Hosting is one of those things where you have thousands of options, and you never know which to choose. I struck it lucky though when I found iPage and I've stuck with it ever since because it's simply the best value around. iPage offers a variety of hosting options that allows you to create your own website with ease, and customize it as much as you'd like, and their support is tough to beat. The Price: $3.50 ($1.99 even with promotions)
When I started my first website for my new business, I was nearly new to the web, and iPage's easy website builder served me perfectly in getting my site to look good quickly. Even more than 10 years later, I've advanced, and iPage has helped me scale my sites and business very easily, which is impressive for such an affordable web hosting company.
They have the absolute best hosting support I've tried (I use three different hosts for different things, but iPage {takes the cake|is the best|takes the gold medal), and their hosting is often more reliable than my other main host, Godaddy. I don't take spending money lightly, but thankfully iPage offers a money-back guarantee (which I have never had to use) so I never even had any issue with trying them. iPage's large set of top quality features make them one of the best web hosts out there for small businesses, and I've never regretted anything since I started hosting with them.
iPage has had more uptime for me than GoDaddy, and my websites are consistently fast, which is more than you expect from many web hosts.
Pricing:
The pricing structure for iPage couldn't be easier to comprehend. One price. There's no trying to decide between three different hosting plans that all seem similar, because iPage has simplified it, and what they have is a pretty sweet deal too.
Great Support:
iPage support staff are from the good old USA (or at least this continent) and they are completely friendly and easy to work with. They probably have the best support for their price out of any web host around, and that simplified product line means that every agent only has to support one product, and they are very familiar with everything in the package.
The Guarantee:
It's a small gesture offering a 100% Money back Guarantee, but it's a nice security net, and I like having it just in case.
CONS:
Not Too Many Options For Scalability:
iPage sticks to what they're good at - basic web hosting. If your website grows large enough that you would like or need your own server, you will have to shop around because iPage only offers one form of hosting. It's cheap web hosting because they keep their product line lean. If your website is very large, this may be a concern down the line.
In several years, my website has only been down twice, compared to an average of twice a year on GoDaddy, and both issues were resolved quickly. The support team takes great care of me. I have yet to run into anything less than unlimited on storage and bandwidth. I know there is a limit, but I have never met the limit. Their website builder is amazing for beginners, but they still offer WordPress and other apps just like any larger web host. It's not the best hosting money can buy, but for the price, or even if they raised the price, it would be a great value.
Conclusion:
There are tons of good web hosting companies, but there are also plenty of bad ones, and if you want a good host without all the headaches, go with iPage. Remember that with hosting you get what you pay for, and you can't expect incredible hosting for $3.50 a month, but iPage offers a lot more than most hosts for that price. They offer a value that I've been very happy with, and their one and only plan is perfect for small businesses.
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