UPDATED Webhosting $9.95 for 6 months, 500MB/10GB/FTP/PHP/MySQL/webmail/email/forums/chat/eCommerce/cPanel

[RossMAN]

UPDATED 2/4/2003 - If you're looking for the $1.50/mo webhosting plan advertised in my sig please scroll down to RossMAN's post dated 02/04/2003 9:33 AM which has all the details including links. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I do not have any personal or business interest in RippleHost.com, if you do a WHOIS query you will notice that I am not the owner. Now that we have that out of the way.

RippleHost.com Web Hosting Package Includes:

• Hosting for your own domain name
• 100mb Disk Space
• 1000mb of bandwidth per month
• 5 subdomains
• 5 ftp accounts
• 5 mysql databases
• 5 e-mail accounts
• Auto Responders
• Mail forwarding
• Web based e-mail
• Mail blockers
• Web based statistics
• Password protected directories
• Front page extensions 2002
• CGI Support
• PHP Support
• MySQL Support
• Server Side Includes
• PhpMyAdmin

You also get access to their control panel where you can manage all the features of your account. For more information on the control panel click here.

RippleHost.com FAQ

The regular price for this plan is $9.99/yr so I'm not sure when this will expire, for more information regarding this please read my post here.

If you have any questions regarding RippleHost.com please post them in their Pre-Sales Questions forum which does NOT require registration.

If you would like to do some research on webhost providers please visit WebHostingTalk.com or HostHideout.com.

To order this plan please go here.

DOMAIN REGISTRARS

Two highly recommended and affordable domain registrars are NameCheap.com (who I use) and GoDaddy.com which is the perennial favorite.

If you're looking for a larger hosting package please PM me and I will notify you after I post details on the following:

$9.95 seutp fee
$0 first 6 months free with no obligation (yes you can cancel your account after 6 months)
$41.70 for the next 6 months or $6.95/mo
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$51.65 per year / 12 months = $4.30 per month average

Site Features:
Disk space : 500 MB
Bandwidth : 10 GB
Cpanel Bluetrix : yes
24 hour server monitoring : yes
99.7% uptime guarantee : yes
Support 24/7 : yes
Web Based Stats : yes
Raw Access Log : yes
Auto Installer : yes

Domain Features:
Your own domain name : yes (registration not included)
Additional Domains : 5
Sub-domains : 5

Email Features:
POP/IMAP accounts : 50
SMTP server relay : yes
Web based email : yes
Aliases/Forwarders : unlimited
SPAM Assassin : unlimited
Catch-all address : yes

FTP Features:
Master admin account : yes
FTP user accounts : unlimited
Anonymous FTP : no

Security Features:
Shared SSL certificate : pre-installed
Individual SSL cert : optional - no setup fee
Daily backups : yes
Password protected directories : yes

Developer Features:
Perl : yes
PHP : yes
PHPMyAdmin : yes
MySQL : 5 databases
Custom Error Pages : yes
Server-side includes : yes
FrontPage 2002 : yes
SSH : no
Web file manager : yes

E-Commerce Features:
OSCommerce : yes
Interchange : no

 

[aphex]

mmmmmm, comes with cpanel.....

the only thing i would be worried about is it being another cyberwings...

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: aphex
mmmmmm, comes with cpanel.....

the only thing i would be worried about is it being another cyberwings...

does look good....cyberwings..

 

[MowSow]

Well what do you have to loose ! I'll give it a try .. do they take paypal ?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: MowSow
Well what do you have to loose ! I'll give it a try .. do they take paypal ?

Originally posted by: RossMAN
If you have any questions regarding RippleHost.com please post them in their Pre-Sales Questions forum which does NOT require registration.

 

[alm99]

RossMan did you jump in on this?

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: MowSow
Well what do you have to loose ! I'll give it a try .. do they take paypal ?

Just use the MasterCard thing...

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: alm99
RossMan did you jump in on this?

Yes for a friend. They want a simple website to host some pictures, maybe a very small forum and of course their own myname@mydomain.com e-mail address.

For $5/yr it was worth it, bought it for a co-worker (friend) who recently left the bank.

 

[alm99]

Do you know if I can forward my domain I currently have to this plan and use my account I have a dixie for a different domain?

 

[gwlam12]

nm

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: alm99
Do you know if I can forward my domain I currently have to this plan and use my account I have a dixie for a different domain?

Who is your domain registrar (Dixiesys, GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc.)?

So you want to swap the domain you currently have hosted at Dixieys with another domain? That's up to Dixiesys, not sure if they'd be willing to do that - if they do there may be a fee involved.

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: alm99
Do you know if I can forward my domain I currently have to this plan and use my account I have a dixie for a different domain?

Who is your domain registrar (Dixiesys, GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc.)?

So you want to swap the domain you currently have hosted at Dixieys with another domain? That's up to Dixiesys, not sure if they'd be willing to do that - if they do there may be a fee involved.

I am registered with Namecheap, I would want to move mydomain.com to this $4.99 deal and use the space and bandwidth for at dixiesys for other things

 

[wjones]

At this rate, can they really survive? Even at $10, I don't think they have good margin. However, who can resist a price like this?

If I have another domain to host, I will give it a try.

 

[RossMAN]

alm99 - Excellent choice of domain registrar, NameCheap.com rocks!

It is possible to have your current domain hosted with RippleHost.com but I'm not sure IF Dixiesys.com will allow you to host a different domain under your current plan ... and IF they allow this if it will be free or will cost you. Before doing anything else I would first call and ask them.

If they say it's ok to change your domain hosted with Dixiesys.com then sign up for this plan, get your nameservers, go to NameCheap.com's website, login and update your DNS nameservers to point to RippleHost.com and you're done.

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
alm99 - Excellent choice of domain registrar, NameCheap.com rocks!

It is possible to have your current domain hosted with RippleHost.com but I'm not sure IF Dixiesys.com will allow you to host a different domain under your current plan ... and IF they allow this if it will be free or will cost you. Before doing anything else I would first call and ask them.

If they say it's ok to change your domain hosted with Dixiesys.com then sign up for this plan, get your nameservers, go to NameCheap.com's website, login and update your DNS nameservers to point to RippleHost.com and you're done.

Looks as if its $10 to do. Here

 

[vladgur]

very interesting approach. The whole hosting site is run on VBulletin...
Its very cheap, but Im not sure if he provides SSH/telnet access with these accounts.
Administration is totally possible without one, but it makes it A LOT mor convenient.

One thing to be aware off is this

What happens if you buy the 100Mg/1GB and hit the 1Gb bandwidth limit? Do you shut down the site or charge for the extra bandwidht - and if so, how much?

......

The site would be suspended until the beginning of the next plan.

We may offer larger plans in the future which you could upgrade to, thats not expected for some time though.

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: wjones
At this rate, can they really survive? Even at $10, I don't think they have good margin. However, who can resist a price like this?

If I have another domain to host, I will give it a try.

It depends on the user base. Most hosting companies hope that all user will not come close to their limits. Say a company has 100 users. Most likely, not all 100 users will use up their 100MB of space or their 1GB of transfer. Even if a few users came close to the 1GB, the others who didn't come close would compensate. Normally, when a user has reached the maximum alloted Transfer or Space, the hosting company would then charge for the overage or disable the account until the next month/billing cycle...

 

[AuctionHugh]

Cyberwings paranoia runs rampant! I've been with a $10/yr host for months and months now, with never a problem. Frankly the guy who runs my host sounds a little friendlier/more customer service oriented than this guy though. Wonder if he was burned a lot??

Originally posted by: aphex
mmmmmm, comes with cpanel..... the only thing i would be worried about is it being another cyberwings...

 

[RossMAN]

Well I just now signed up for the $4.99/yr plan, let the fun begin!

 

[jeffbg3]

well I guess its a good deal if 1000 mb bandwidth is enough. Also no SSH

 

[RossMAN]

jeffbg3 - There are other webhosts out there, what are your requirements?

Storage Space
Bandwidth
Which control panel do you like?
Obviously you need SSH

 

[Lark888]

RossMan - Thanks, I hooked up with $5 plan and an $8.88 domain name for my son who has expressed interest in doing some web stuff. For $14, it was worth a shot. Appreciate you commentary.

 

[Luden]

FYI: RippleHost.com is run by SplashHost.com

 

[MainFramed]

cool

 

[babylon5]

This deal beats Dixiesys.com silly, minus the random rude customer service at Dixiesys.com.