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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York
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| Hi guys, I'm pretty computer illiterate. I've registered a domain name with GoDaddy and tried to snag some webhosting with Dreamhost. I picked their smallest package (about $10/month) but then I saw they charge a $50 setup fee. Is it usually this expensive? Thanks for any advice. |
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| Master Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Usually there's no setup fee for these kinds of accounts. Typically you can expect to pay $5-10 per month for a basic hosting account. If you're interested in blogging, here's a list of web hosts that will even install WordPress for free: WordPress › PHP / MySQL Web Hosting |
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| Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yokohama, Japan
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York
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| I canceled with DreamHost before the transaction was complete. I was trying to do a month to month payment plan and that's when they slapped the $50 setup fee on me. I didn't realize you had to pay for a full year up front for some of these. I checked the list Steve sent and was going to try AN Hosting since they had the automatic wordpress install. They don't give a monthly option plan though, so it would be $80/yr. For some reason I was under the impression people were paying monthly for their hosts. |
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| Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yokohama, Japan
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It's a bit of a sales trick when the host give you the price per month. They want it to sound low so that you will sign up. Usually there is a minimum period of 6 or 12 months when you sign up. There should be no extra charge. The good thing with getting the price per month is that it is easy to compare prices.
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| Master Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Annual billing is pretty common when the monthly rate is so low. If they bill monthly, they lose more money to credit card fees and transaction processing costs. Plus they may even lose money if a client signs up for only one month and then quits. Such businesses want long-term customers.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York
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| All right, makes sense, guys. Thanks so much. I'll have to save up here and there during the next month or two until I have enough to sign on for a full year. I see how it's useful for comparison shopping though. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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In the meantime, maybe set up with a free blog? You can move hosts when you have the money. vox.com blogger.com wordpress.com Wordpress.com uses wordpress, funnily enough, so the transfer should be pretty easy. |
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| https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ $1 per gigabyte of transfer and $0.01 per megabyte-month. (the members there pay on average $0.60 or so per month according to them) Never used it though. |
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NearlyFreeSpeech.net is a great host to be with when you are just starting out. The only problem is that they don't provide a mail server. You have to either use their forwarding services (~$7 per year) or change your MX records to point to an outside email server. Keep that in mind.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006
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I would recommend 1and1, I have not found a webhost that could match them up matrix per matrix of features and price. Not to mention I got to use their service free for the first six months when they offered the promo. Without the promo, I would still recommend them.
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If you want to , I can give you a code that gives you 97$ discount if you pay yearly. Also, remember that they have a 97-day money-back guarantee Let me know if you'd like me to create the code (normally, I'd get 97$ for referring someone, but I can use it as a code for you so that I don't get anything but you get the discount -Gert | |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sweden, Malmö
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I can recommend Royalty hosting as a very good host. From $3.95 per month and no set up fee. But I don't think they have automatic wordpress install but it is quite easy.
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