Reseller hosting or individual accounts?

I'm looking for some feedback...Currently I have an account with midphase.com that is $7.95/month that will allow one domain. I have my biggest site there.

I have a friend who has kindly provided me some hosting through his reseller account, but I don't want to take advantage of him. He hosts 4 domains for me free of charge.

webspace isn't a problem, I use about 100 mb total, but would like some room for expansion of new domains.

I would love to have awstats, even if it is updated daily instead of dynamically.

Those 4 sites will eventually use about 10-20 gig a month.

Should I look into reseller hosting? Or should I just open a few standard accounts with someone like midphase?

Also, I can add an addon domain through midphase for $2 a month. Should I do that?

I am looking to get the best bang for the buck with a reliable host.

Thanks,

Brandon

 

Reseller is the way to go. I've been with www.dathorn.com for two years now.

 

Or look into getting your own server. Visit www.aitcom.net. I have my own server and can do whatever I want with it. I host several other domains to cover my costs and my sites end up being hosted for 'free'.

 

Aitcom is a little more expensive that I want to go at this point.

Thanks for the advice Shannon. I don't interlink at all right now, so that wouldn't be an issue.

GTech, I check out dathorn and they seem to be exactly what I am looking for...inexpensive, awstats, unlimited domains, plenty of room for now, and growth. Thanks for the link.

I'm gonna look around for a little bit more.

Any other recommendations?

 

How much additional know-how do you need to run you own server? I was thinking about this alittle while ago, but was leary about taking the leap. I have a reseller account right now that is doing fine but I would like to expand in the future

 

Never use a friends "extra" space.

Never rent a box from a guy already renting the box.

Find a host that owns the data center and the server.

You get what you pay for. If you shop for a 5.95 host, that's what you get.

Go for the reseller account IMO. The WHM part of cpanel is easy to manage. A server is probably over kill and incurs additional work and/or expense to manage.

 

For a lower cost host, you might want to look at www.asmallorange.com

I've know people who are happy with them and they offer unlimited domains for $5 a month - no setup. I think they also have a reseller program.

 

Thanks for the suggestion noppid, he is a good friend, that is willing to help since he is part of my ministry at afterhim.com

Any companies you would suggest similar to dathorn?

Brandon

 

I just signed up with http://www.dayanahost.com/?u=1700 about a week ago and opened up 3 new accounts...

I think about 1 or 2 dollars a month with plenty of room for expansion.. service seems prompt and so far everything I am very happy with..

This is a good strategy since new sites take so long to be recognized by search engines etc., so you might as well pay much less from the beginning instead of $10 + per month like most other hosts..

good luck..

 

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