Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Recommend a good webhost for small sites, but with PHP and MySQL support

kernkraft

kernkraft

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Jun 25, 2009
2,456
1
The title says everything. I need a webhost for a small portfolio - a couple of small firms, a couple of private sites, most of them are basic, few pages long. I have around a hundred domains, most of them are parking and waiting to be sold or are under development, so they would be pointing to the new server/webhost.

Because of a couple of basic webstores and Contact Us/Register pages, PHP and MySQL support is essential.

Any suggestions? I'm not ready to start my own server yet, as 1.) I am not a professional, it's only a hobby/second career for me, 2.) where I live in the UK, in rural Hampshire, we get a pathetically low bandwidth - it's around 0.7 Mbps. Also, I think that at least, for now, paying a basic/small business plan would be much more cost-efficient.

Thanks!
 
I use WebHostingPad for about half of a dozen sites. It's cheap and works fine for me.

I've also used Bluehost in the past. It was really good, too. I only moved to WebHostingPad because it was significantly less expensive.

Hope that helps.
 
I tend to use RackSpace for a lot of my clients, who have large enterprise level websites. For smaller websites, including my own, I use Aplus.Net. I have also had a positive experience with DreamHost.com.
 
bluehost here. been using them for the past three years, and they've been pretty good, though i'm sure there are companies out there that offer same stuff for better prices (a year is about $105 after the first year contract runs out).
 
web hosting

I also live in UK, and can't recommend these guys enough:

poldings.co.uk

I've been using them exclusively for years.

John
 
Thank you!

Thanks for all your replies! I will check every single one of them, that was a great help!
 
miles01110 said:
nearlyfreespeech.net

Perfect for a low-bandwidth site.
Click to expand...
Never used them, but my friend uses them for his blog and definitely seems to recommend them haha. I'd use them, but their idea of paying for what you use however, would probably cost me a lot since I have a tendency to make demanding websites. Hell, recently I had a site up that was using about 5GB of bandwidth per day, so of course I wouldn't want to host it on there :p.
 
I recommend A Small Orange. I've been with them for over a year now. They have great support, and I haven't experienced any downtime. They have plan ranging form $25 a year up to $30 a month. I personally use their "small plan" 750mb of space, 15 gb of bandwidth. That plan costs $5 a month. They do give a discount if you buy a year at a time though.

A Small Orange

Don
 
Throwing one more into the mix, I've been very pleased with HawkHost. Good prices, well-equipped service, highly reliable, very responsive support, and quite well regarded on WebHostingTalk (excellent source of information and reviews, BTW), where I first found out about them.
 
I would suggest you to send requests to a few web hosting providers and to compare their responses. You obviously need to work with a hosting provider that will pay attention on your account.
 
HostColor said:
I would suggest you to send requests to a few web hosting providers and to compare their responses. You obviously need to work with a hosting provider that will pay attention on your account.
Click to expand...
I agree with that fully. When I chose my first web host I actually based it almost solely on the quality of their support, not because I though that I would need it, but just because it really is an indication to me of how seriously they are willing to take business, since a lack of support will generally indicate that it's probably not a very reliable service either.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back