# Web Hosting for Small Business

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665 "2008-10-06T13:49:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/1 "2008-10-06T13:49:56Z")

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I’m helping my girlfriend set up a web site for her small business, and I just wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations for a web hosting service. We want something that supports e-commerce, has a good site building tool, and offers a secure server for transactions. Obviously, the less it costs the better, but I’d like to get a good recommendation from someone who has used that service. I looked at [OneWebHosting.com](http://onewebhosting.com/index.php), and they looked OK, but I don’t really know anything about them.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/2 "2008-10-07T00:55:57Z")

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I and several other freelancers I know have been very happy with HostMySite. Their tech support is the best I’ve ever experienced, anywhere.

I just checked and they do provide the services you require, though I haven’t used them myself. But they are very good about answering questions for prospective customers. I like their Live Chat, and I asked several questions there before I signed up with them.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/3 "2008-10-07T13:46:43Z")

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thanks. I’ll check them out.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/4 "2008-10-07T14:34:29Z")

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I’ve been very happy with [1and1.com](http://1and1.com)

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**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/5 "2008-10-07T15:01:30Z")

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You could also look into [www.mymarkdown.com](http://www.mymarkdown.com). I’ve been pretty happy with their tech support, although I don’t host a commercial site.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-for-small-business/466665/6 "2008-10-08T01:27:09Z")

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> [@Enright3](#):
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> I’ve been very happy with [1and1.com](http://1and1.com)

Looks like they only support PayPal, not credit cards. Is that right?