Website owners

[Scuba_Steve]

What companies do you use? what companies would you recommend?

What I'm after is cheap (this is important! just starting up so no moneys), reliable, preferably NZ hosted, minimum of 10 email, & must be able to have 1 additional site (i.e. 2 domain names, 2 sites, 1 host).

I've been looking round & found 24/7 Hosting, KiwiHosting, WebSlice, FlexiHost, & Hosting Direct (if anyone has good/bad things to say about these?)

Hosting Direct claims to be able to cloud hosting @ $8.35/mth meeting my requirements, which face value seems good given cloud hosting is supposed to be a step up from regular shared hosting. But it does seem a bit cheap given other cloud hosting prices round


Anyways does anyone have hosts to recommend? Hosts to warn of? Other hosts to look at? Info or feelings about the above hosts?

Cheers

[sil3nt]

https://www.hooplahosting.com/

AFAIK run by a kiwi. The servers are in the USA though. This doesn't matter too much as response time is still less than 200ms. KiwiBiker is not hosted in New Zealand either.

I don't think I would ever use a server hosted in New Zealand simply because of the price. More expensive for less storage and monthly bandwidth.

Hoopla are easily the best web hosting company I have used. Their live chat seems to come alive at night so you can talk to someone if you have any questions.

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[cowboyz]

ramsu suits us well.

[jim.cox]

Expert Web Services http://www.ews.co.nz do a good job for some of the websites I'm involved with

We also still have some with Telecom / Xtra

Avoid TelstraClear - they charge like wounded bulls....

[sil3nt]

Expert Web Services http://www.ews.co.nz do a good job for some of the websites I'm involved with

We also still have some with Telecom / Xtra

Avoid TelstraClear - they charge like wounded bulls....

Avoid Telecom. I have a client that has website hosting through them. They have hosted his website overseas without his knowledge. He assumed it would be New Zealand hosting. Also expensive and has a shitty control panel.

[Big Dave]

Not Kiwi - but cheap.
So far had good results from them.

http://www.crazydomains.com.au/web-hosting/

[Scuba_Steve]

https://www.hooplahosting.com/

AFAIK run by a kiwi. The servers are in the USA though. This doesn't matter too much as response time is still less than 200ms. KiwiBiker is not hosted in New Zealand either.

I don't think I would ever use a server hosted in New Zealand simply because of the price. More expensive for less storage and monthly bandwidth.

Hoopla are easily the best web hosting company I have used. Their live chat seems to come alive at night so you can talk to someone if you have any questions.

I think most of that is residual, looking round most NZ companies are similar price to US (after conversion) at-least in the price/feature bracket I'm looking. Size isn't a huge issue 500MB would be more than enough then some & almost all the companies now offer unlimited bandwidth.
But given their prices are in NZ & at a bracket I like, guess I can add them to my collection of possibilities, cheers

Avoid Telecom. I have a client that has website hosting through them. They have hosted his website overseas without his knowledge. He assumed it would be New Zealand hosting. Also expensive and has a shitty control panel.

yep not many people realize alot of Telecom is served from the US & all ISP's tend to be expensive it seems

[p.dath]

We'ce used Google Blogspot a few times. You can't just upload a site - you have to use their templates. But there are lots of templates. 100% free. As many sites as you want. You can use gmail linked with a domain for email.

Not in NZ - but ever had a problem with Google? Their very reliable.

[Scuba_Steve]

Not Kiwi - but cheap.
So far had good results from them.

http://www.crazydomains.com.au/web-hosting/

yea I've looked at them (they also do NZ site crazydomains.co.nz) But main issues there is they don't provide an outgoing email server.

[Big Dave]

you have to use their templates.

You can also make and upload your own - or use a third party's.

[bogan]

I've just bought a years worth of hosting with justhost for 45USD, including domain (.com as they don't do .co.nz) registration. Unlimited emails, unlimited storage and bandwidth as long as you don't use more than a small buisness should (they do bigger buisness plans for once you get rolling too), unlimited domains too. Been fairly reliable so far, might have dropped out for a little while once, or it might have been at my end.

They work well with opencart too, if that is what you plan on doing...

[pzkpfw]

I'm with Web Drive.

No real complaints, but I'm on the very simplest plan, for which the specs don't match the requirements in the OP.

They seem pretty professional.

[Akzle]

i have, at one time or another, dealth with 24/7 and kiwi. nothing negative to report. nothing that made me say "wow, that's nice" either.

have you considered hosting your own shit, couple of good server PCs and lots of internets, and just buying domain name?

you host web, files and mail all on one PC... the other is for backup. swap them over every now and then.
easy and MAY be cheaper/better.

[Scuba_Steve]

have you considered hosting your own shit, couple of good server PCs and lots of internets, and just buying domain name?

you host web, files and mail all on one PC... the other is for backup. swap them over every now and then.
easy and MAY be cheaper/better.

thought about it, decided I'd rather pay someone else to take the hassle off me.

[iYRe]

I just use my own..