Hosting: URGENT!

OK, Hi.
I need to get some hosting for my blog fairly soon.
What requirements will I need in terms of GB/bandwidth. I will only be doing like 1 post a day, so I hardly need high spec, but wanted to get a rough guide.
rep will be given for helpful answers
Thanks
Simon

 

It's a traffic related matter. You can run a blog on just about anything. You can run Wordpress for instance on any old shared hosting plan from say 6 dollars monthly and on. As long as you have the standard lamp setup you are fine. I wouldn't sweat it. Until you have tons of traffic, its academic.
hope that helps,
Nigel

 

Awesome, thanks for your help, +rep

 

There are quite a few people out here in dp who actually offers very good hosting.
And yes it completely depends on traffic, I'll advice you to get the cheapest plan of a good host and build upon gradually if you need anything regarding with whom you should host just throw me a pm. Cheers!

 

generally a blog (i believe a wordpress one) doesnt consume that much resources or bandwidth unless you post videos.

go with bluehost or hostgator. bluehost is very good! with hosting you may also want to conside peace of mind. you never want downtime of your site at any cost!

 

thanks, i will check out bluehost.
when i tried to register the 'hatchling' pack with hostgator, it said it would be $4.95 per/month + $5 setup fee, but when i went to the checkout, it said $8.99 + setup fee!!!! anyone else had this problem?

 

that is if you pay 3yrs you will get $4.95 else $6.95 for 1yr.

 

How many space and bandwidth do you need? May be I can trade you. I have a reseller account.

 

Hello,
Check these blog hosting packages:
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http://www.zaxihosting.com/blog-hosting.html

Starting at only 1.99$

Regards

 

Awesome, thanks for that,
+rep...

 

http://webhostinggeeks.com/index.html
Most of them offering Fantastico De Luxe and you can install wordpress with a single click.

 

Hi, if you like i can give you hosting with cPanel and auto install of wordpress for $2.99 per month..no setup fee

 

you can check HostGator, they are affordable

 

LiquidWeb.

 

http://www.000webhost.com/

http://www.value-webhosting.com/

 

A basic hosting account would do. Stay away from oversellers (those offering hundreds of GB or even TB of disk space and bandwidth for 3$ a month). You want to find a host that is reliable and offers good support to its clients.

 

It depends on traffic.

In the beginning go in for small plans and later switch to one that suites your needs.

Check out the reviews of hosting sites

http://www.hostreview.com/
http://webhostinggeeks.com/

Also be careful of godaddy hosting

Good Luck!
Hope this helps

 

I think its bad Idea to buy hosting at dp. Good hosting will not cme here to advertise or spam here. I have very bad experience of buying hosting at dp. I think webhostingpad provides good service at your budget. You can use google to find best one.