So I’ve finally had my first problem with Host Gator. As it turns out, they need a “valid” credit card in order to keep your account active. I’ve never heard of such a thing! Anyway, as soon as I complied with this unreasonable demand, they kindly turned the site back on, and we’re back in business as smooth as ever. Despite this obsessive need for payment, I still recommend Host Gator as the far and away best shared hosting company out there. You can read my full review here: Best Shared Host Host Gator Review.
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Speaking of things that don’t work because of my general incompetence, my one year trial of the GoDaddy reseller program came to an end, and I didn’t make any money at all. Why? Because I didn’t do anything. I set up the site and let it just hang out for a year. Nevertheless, I’ve come up with a plan for how we (the interested reader and I) might be able to make such a thing work, and I’ll divulge that in an update soon. Whether I’ll actually try it out myself or not, I haven’t decided. Want to make a run of it on your own? Here’s their link below. Despite one year of complacency and losing $200 in start-up fees, I still think there’s good potential there.
Speaking of GoDaddy, they now offer cloud computing starting at $99 per month. I haven’t tested it and don’t have any intention to, so try at your own risk. You’d have to have one hell of a website to need cloud hosting. I don’t have any of those, and since it is my policy not to artificially stress the servers I test, I don’t think we’d get a realistic result from my using it. If I ever have a site that’s getting 20k plus unique hits a day, maybe I’ll put it over there and see what they can do.
One thing is for certain about GoDaddy, and that is that is that they have the very best system for finding domain names. Even when I haved a site that will be hosted elsewhere, I use GoDaddy to find the name I want.
