I'd like to use a hosting company called BLUEHOST.

[jins3714]

Do you all use the website hosting company?
I'd like to use a hosting company called BLUEHOST. Is it okay? The purpose is to create a transaction relay website.

 

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[Entre Eyes]

The topic of having anything to do with transactions and your very basic questions are little bit scary my friend.

 

[MattR82]

Nope. Not ok.

 

[Entre Eyes]

Nope. Not ok.

How can so many affiliates be so wrong? Ka ching.

 

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[MattR82]

How can so many affiliates be so wrong? Ka ching.

I just unsubscribed from someone I thought very well of for sending unsuspecting people to bluehost lol.

 

[Vairavan]

I moved the answer to its own thread:

SIDE HUSTLE - WEB DESIGN - Attention website owners!Here is why you should never use Bluehost and Hostgator (and 78 other web hosting services) for hosting your website!

Because they are owned by EIG. You see, when it comes to hosting a website, there are two fundamental rules you need to know: Rule #1: Don't use any hosting service owned by EIG, Rule #2: Never forget rule #1. EIG is a shady company that cares only about your money, not you. But, since they...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

 

[Guest12120]

I hated Bluehost’s customer service. Moved to Namecheap and love it there

 

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[jins3714]

Is it that serious? That's amazing.

 

[jins3714]

No. Do buy any hosting services owned by EIG. (They own both bluehost and hostgator) They're crap. But they pay handsome commissions for their affiliates. So they're recommended all over the web.Here is the full list :

As Full As Possible List of EIG Companies and Brands With Details (Beware EIG Hosting!)

Full list of EIG hosting companies that have been acquired by Endurance International Group and the dates with proof links when EIG bought the hosts.

researchasahobby.com

thank you for your support

 

[Vairavan]

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[foodiepersecond]

I use Bluehost and haven't had any customer service issues. Honestly, they don't really have customer service, just other users that offer to help. Anything I need to worry about since my site is hosted by them?

 

[Vairavan]

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[Nick M.]

I've used several different hosts before, including Bluehost. Don't use them. 9/10 times when you use their support, you'll be chatting for an hour and they won't be able to solve your problem. Then they'll "escalate" your ticket. Then you wait 2-3 days for an answer that's only helpful half the time. The other half, you'll have to send back a response and wait several more days.

Plus, their hosting is clunky and broke several times while using it.

If you were looking at Bluehost for WordPress, then either use SiteGround or WP Engine. Both are great in my experience, though completely different. And SiteGround's customer support is the #1 support I've seen from a hosting company.

However, another alternative is to just buy a linux instance. That would require you to know how to create your site from scratch, but it's cheap and easy. One company I've had a great experience with is Vultr.

 

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[Vairavan]

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[1step]

Highly recommend liquidweb

 

[Equilibrium]

Bluehost is horrible.
Customer service knows almost nothing about how to run a website. They must outsource and read from scripts.
They up-charge everything. They AUTO RENEW domains even if you set do not renew.
If you try to edit your A name, they make it more complicated then it needs to be.
and cloudfare doesn't like them!

If you need to upload files with FTP, they close your connection. Why? I don't know could not get a straight answer.
My panel came with SSH enabled : Read and write access enabled for a random account created. can you say SECURITY RISK!?
After I contacted them about it they did not respond to the ticket, deleted the ticket and removed the SSH.

By removed SSH I mean disabled SSH on my account.
Their SMTP wont send emails.

They do not support backups. Not that you should use your host as a backup solution, but the fact they have ZERO RESTORE FUNCTION for all of their users is insanity.

Nope. Not recommended.

 

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[Isaac Oh]

Wow... been using BlueHost and actually put around 4 or 5 clients onto that platform. Thanks for the tips guys

 

[MattR82]

For cheap, siteground is great and their support has always been god damn amazing for me. But I've also heard good things about liquidweb.

If you have the money and aren't too familiar with hosting, Kinsta is probably the best.

 

[Entre Eyes]

I remember reading how Pat Flynn was getting his commissions doubled by Blue Host for his performance multiple times, and salivating.

This would make a good poll.....promote anyway or take the high road.

 

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[DrScream]

No. Don't buy into any hosting services owned by EIG. (They own both Bluehost and Hostgator) They're crap. But they pay handsome commissions for their affiliates. So they're recommended all over the web. Here is the full list of crap owned by them :

As Full As Possible List of EIG Companies and Brands With Details (Beware EIG Hosting!)

Full list of EIG hosting companies that have been acquired by Endurance International Group and the dates with proof links when EIG bought the hosts.

researchasahobby.com

THIS x1000!

I use InMotionHosting for all my needs and they're wonderful (Not apart of EIG too which is a plus)

 

[MπR]

I had 2 sites on Bluehost. Was a terrible experience. Avoid them.

 

[FierceRacoon]

More details in another thread, as it relates to all companies under the umbrella of EIG, not just BlueHost.

 

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[GoodluckChuck]

Dreamhosts has been good to me for 3 years. They have various options at all levels of hosting. Their managed WordPress is good too. Faster than siteground when I've compared in the past.

Affiliates like Bluehost because they pay more. They don't care about giving you the best option. It's all about the dollars.

 

[Isaac Oh]

I'm looking to transfer my clients onto new hosting platforms because I'm looking to raise the bar in the quality of my offering whenever I can.

The ones that you guys have recommended are: Dreamhosts, Siteground (x2), LiquidWeb (x2), Kinsta (for beginners), WP Engine, and NameCheap.

I'll dig around and let you guys know which one I go with

 

[Nick M.]

I'm looking to transfer my clients onto new hosting platforms because I'm looking to raise the bar in the quality of my offering whenever I can.

The ones that you guys have recommended are: Dreamhosts, Siteground (x2), LiquidWeb (x2), Kinsta (for beginners), WP Engine, and NameCheap.

I'll dig around and let you guys know which one I go with

It's worth pointing out that most hosts offer a 30-day moneyback guarantee, meaning that you can go ahead and try one out practically for free before transferring your client's sites. Furthermore, many hosts have a free site-migration tool to make the transfer easy. So if you choose a host and don't like it, many will make switching to a new service easy.

Also, check out this thread by @Vairavan. At the top, there's a poll for the best hosting option.

SIDE HUSTLE - WEB DESIGN - Attention website owners!Here is why you should never use Bluehost and Hostgator (and 78 other web hosting services) for hosting your website!

Because they are owned by EIG. You see, when it comes to hosting a website, there are two fundamental rules you need to know: Rule #1: Don't use any hosting service owned by EIG, Rule #2: Never forget rule #1. EIG is a shady company that cares only about your money, not you. But, since they...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

 

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[Isaac Oh]

It's worth pointing out that most hosts offer a 30-day moneyback guarantee, meaning that you can go ahead and try one out practically for free before transferring your client's sites. Furthermore, many hosts have a free site-migration tool to make the transfer easy. So if you choose a host and don't like it, many will make switching to a new service easy.

Also, check out this thread by @Vairavan. At the top, there's a poll for the best hosting option.

SIDE HUSTLE - WEB DESIGN - Attention website owners!Here is why you should never use Bluehost and Hostgator (and 78 other web hosting services) for hosting your website!

Because they are owned by EIG. You see, when it comes to hosting a website, there are two fundamental rules you need to know: Rule #1: Don't use any hosting service owned by EIG, Rule #2: Never forget rule #1. EIG is a shady company that cares only about your money, not you. But, since they...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

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Thanks so much!

 

[MattR82]

I'm looking to transfer my clients onto new hosting platforms because I'm looking to raise the bar in the quality of my offering whenever I can.

The ones that you guys have recommended are: Dreamhosts, Siteground (x2), LiquidWeb (x2), Kinsta (for beginners), WP Engine, and NameCheap.

I'll dig around and let you guys know which one I go with

I wouldn't say kinsta is for beginners in comparison to siteground and liquidweb.

 

[Isaac Oh]

So yeah, did the research and decided to go with SiteGround simply because it had the most votes in the polls. I was considering among SG, InMotion, Cloudways, and Liquid Web.

 

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[RazorCut]

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It's not helpful to remove your content from a thread just so you can use it to start one of your own.

That leaves this thread disjointed for anyone else who wants to follow it. Better to have the information in both places than delete the content here.

 

[Vairavan]

It's not helpful to remove your content from a thread just so you can use it to start one of your own.

That leaves this thread disjointed for anyone else who wants to follow it. Better to have the information in both places than delete the content here.

Sorry. I won't do this next time.