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Few weeks ago I wrote a shared hosting checklist. I thought why not make a list of few good hosting plans since its kinda impossible to find them. Well here it is. I’ve got 5 hosts that looks good to me and I would choose one of them if I needed shared hosting.

The 5 Hosts

These guys are not oversellers or resellers. They’re all big reputable hosts. I’ve called all the hosting companies for you guys and got all the info. Just making it easier for you. BTW, the list is in order of most affordable to the most expensive.

1. 1&1 Internet Inc – $3.99/month

2. GoDaddy – $4.29/month

3. Netfirms – $4.95/month

4. (mt) MediaTemple – $20/month

5. Mosso – $100/month

1. 1&1 Internet Inc

• Space: 10GB
• Bandwidth: 300GB
• MySQL databases: 10 (100MB)
• Domains allowed: 20
• Concurrent users on database: 250 (just awesome)
• Types of support: 24/7 Phone & Email support
• Price: $3.99/month (Limited time offer: $1.99 for first 3 months)

My friend survived the “digg effect” with this shared hosting from 1&1. So its pretty reliable. And I was going to go with them myself, but later I got a VPS from GoDaddy. Great price, great plan. Just love it.

2. GoDaddy

• Space: 10GB
• Bandwidth: 300GB
• MySQL databases: 10 (100MB)
• Domains allowed: Unlimited
• Concurrent users on database: 100
• Types of support: 24/7 Phone & Email support
• Price: $4.29/month

Some say that the support isn’t that great. I never used GoDaddy shared hosting so I can’t tell. I did find a lot of mixed reviews though. You might wanna someone who used GoDaddy before.

3. Nefirms

• Space: 10GB
• Bandwidth: 500GB
• MySQL databases: 1 (100MB)
• Domains allowed: Unlimited
• Concurrent users on database: 7 (not good)
• Types of support: 24/7 Phone & Email support
• Price: $4.95/month

I like these guys. I buy all my domains from them. The support was great. I’m thinking the hosting would be great too. This plan from Netfirms would be only good for a small blog or a static site since its only got 1 database and 7 concurrent users.

4. (mt) MediaTemple

• Space: 100GB
• Bandwidth: 1000GB
• MySQL databases: 1000 (400MB default)
• Domains allowed: 100
• Concurrent users on database: 40 (not bad)
• Types of support: 24/7 Phone, Email & Support ticket
• Price: $20/month

These guys are the pros. Most of the high-traffic sites use them. You’ll be hosted on a bunch of clustered servers. Meaning it can handle traffic spikes well. And about the big storage space and bandwidth. I’m not sure if they oversell. I don’t think they do because its $20/month, right?

5. Mosso

• Space: 50GB
• Bandwidth: 500GB
• MySQL databases: Unlimited (no size limit)
• Domains allowed: Unlimited
• Concurrent users on database: 3000 (fucking awesome!)
• Types of support: 24/7 Phone & Live chat
• Price: $100/month

A big competitor to (mt) MediaTemple. They allow you to resell. They have everything ready for you to resell. Keep in mind that this is not for mass reselling (or for opening your own hosting site). Its good if you would like to sell hosting to your clients or friends. Its just great for a web developer or anyone with a high-traffic forum. Oh and you’ll be on clustered servers just like on (mt).

Yeah there’s the list. Hope this was helpful. See which host will be good for you. And if you know any good shared hosts then please share it with us.

Don’t forget to let us know which host you would choose!

Man I wanted to make a list of oversellers. But, you know what? It’s just not worth the effort because all the hosts are overselling. Instead I should make a list of hosts who are NOT overselling. I just hate it. The hosting industry is just getting totally messed up.

Some hosts are proud of the fact that they oversell. They admit it on their company blog (like HostGator) or site. And they give us a bullshit reason on why they oversell. They say something like how can you expect us to give you 15,000GB dedicated space and bandwidth for just under $10/month, servers cost a lot and we know that no one is going to use all the space. Well that really pisses me off!

Well why the fuck do you need to oversell in the first place? I know its because of competition. But, do they really think that all of us are so dumb that we’ll fall for their “unlimited” space and bandwidth plans.

For example, when I order a pizza I expect to get the whole pizza (not just a few slices). I don’t care how much I payed for it. I don’t care if I only paid $15 for a large pizza. The company set the price and they better give me my whole pizza. I don’t want the pizza guy to come with a few slices and tell me that they knew I wouldn’t eat the whole pizza so they took off a few slices.

Like don’t lie to us. We don’t need 15,000GB of space. A dedicated 10GB is good enough. If you can’t really give us 15,000GB of dedicated space then don’t offer that. Hosts should be honest. Offer us what they can afford to. We’ll choose a transparent host over a lying overseller, any day of the week.

I don’t know who came up with the idea of overselling. Hosting isn’t buffet! At least in buffet they have all the food for us. In the hosting world, they don’t even have that.

A while back I wrote a checklist on shared hosting. People found it very helpful. But, a few people complained that I was not right about the resellers. Some also said that they were using a reseller and was happy with the service. So, today I’ll take the time to tell you folks a few things about resellers.

What is a “reseller”?

There are 2 types of resellers. I’ll list them below.

1. Reseller plan: You can buy reseller accounts from other hosts for about $10/month (cheapest deal on average) and make your own hosting company. I call them phony hosts and you wanna avoid these guys.
2. Dedicated servers: Now this one’s a better choice. These guys have rented a dedicated server and is actually serious about their business.

Who can become a reseller?

Anyone! Yeah anyone can get his or her hands on a cheap reseller plan. But, dedicated servers would be pretty expensive. So, most of the resellers are using those shitty ass reselling plan which are hosted on an oversold piece of shit server. And what if the reseller oversells? Crap! That would be overselling on an already oversold server. Oh you’re screwed!

You know what’s shocking? People are fucking giving away reseller accounts for free. Just polluting the web (a bit more). You can go on forums like FreeWebspace.net and Digital Point, and you’ll see these free plans. They usually get you to post on their forums to keep the reseller account running (post2host!).

That means kids can start their own hosting site (and a lot of them are). Plus these plans are meant to attract teens (and young adults). No technical knowledge necessary!

I know this 15 year-old guy. He’s the dumbest guy of all time. He couldn’t even install WordPress. I am not even joking. WordPress is idiot-proof! And he couldn’t install that. WTF? Why am I telling this? Well because he bought a reseller account and started his own hosting site. I’m not sure what I should say. Just think! Do you think he can provide you with technical support? Hell no! What are the chances of him closing down his hosting site within a few weeks? A lot!

Should you use a reseller?

Try to avoid them. But, if you really had to choose a reselling company then choose the one with their own dedicated server rather than a cheap reselling plan. These guys are actually serious about the business. They probably hired a few technical support reps. A lot better choice, huh?

HostGator is a reseller. They rented their servers from The Planet. So, you see there are few “big fish” resellers. But, most reselling hosts are run by people with no knowledge on servers, programming, web dev, etc and they don’t plan to stay in the business for too long (fly-by-night hosts!).

I’m hoping this article gave you guys a better view of the reselling hosts. I’ll be writing an article on how to tell if your host is a reseller or not, this week. So, stick around and don’t forget to subscribe!