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[Closed] Hellllp - Web hosting costs?

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I've just had an invoice through for the web hosting of a website that I have (the website isn't a big e-comm thing, just a couple of pages for my MTB skills thing [url] http://www.letsmtb.com/ [/url] ). I'm just trying to get a feel of what fees people are paying for quarterly/annual web hosting - I thought a ball park of about £20 rather than, say, £200 p.a.?

What do you think is £20 per annum more like it?


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 9:55 am
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I run a few VPS. My main one is 2GB RAM box from [url= https://www.digitalocean.com/ ]Digital Ocean[/url], which costs me $20/month, so about £13.

£20pa isn't going to far with hosting (remember, you get what you pay for like with anything else). I'd probably expect a basic grid package to be around £100/year. It really depends on what you're getting, and where from though.

To be honest, £200/year really isn't that bad.


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 9:59 am
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£20? If you do find one for that then it isn't going to be great.


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:01 am
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You get what you pay for, but that doesn't mean you should be paying for something you don't need.

I don't pay for hosting, but I had a quick look at fees [url= https://www.123-reg.co.uk/web-hosting/ ]where my domain is registered[/url] and their basic package is £3/month. £20/month for, with respect, what is probably a low-demand site seems very high to me.


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:04 am
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Do you need a server or a shared hosting package? The MegaPlus package from these guys is a great deal from a really good ISP if you don't need an all singing all dancing package – [url= http://www.catalyst2.com/web-hosting ]Link[/url]


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:07 am
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I pay £2.50/month for hosting of one site and that's e-commerce!


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:14 am
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Cheers for the feedback folks. I though it might be a case of 'get what you pay for', however I'm going to have to get a bit more web/media savvy and look into this more (thanks for link Cougar).


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:14 am
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My hosting is done here.

http://www.justhost.com


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 10:16 am
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Freeola.

Its free


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 11:19 am
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As I said on another thread, I use site5.com. Never had cause to complain in the last 3 years


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 11:20 am
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Ariotek seem fine for a couple of cheapies I've done for friends.

If it's just a couple of flat pages then they are quoting a tenner a year for the most basic package

[url= http://ariotek.co.uk/web-hosting/shared-web-hosting/starter-web-hosting ]Arioteck basis hosting[/url]


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 11:57 am
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£5 a month, which includes all the PHP and MySQL support.


 
Posted : 25/04/2013 12:00 pm