# Who do you use for low cost web hosting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-use-for-low-cost-web-hosting/394295>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-use-for-low-cost-web-hosting/394295 "2007-03-02T12:06:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-use-for-low-cost-web-hosting/394295/1 "2007-03-02T12:06:31Z")

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We currently use a service called “Orbitation” that was run by [serve.com](http://serve.com) that is shutting down.

We just basically have a small business information page. . .no online purchasing, low traffic, no mail , low storage requirements. We’re currently paying about $6.50 a month or so.

Any good suggestions?

Also. . .I _think_ that I registered the domain name through the same provided, but isn’t domain name registration done separately from hosting?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-use-for-low-cost-web-hosting/394295/2 "2007-03-02T13:20:19Z")

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Best bang for the buck I have seen is [Host Monster](http://www.hostmonster.com/).

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**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-use-for-low-cost-web-hosting/394295/3 "2007-03-02T18:02:47Z")

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Whenever a thread like this pops up I have to chime in.

I use [Netrillium](http://www.netrillium.com/) Web hosting. For a small place like you’re describing, they have a 150 megabyte plan with 9 gigs of bandwidth for $3.50 a month. That’s right. Three dollars and fifty cents per month. Their yearly domain re-registration fee is $8.50. You can transfer your domain to them if you buy space or just leave it where you want and point it to the new servers. If you transfer it costs $8.50 but it’s the same as re-registering it.

I absolutely love them. Great prices, awesome customer service. If I call them I get instant help; if I e-mail them, I get a response within a day, even on weekends. I’ve been with them for years and no one could ever get me to go somewhere else.

I currently have a 900 megabyte plan, with 60 gigs of bandwidth, and three domains. I pay $9 a month. You also get unlimited subdomains, unlimited ftp accounts, unlimited e-mail addresses, and a really nifty Cpanel setup and something called Fantastico that installs some scripts for you. I absolutely love them.

~Tasha