Comments on: iPage vs GoDaddy Hosting http://www.derekwatterson.com/ipage-vs-godaddy-hosting Web Design, Electronics and Chaos Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ddubbua http://www.derekwatterson.com/ipage-vs-godaddy-hosting#comment-1429 ddubbua Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:54:27 +0000 http://derek.watterson.co/?p=11#comment-1429 The more I experience anything with goDaddy hosting the more I hear about people leaving them. For $3.50/mo I still recommend iPage and I'm currently still using them. The 2 year introductory period ends this year and I'm debating if the service is worth it for $7.95/mo. I'm thinking probably not. I wouldn't go to the extend of saying that their speeds are the highest, I like them because of the value they are for the first 2 years. You'll definitely like them over GoDaddy. I'm thinking after the 2 year introductory period I'll be going with WebFaction. It <em>is</em> hard to find trustworthy reviews because iPage offers a referral program (which is a nice perk), but people become overzealous to oversell the service. Not the fastest but much faster than GoDaddy, Great support, Great Value @ $3.50/yr or 2.50/yr. Any feedback on the speed of this site would be appreciated. I use w3 total cache (a wordpress plugin) to keep it going faster. The more I experience anything with goDaddy hosting the more I hear about people leaving them. For $3.50/mo I still recommend iPage and I’m currently still using them. The 2 year introductory period ends this year and I’m debating if the service is worth it for $7.95/mo. I’m thinking probably not. I wouldn’t go to the extend of saying that their speeds are the highest, I like them because of the value they are for the first 2 years. You’ll definitely like them over GoDaddy. I’m thinking after the 2 year introductory period I’ll be going with WebFaction. It is hard to find trustworthy reviews because iPage offers a referral program (which is a nice perk), but people become overzealous to oversell the service. Not the fastest but much faster than GoDaddy, Great support, Great Value @ $3.50/yr or 2.50/yr. Any feedback on the speed of this site would be appreciated. I use w3 total cache (a wordpress plugin) to keep it going faster.

]]> By: missycola http://www.derekwatterson.com/ipage-vs-godaddy-hosting#comment-1424 missycola Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:59:21 +0000 http://derek.watterson.co/?p=11#comment-1424 Thank you for your review. I'm kinda in the same situation; trying to leave godaddy for a better, most of all, faster solution. I also lean toward ipage, because I've read their speed is amongst the highest, but now I'm wondering if that's true. It's hard to find trustable reviews from users with their own experience. Thanks for your insight. May I ask with whom you host now? Can you already feel a difference? If you don't want to write here, feel free to drop me an email. Thank you for your review. I’m kinda in the same situation; trying to leave godaddy for a better, most of all, faster solution. I also lean toward ipage, because I’ve read their speed is amongst the highest, but now I’m wondering if that’s true. It’s hard to find trustable reviews from users with their own experience. Thanks for your insight. May I ask with whom you host now? Can you already feel a difference? If you don’t want to write here, feel free to drop me an email.

]]> By: ddubbua http://www.derekwatterson.com/ipage-vs-godaddy-hosting#comment-443 ddubbua Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:27:32 +0000 http://derek.watterson.co/?p=11#comment-443 What software were you planning on using for your shopping cart? If you hadn't decided yet, the two I recommend are Magento or Drupal Ubercart. With that said, I'd never run either on GoDaddy's standard web hosting. We've setup a Drupal install on iPage for one client @ http://www.altstarcraft.com/alt-tv. As you can see it loads ok, but could load a lot quicker. The problem that I find with standard web hosting is that providers tend to load up servers with too many sites until the server is under such a load that all the sites start to run slow. It's kind of like opening 150 word docs on your computer: each one isn't much of a load for your computer, but with them all running you start going cray with how hard it is just to write out a new document. It boils down to you get what you pay for. I'd place Go daddy's standard hosting at the bottom, then iPage, then a provider that offers more dynamic services. Go daddy now offers what they call "4th Generation Hosting" I haven't looked into it much yet but it sounds like something that would work better for use with a shopping cart. The problem is that shopping carts require a lot of the server. Two companies that I've been impressed with are <strong>inmotion hosting:</strong> we've got a client running a Magento site with them that responds very well, and <strong>rackspace:</strong> we have multiple Drupal installs that perform very well on their servers. The tradeoff is cost: for one of these hosting providers you'll be looking to pay $50 to $100/mo. If you have a good amount of traffic coming to your website the better hosting will probably pay for itself because you'll have a better conversion rate with a more responsive site. What software were you planning on using for your shopping cart? If you hadn’t decided yet, the two I recommend are Magento or Drupal Ubercart. With that said, I’d never run either on GoDaddy’s standard web hosting. We’ve setup a Drupal install on iPage for one client @ http://www.altstarcraft.com/alt-tv. As you can see it loads ok, but could load a lot quicker. The problem that I find with standard web hosting is that providers tend to load up servers with too many sites until the server is under such a load that all the sites start to run slow. It’s kind of like opening 150 word docs on your computer: each one isn’t much of a load for your computer, but with them all running you start going cray with how hard it is just to write out a new document.

It boils down to you get what you pay for. I’d place Go daddy’s standard hosting at the bottom, then iPage, then a provider that offers more dynamic services. Go daddy now offers what they call “4th Generation Hosting” I haven’t looked into it much yet but it sounds like something that would work better for use with a shopping cart. The problem is that shopping carts require a lot of the server. Two companies that I’ve been impressed with are inmotion hosting: we’ve got a client running a Magento site with them that responds very well, and rackspace: we have multiple Drupal installs that perform very well on their servers.

The tradeoff is cost: for one of these hosting providers you’ll be looking to pay $50 to $100/mo. If you have a good amount of traffic coming to your website the better hosting will probably pay for itself because you’ll have a better conversion rate with a more responsive site.

]]> By: Bob http://www.derekwatterson.com/ipage-vs-godaddy-hosting#comment-442 Bob Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000 http://derek.watterson.co/?p=11#comment-442 I just read your go daddy vs. ipage review and had a question. I am looking to open a website retail store with product lines and shopping cart. Can you tell me your thoughts in these 2 companies for what I am looking for. I just read your go daddy vs. ipage review and had a question. I am looking to open a website retail store with product lines and shopping cart. Can you tell me your thoughts in these 2 companies for what I am looking for.

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