$1 Web Hosting: Yes or No?

Gmeister4 · Jul 10, 2017

What do you think of $1 web hosting plan / month? I see more offers like this on forums and really they are attracting me a click to buy

I think it is something that is useful for some people with low budget. But maybe you have to check carefully and make sure that they are a really REALLY good host that you will put your websites on them.

stew4 · Jul 10, 2017

I think you should check carefully what exactly does this plan include, because if there is no uptime guarantee, no solid state drives, no technical support and others, then it's better to choose a host that will provide you with these things. There are hosts, which provide such features along with their plans at cost, even lower than $2, but at least you'll know you get something for these money. After all, your website should be up and running, which means you should find a reliable host that can assure you that. As long as the price I think it's not a determining factor, because sometimes hosts give big discounts and you can find good services at really low cost.

LJSHost · Jul 10, 2017

Gmeister4 said:
What do you think of $1 web hosting plan / month? I see more offers like this on forums and really they are attracting me a click to buy
I think it is something that is useful for some people with low budget. But maybe you have to check carefully and make sure that they are a really REALLY good host that you will put your websites on them.

No just NO. No provider can make a profit at that price. It's a short term money grab by providers just looking to cash in and then shutdown 6 months later. and dumping the customers. for $3 or 5$ a month depending on who you go with of course should be a quality fast and supported service.

vinaya · Jul 10, 2017

The first hosting plan that I bought cost me less than $1 per month. By paying $9.88, I got 12 year of hosting. I was really happy for what I got for what I paid. This offer was on namecheap. Later, when I joined various forums, I found many hosting willing to host my website for $1 permonth. I even bought the services with two different hosts. I did not have anything to complain.

hostproton · Jul 13, 2017

Hello

Many of these offers come from a country where $ 1 is "money." I do not know if I explain, but they will know that the euro is ahead of the dollar and not to mention the British pound.

I was recently following a web site hosted in Namecheap and the server load times, were terrible, did not cater on request.

hineyolu · Jul 14, 2017

The services that the $1 hosting sites will give cannot be as effective and satisfactory as normal paid hosting sites. I believe you should go for quality over quantity when choosing a Web hosting provider

m19 · Jul 16, 2017

$1 shared hosting is most likely oversold and it has a big chance to end up being slow, if a provider gives you $1 VPS it could sound like a summer host (who closes down in 6 mo) but don't judge too fast, the provider could be good too

Maria_C · Jul 16, 2017

Be careful and check reviews to be sure before and don't be convinced with less than 10 reviews, they may be paid.

channave · Jul 17, 2017

No No No... Cheap web host providers could suspend your account anytime. If you end up in any problem, it will not be solved because of low-quality support. Do not buy $1 hosting, instead it would be great to invest $4-$5 per month with reputed web hosting company.

David Beroff · Jul 18, 2017

channave said:
No No No... Cheap web host providers could suspend your account anytime.

Of course, because they don't have responsibility for maintain your services when running on their server fro free or at least it will have no support for free hosting.

channave said:
Do not buy $1 hosting, instead it would be great to invest $4-$5 per month with reputed web hosting company.

I can disagree with this because $1 hosting and $4-$5 per month are not more differences, the difference is only when you choose a right shared hosting with this price. Even $1 hosting can be better $4-$5 web hosting if the provider is good and they will provide enough features that you offered to you.

AlphaNine Vini · Jul 19, 2017

Cloud be good or goodn't be. It depend how well the owner is running has the experience in running hosting server.

Yukibana · Jul 23, 2017

$1 web hosting can be reliable but I wouldn't expect it to be managed because of the overhead. If you can configure everything yourself, it becomes much easier to optimize as long as you have the requisite technical knowledge. If the host is good and doesn't overpromise, you should be able to get a good deal if you know what you're doing.

WHGBTom · Jul 23, 2017

If you go with a $1 a month hosting company, I would at the very minimum take backups every day. I would really doubt the sustainability of a company offering such a price. Unless massive overselling is taking place, I would highly doubt that they are covering their costs, unless they are selling maybe 500MB per 1$ or something lower than average in terms of resources.

With hosting, generally speaking (of course there are going to be exceptions) you get what you pay for.

vicehosting · Jul 24, 2017

$1 web hosting is a risky subject. You need to ensure you take time and read reviews, interrogate the support staff about certain features that interest you, and overall research the company before proceeding with a purchase.

Kaaoeise · Jul 25, 2017

Read through the plan you have selected and write down on a piece of paper what they are offering you. Do you understand everything? If not find out what it means because you don't want to sign up for 1 year and then figure out that there is a difference between addon domains and parked domains.

fishmonk · Jul 31, 2017

I have some friends who tried the $1 plan. There has been no issues so far but they tend to opt to upgrade as the limited resources on the plan is insufficient for their use.

The cost is low so not much committal of budget is required. We need to be realistic and not expect too much from such plans.

Lem · Jul 31, 2017

I would try to avoid this if you can. Something that nobody here has mentioned too much is ownership of the IP that you upload. There are some hosting sites that take the IP you create, and use it to make their own products. I'd look out and read the T+Cs a lot!

shilpa · Aug 1, 2017

Yes, it looks like a good offer. But is it really? You should check before committing to it. You may not see the results you may want to. They may not even deliver on their promises and disappear overnight. But you will feel that what's $1, I can't expect much. But there's time wasted which is more precious. If you use something which you cannot be clear about, how can you expect to achieve your targets in a required amount of time?

Always remember that time is more important. If you want required targets then invest on something more realistic and approachable. Even if they charge more than what you're currently looking at, it would be all worth because you'll achieve the targets that you need. And they may give you many benefits which this web hosting site may not. So look at all the terms and conditions properly and then only commit to it.

HostBastic · Aug 1, 2017

There is no problem with a 1$ or less per month host, they should work well for small website. They are just not suitable for someone with a high traffic website or big space requirements.

Haristar · Aug 2, 2017

I appreciate the cheap and best policy but before going in for that it is better to check in thoroughly to avoid regretting later. $1 a month is very much affordable and it will indeed a lot of buyers. It is best to check if they can provide good security, quality service, and good customer support to clear your doubts and queries on time.

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