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

[RossMAN]

Lark888 - You're welcome, it's definitely a very affordable solution. How do you access your cPanel? I signed up but dunno where to access my cPanel, is it www.mydomain.com/cpanel?

 

[sundog29]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Lark888 ... How do you access your cPanel? ...

You can login to your control panel at http://server1.ripplehost.com/cpanel/


Have your username and p/w handy.

 

[Akki]

Looks like it went up to $9.99 after the first 50 signups? E-rice seems better at that price.

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: Akki
Looks like it went up to $9.99 after the first 50 signups? E-rice seems better at that price.

still showing $4.99 here

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Akki
Looks like it went up to $9.99 after the first 50 signups? E-rice seems better at that price.

What makes you think it went up to $9.99 unless they recently (in the past 4 days) stopped doing the $4.99 plans.

Did you read this? I signed up this weekend and it was $4.99 not $9.99

 

[Akki]

I didn't signup, but everywhere on the site I went I saw $9.99 (or $9.95? something like that). Guess I should decide whether or not I want to sign up before the price does go up, or if I want to not be a cheap bastard and pay $5 more a year for more space and bandwidth at e-rice. I read your post on their board, but it didn't say anything concrete. The site says the deal was supposedly for the first 50 people; it can't take them that long to get that at that price.

 

[RossMAN]

Akki - Trust me they still have $4.99 accounts available unless Alan says otherwise. I know the site is a little misleading because you see $9.99 everywhere and the "first 50 customers" but that's why I specifically posted that thread to avoid questions like this.

There are a lot of webhosting choices out there but none of them can touch $4.99/yr but remember you get what you pay for.

 

[SLEEPER5555]

ok i don't mean tobe the party pooper here but does anyone remember what happened to cyberwings? this is one of those hosts were things just do not add up even if they got a server from Rackshack, this still makes no sense unless they are waaaayyyy overselling. Also keep in mind that they still need to offer support and admin the server which cost more $$$. Yes they are many hosts that offer prices like this (you can find them at webhostingtalk) but is tht what you really want? In the end this is your choice but don't be surprised when they are gone!

 

[geckojohn]

Rossman... you need to start saving some money by now. C'mon, let start trying to save. This is a hot deal, but u've been buying a lot. Thanks for the deal.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Rossman... you need to start saving some money by now. C'mon, let start trying to save. This is a hot deal, but u've been buying a lot. Thanks for the deal.

Tell me something I don't know, thanks though

 

[mikysee]

I'm new to this. Do I need to go get a domain name first and then sign up with RippleHost?

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Rossman... you need to start saving some money by now. C'mon, let start trying to save. This is a hot deal, but u've been buying a lot. Thanks for the deal.

You've no idea how many people tried to convince him to save up dude.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: mikysee
I'm new to this. Do I need to go get a domain name first and then sign up with RippleHost?

Correct. First you need to register a domain, I highly recommend NameCheap.com for only $8.88/yr which offers a solid service ... then go to RippleHost.com and purchase a webhosting package. After you receive your RippleHost account info via e-mail you'll go to NameCheap and update your nameservers (I can help you if you need it, it's not that difficult) then upload your content to your RippleHost account and wait 24-48 hours for propogation.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

 

[toastyghost]

That's a great find! And I thought my $10/month hosting was killer... Thanks for proving me wrong

 

[alm4rr]

GoDaddy.com can name register for $6.95/yr now if you pick the '.us' ending.

 

[Luden]

Originally posted by: SLEEPER5555
ok i don't mean tobe the party pooper here but does anyone remember what happened to cyberwings? this is one of those hosts were things just do not add up even if they got a server from Rackshack, this still makes no sense unless they are waaaayyyy overselling. Also keep in mind that they still need to offer support and admin the server which cost more $$$. Yes they are many hosts that offer prices like this (you can find them at webhostingtalk) but is tht what you really want? In the end this is your choice but don't be surprised when they are gone!

Go look up Splashhost, Its run by the same guy. Hes been is buiness for a bit...

 

[huesmann]

Apparently the $5 price is only for the first year, then goes to $10.

 

[RossMAN]

Uh oh fellow Ferengi I have some potentially bad news

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110148

 

[huesmann]

What's the bad news?

 

[alm99]

whats the bad news? can't access the webhosting talk forums through work

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: huesmann
What's the bad news?

The $4.99 promo price may end soon and it goes back up to $9.99 and you are correct, after the first year the price goes up to $9.99

But still $9.99 for all this is a great price. Due to the limited resources I would only use this hosting for a small personal, hobby or family website not forums or anything else like that. Just register a domain with NameCheap.com for $8.88 add this for $4.99 and you have an awesome deal on your own webhosting including your own bob@whatever.com e-mail

To put this into perspective, Yahoo and Hotmail e-mail wants to charge you $10 - $20 per year for extra e-mail space. For $15/yr you can own your own domain name and have your own webmail (Squirrel Mail, Horde or NeoMail - currently I prefer Horde) with 100MB storage!

 

[huesmann]

How do you do the webmail? Does Ripplehost provide it?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: huesmann
How do you do the webmail? Does Ripplehost provide it?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it's autoinstalled in cPanel which is nice, no installation just click read webmail then choose either NeoMail or Horde (you have to install Squirrel Mail yourself if you want it).

Let's assume your domain is www.huesmann.com I would create a subdomain and redirect your webmail to webmail.huesmann.com

 

[jodhas]

got in on this deal.

how is www.ipowerweb.com for a more robust(?) option. I called and they were willing to up the storage space xtra 100mb.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: jodhas
got in on this deal.

how is www.ipowerweb.com for a more robust(?) option. I called and they were willing to up the storage space xtra 100mb.

How much do you pay, is it per month or per year, how much website space and bandwidth per month do you get? They have a nice looking website and it loads FAST which is a plus.