Small business website and email hosting - any recommended?
Small business website and email hosting - any recommended?
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Benny Saltstein

Original Poster:

805 posts

244 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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I look after the website for my father in law's precision engineering business. The website isn't transactional, just a basic shop window if you like with contact info, product info, brochures etc.

As of Thursday the site and email both went down and not being totally satisfied with the level of service, I've decided to move the hosting.

I won't name the provided in accordance with naming and shaming but would love to hear if any of you have good feedback on your current suppliers. The site itself is pretty basic by today's standards and we only have 10 active email addresses so we're not really looking for handling of perl databases or anything flash like that.


Zen.

794 posts

226 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

296 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
smile Cheers hon x

Sounds like it's just up Register1's street.

check my profile, and drop me a mail if you have any queries.

J

jon-

16,534 posts

247 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
The man is NEVER offline!

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

296 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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jon- said:
Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
The man is NEVER offline!
I AM A SCRIPT

JUDGEMENT DAY IS NIGH

beer

jon-

16,534 posts

247 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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JamieBeeston said:
jon- said:
Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
The man is NEVER offline!
I AM A SCRIPT

JUDGEMENT DAY IS NIGH

beer
SKYNET?!?!?!

jamoor

14,506 posts

246 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Web hosting - Vidahost (I love cPanel)

and for emails use google apps.

Gmail quite frankly is the best email client both web based and for everything else, and it can be free.

_Deano

7,414 posts

284 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
yes another one for JB

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

296 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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jamoor said:
(I love cPanel)
I love Icecream smile you should get out more :P

jamoor

14,506 posts

246 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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JamieBeeston said:
jamoor said:
(I love cPanel)
I love Icecream smile you should get out more :P
I guess I am used to it and don't like change :S

Benny Saltstein

Original Poster:

805 posts

244 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Thanks for the tips - looks like I'll be giving register1 a try. Will send a PM if I have any queries.

As always, PH delivers.

Kinky

39,946 posts

300 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Benny - you can't go wrong with Jamie thumbup

There's over 100 PHers 9and rising) who are with him; and the service that he and hsi team provide is 1st class smile

I can't recommend highly enough.

K


Benny Saltstein

Original Poster:

805 posts

244 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Its ordered - along with the .co.uk domain too for good measure. Now to figure out how the transfer works.

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

296 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Benny Saltstein said:
Its ordered - along with the .co.uk domain too for good measure. Now to figure out how the transfer works.
Eugh.. I hate it when domain places deliberately use their own email addresses as the admin contact email.. this makes transfers a pita.

Drop my support guys a ticket if you have any queries, but for now, you'll want to contact your current place and request/demand the give you your Transfer EPP Auth Code (they will know what this means) and also that they change the admin email contact to your email..

Anything else, just raise a ticket in your control panel wink

J

Taita

8,016 posts

234 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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+1 Register1.

Support guys are top banana too, replies within 15 minutes 24/7.

jon-

16,534 posts

247 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Taita said:
+1 Register1.

Support guys are top banana too, replies within 15 minutes 24/7.
The cybernetic revolt is nigh!!!

markmullen

15,877 posts

265 months

Monday 30th March 2009
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Zen. said:
Jamiee Beeston.... Register 1 http://register1.net/
Another vote for Register1, not sure about this dodgepot I keep hearing about, Jamie someone, sounds suspect to me... wink