[welshhuw]

Hi,

I was hoping that some of you would have some feedback regarding Site5.com and their Hosting, particularly their reseller hosting.

I know that you can choose to host with them from a London server. Which is ideal, as I'm in the UK...!

Any thoughts would be great thanks.


Huw

[BlueDreamer]

They used to have a reasonable reputation a few years back, before they started "unlimited" shared hosting. Saying that, as you're looking at Reseller hosting I'd suggest trying to find out how many reseller accounts they have on each server because that "unlimited" word might suggest they may overcrowd their reseller servers as well?

[welshhuw]

BlueDreamer, on 04 November 2011 - 02:19 PM, said:

They used to have a reasonable reputation a few years back, before they started "unlimited" shared hosting. Saying that, as you're looking at Reseller hosting I'd suggest trying to find out how many reseller accounts they have on each server because that "unlimited" word might suggest they may overcrowd their reseller servers as well?

The Reseller Accounts have limit on bandwidth and diskspace listed on their website.
What attracted me was the decent price, the free shared SSL (Which I need for Facebook App Hosting) and the Domain Reseller.

This post has been edited by welshhuw: 04 November 2011 - 02:27 PM

[wesh.co.uk]

welshhuw, on 04 November 2011 - 02:26 PM, said:

The Reseller Accounts have limit on bandwidth and diskspace listed on their website.
What attracted me was the decent price, the free shared SSL (Which I need for Facebook App Hosting) and the Domain Reseller.

So, to summarise, you put cost before everything else? You picked it because its cheap... :-)

[BlueDreamer]

welshhuw, on 04 November 2011 - 02:26 PM, said:

The Reseller Accounts have limit on bandwidth and diskspace listed on their website.
What attracted me was the decent price, the free shared SSL (Which I need for Facebook App Hosting) and the Domain Reseller.

I know they give you limits on reseller accounts, but if their shared hosting business model relies on cramming as many accounts as possible onto a server how can you be sure they're not doing the same with their reseller accounts?

[welshhuw]

wesh.co.uk, on 04 November 2011 - 03:09 PM, said:

So, to summarise, you put cost before everything else? You picked it because its cheap... :-)

Not so true; But of course cost is a factor. Especially as a very young business, I have to be careful with my money.

BlueDreamer, on 04 November 2011 - 05:53 PM, said:

I know they give you limits on reseller accounts, but if their shared hosting business model relies on cramming as many accounts as possible onto a server how can you be sure they're not doing the same with their reseller accounts?

I understand, and you may well be right. How can you pick out those companies who don't cram it all on?


Thanks

[rallport]

welshhuw, on 04 November 2011 - 06:13 PM, said:

I understand, and you may well be right. How can you pick out those companies who don't cram it all on?

A good start would to call up and ask some very specific technical questions. Hosts who have nothing hide will give you open, honest and fairly detailed answers. I'd also try a telphone call as opposed to an email, so you can gauge their response, as they have way too much time to piece together a response by email - be mean

[BlueDreamer]

welshhuw, on 04 November 2011 - 06:13 PM, said:

Not so true; But of course cost is a factor. Especially as a very young business, I have to be careful with my money.

I understand, and you may well be right. How can you pick out those companies who don't cram it all on

Yes of course cost is a important factor, but if you're hosting your clients sites going for the best quality you can afford will always win the day, both for your customers and your own sanity. If you end up with a cheaper less reliable host then you will have endless issues to sort out and you'll have your clients on your back all the time, believe me that will grind you down and you'll wish you forked out an extra fiver a month! I'm not saying Site5 are bad but you often do get what you pay for.

I'd say look for host that doesn't offer huge amounts of disk space/data transfer for peanuts, eg for an entry level shared hosting plan 1gb space/5gb transfer I'd expect to pay £50 for a good host. For reseller hosting many hosts offer entry level packages that may be limited to a certain number of domains, with upgrades to buy in extra space/bandwidth as your business grows, expect to pay from £15 a month for a starter reseller account, you only have to host 2 client accounts and you should be near to breaking even for that.

As Rallport said, talk to some candidate hosts on your shortlist...

This post has been edited by BlueDreamer: 04 November 2011 - 07:44 PM