've had to make any changes. I had a blonde moment, but I'm better now...

 

[patrickj]

Unless you have registered corporate or business domains, you should consider transferring them to GoDaddy.com which is an ICANN accredited domain registrar.

I haven't checked on this for quite some time, but network solutions used to charge an outrageous fee to transfer a domain name to another registrar.

 

[bman46]

godaddy is by far the best and most useful domain service.

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: bman46
godaddy is by far the best and most useful domain service.

Actually I like namecheap better because the have more to offer as far as options are concerned.

 

[McDealer]

Just wanted to clarify some information,

IF you transfer your domain registration to us, you're really transferring it to Enom :

Total Name Registrations (in all TLDs): 2,549,997 (as of 12/29/2003 3:32:24 PM).

We use "Registry Rocket" - which means you control the DNS, you control the information, you control the passwords - our name doesn't appear in the registration details at all. IF anything was to happen to HostPC, Enom would take control of our account (or any of their registration resellers) and administer them themselves. Losing control of your domain is nearly impossible. I'll admit, I've seen a couple of "shady" resellers out there that have gone in and changed the client information, but on the two I've encountered that did that, neither are still in business.

Bottom line, your info/domains are safe with us, but transferring your domain to our registrar is NOT required... all we need is you to point your DNS to your assigned servers - do that wherever you're most comfortable.

Thanks
Joe

 

[patrickj]

Although I am currently sharing a dedicated server hosted at The Planet datacenter I purchased the $25/yr account from HostPC to get more exposure to the Direct Admin control panel.

I understand that the demo for Direct Admin is somewhat disabled, however, the control panel looks somewhat limiting. I don't see where you would set up an autoresponder for email, create folders, or configure your index page. Are these capabilities in the complete control panel? I don't see anything about FP extensions either. Maybe I missed all of this somewhere? I was in the Admin control panel demo area.

 

[durin]

kind of OT, but does anyone know of any good dedicated hosts like The Planet that rossman mentioned?

 

[patrickj]

Well, I jumped in for a year at $25...we'll see how it goes...

 

[crazymennonite]

I'm in too, too good to pass up.

 

[darktubbly]

I'm *real* tempted by this, but am a bit wary of registering my own domain. Is there any way to ensure that other people won't have access to my contact details with a WHOIS query?

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: darktubbly
I'm *real* tempted by this, but am a bit wary of registering my own domain. Is there any way to ensure that other people won't have access to my contact details with a WHOIS query?

I jumped in on this also, although I'm not ready to put anything up yet.
In response to this particular question, when I registered my domain through GoDaddy, they offer some sort of proxy domain service far an additional $12/yr that hides your info from a whois query.

I'm a complete newb at this sort of thing, so I may or may not know what I'm saying

 

[patrickj]

Are there any promotional reseller deals? I got in earlier and am fairly impressed. I'm beginning to like the administration interface more than Ensim... MY first domain, aarr.org is up and I'm waiting for aarr.net to start resolving to the aarr.org site.

 

[Armitage]

A BUMP @ RossMan's request (on a self-imposed vacation?!?) for the last day of this deal.

 

[amdskip]

bump

 

[olouie]

just checked and its back

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: olouie
just checked and its back

Thanks for the update, my thread title has been edited.

 

[HyTekJosh]

I may be able to match those plans for $15/year and $30/year respectively. Feel free to let me know if you are interested.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Dang! Another HOT web hosting deal. According to HostPC:

"Due to continued requests for this package, we've discussed this with our staff and advisors, and have decided to offer these packages as permanent additions to our lineup."

Would've signed up for this deal, but since I already did the 1&1.com deal for 3 years FREE, don't have any real reason at this point in time to sign up for this HOT deal. Oh well, we'll see...

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: HyTekJosh
I may be able to match those plans for $15/year and $30/year respectively. Feel free to let me know if you are interested.

But their prices are $12/year and $25/year. May I ask what makes your offer better? (Not trolling).