2014 iPage Shared Hosting Review

2014 iPage Shared Hosting Review

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iPage Hosting – Affordable Top Quality Hosting for Small Websites  

iPage Hosting has been in business over the past 15 years and it has built a very good name for itself in that time. This is one of the most popular hosting services for webmasters who are completely new to the business because it provides high quality service at extremely affordable cost. In addition, it is so easy to use that a newcomer can start using it without any problems. It runs on a Linux platform and is extremely versatile. As a matter of fact, this platform is greatly preferred by small (and to a lesser extent, medium) sized companies. People who are very eco-conscious prefer using iPage Hosting because it uses wind turbines to power its servers.

Affordable Services

Users of iPage Hosting have access to unlimited bandwidth and storage capacity as well as databases and emails for only $3.50 per month. This service also offers them a domain absolutely free of cost. This brings in lots of first time webmasters who need to get going with the least possible investment. An additional advantage that brings in lots of clients is a very generous amount of marketing credits worth around $450.

This hosting service does not offer automatic backups along with the basic package and this is a major drawback indeed. Further, it does not offer site security along with the lowest priced package. These, and other features, have to be purchased as add-ons but they are priced very reasonably.

Easy To Use

iPage hosting offers webmasters a very simple Site Builder tool completely free of cost. In addition, users can choose from many different web designs. This Site Builder tool it is very simple to use and can be used to make attractive web pages and contact forms. The control panel used here is vDeck and it is notable for the ease with which it can be understood and used. Even a newbie webmaster can use it to manage the website and install various third party applications that are necessary to make the website attractive and useful.

Uptime Guarantee

iPage Hosting is extremely reliable and it offers an uptime guarantee of 99.9% thanks to impressive infrastructure. The many servers also ensure that the website has very good load time. These ensure that people can manage online businesses very easily using this website hosting service. In any case, the company offers excellent customer support in case users face any issues. Subscribers who have problems can get in touch with customer support via email, phone or web chat. If there are problems with the service that can’t be resolved then subscribers have the option of cancelling it for complete refund within 30 days. Once the 30 days are up then only a partial refund is possible. However, this does not cover any add-ons.

Drawbacks

The inability to upgrade a package is possibly the biggest drawback of the iPage hosting service. In fact, most users have no option to switch to another service provider if they feel that they need additional bandwidth or storage space, which is invariably the case when a website becomes popular. Another problem is that users do not have SSH access. However, this feature is not generally required for many sites, especially ones that are very small, therefore this issue does not trouble many people.

All in all, iPage Hosting is a very good web host for small businesses, especially start-ups, because of the many features it offers. Its low price points ensure that it is very popular with business owners.
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