| Posted by vitaminc, 04-23-2017, 05:41 AM | |
I want to start 2-3 new ecommerce shops on a shared host. The sites won't start getting a lot of traffic until 6-12 months. When that time comes, if I want/need to move up to a dedicated host, I suppose I will. But in the meantime I'm just trying to figure out what shared host to go with.
So far I've been using exclusively hostgator. Although I've wanted to move away from them since the last two shared hosting accounts I had with them were problematic. Basically, when I made changes to images or widgets it wasnt changing in my browser (on both seperate shared host websites), despite clearing the cache; this had never happened with my older shared host websites from them. The other problem was the speed on hostgator isn't the best.
I was all set on going with SiteGround as they appear to have better speeds and optimization, along with free SSL for a year. Unfortunately, I noticed they limit the disk usage to 30GB a month on their GoBig shared plan (recommended for 25,000 monthly visitors), and I've read some customer comments about people complaining that they were shut down for exceeding it, even with fairly small amounts of traffic. So, I can only assume that two eccomerce sites with all the images ecommerce site tend to have, will probably hit that limit once they start gaining some momentum. In contrast, I've had sites on hostgator with 500,000 unique visitors per month without them cutting me off.
I am wondering if someone can give me a recommendation on whether to go with Siteground in my case or not? Also, I have not tried hostgators newer wordpress only shared hosting, which unlike their standard shared hosting limits customers to only 2 sites per account (recommended for 250,000 monthly visitors; unmetered disk usage). Maybe this means it will be faster and have less site crammed onto one server than their standard shared web hosting? Maybe I should go with them instead?
Last edited by vitaminc; 04-23-2017 at 05:46 AM.
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| Posted by Chaddy, 04-23-2017, 06:55 AM | |
Hi Go with a business hosting plan.
As with CloudLinux you will hit the CPU limits and memory limits well before anything else if your online store takes off. As the database driven software uses a lot of server resources.
Also anything with unlimited disk space is a bad idea, as they haven't invented hard disk drives with limitless storage, and if you read the terms of service agreements of those hosts, they will place limits on those accounts.
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| Posted by net, 04-23-2017, 07:15 AM | |
Business or not, there is always limit and you need to know the limit they provide in their hosting.
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| Posted by vitaminc, 04-23-2017, 07:24 AM | |
The business plan from hostgator, for example, has no additional resources from their baby plan. The only difference is the dedicated IP and toll-free number. So I won't get any speed difference or anything.
Yea, I am aware. It's just HG's unmetered is assumably quite a bit higher than SG's 30gb.
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| Posted by BoomHost-Kumar, 04-23-2017, 08:55 AM | |
^Are you just comparing the disk space here or the actual server resource limits such as CPU, RAM, etc? If comparing the disk space, read the ToS carefully as normally 'unlimited' would contain a lot of strings attached to it.
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| Posted by HostBastic, 04-23-2017, 08:56 AM | |
If you are expecting high amounts of simultaneous visitors it would be better to switch on a VPS, install a control panel to manage all of the websites and you can secure the sites by installing a shared SSL like Let's Encrypt.
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| Posted by vitaminc, 04-23-2017, 10:02 AM | |
Tbh I am not exactly sure...I am referring to the issue mentioned in this article: https://www.shoutmeloud.com/sitegrou...ting-cons.html
Basically at 68k visitors a month they shut his site down, along with some other commenters below; this seems to be a common issue with siteground.
I've never set up a vps myself so I imagine I would probably screw something up or if something happens I wouldn't know how to fix it myself. And every managed vps I look at is pretty expensive.
The sites I set up really won't start generating much of anything (traffic or money) for a while. So I'd rather just put them on a good shared host and upgrade later if needed (ideally from same provider for easier transition).
I'm basically just looking for something that is a bit better than hostgator for speed to start. Unfortunately, most mainstream brands I see recommended (bluehost, inmotion, namecheap, godaddy, etc) all seem to be about the same or worse than HG.
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| Posted by HostColor, 04-23-2017, 10:26 AM | |
@vitaminc It is not about setting it up yourself. You just need to of find a web host that would do install it for you and is flexible enough to provide managed services on occasion. Alternatively, you'd got for a managed VPS. Moving from one overselling shared hosting to another would only result in loos of time and frustration. If you have an average budget of $30/mo, you'd be able to find a good VPS service.
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| Posted by WHE Tom, 04-23-2017, 12:13 PM | |
Some shared hosts allow additional resources in terms of CPU and RAM. Maybe thats worth a look? Take a look at "Elastic Sites" (elasticsites.com) there a few hosts out there that could facilitate this. They can give you the resources of a mid-range VPS with the ease of use of shared hosting.
Just something to maybe have a look at. Good luck with your search
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| Posted by bytebull, 04-23-2017, 03:22 PM | |
you can search here in advertise section. Then google there review, hope it work better.
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| Posted by MechanicWeb-shoss, 04-23-2017, 04:58 PM | |
I haven't used any of them recently but it might worth to shed some light on a few things:
Have you checked if the images were being uploaded to the server? If they were but you were not seeing the newer images, this issue might not be related to hosting. It is possible that these contents are being cached at the ISP/cache servers. If this is the case, clearing your browser cache might not always bring the modified content. Have a look in your .htaccess file. Also, you can check via ftp or file manager if newer images are being uploaded properly.
This could be due to an overloaded server.
Did you ask them if they can offer additional storage? Many providers offer additional storage as an addon. Also, if you were hosting all the sites under one single hosting account, it might a good idea to reconsider hosting them under separate accounts.
It doesn't mean that. If you search on WHT, you will find countless threads complaining about their services and other EIG brands. It is also good to know that there is no such thing as unlimited. It's a marketing buzzword used to lure unaware clients. If there was, google wouldn't need datacenters
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| Posted by kpmedia, 04-23-2017, 06:29 PM | |
You need to look at semi-dedicated/enterprise hosting (shared on steroids, same power as VPS). Stablehost, Squidix, MDD, etc all have it.
The number of visitors means almost nothing. Resources matter.
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| Posted by Chaddy, 04-23-2017, 10:20 PM | |
That isn't a proper business plan, a proper business plan will give you more resources such as higher CPU and memory limits allocated to you through CloudLinux.
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| Posted by AdroitSSD LLC, 04-23-2017, 10:48 PM | |
If you want freedom then you should have own node, otherwise, you've to accept some limitation on shared or vps.
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| Posted by vitaminc, 04-24-2017, 03:18 AM | |
I looked into Stablehost enterprise, the 29.99$ platinum all around "unlimited" one. Would that produce noticeable improvements in page load speed over a typical hostgator baby host? I have the space on my hostgator servers for new sites, I'd just rather not have to deal with moving everything over in say, a year, when the site picks up and requires it.
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| Posted by mhostingin, 04-24-2017, 04:33 AM | |
go with higher plan in shared hosting or ask provider if they allow to host to pay more upto your demand than it will be good for you.
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| Posted by HostBastic, 04-24-2017, 09:21 AM | |
If you have no experience managing a VPS your best choice over shared hosting would be a reseller hosting plan, that way each website gets its own separate account and technically speaking you're still on shared cpanel hosting. If its hosted on CloudLinux it will come with some allocated resources such as cpu and ram, each account is separated into its own lightweight virtual environment(LVE).
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| Posted by MechanicWeb-shoss, 04-24-2017, 03:47 PM | |
With a semi-dedicated hosting? It could, considering, you don't have any issues with the scripts. Though i am not sure if you would need a semi-dedicated hosting. There are many providers out there who can offer a better hosting than HG.
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| Posted by kpmedia, 04-25-2017, 01:41 AM | |
Yep. Without a doubt. Much better.
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