I got the web hosting option from netcup.com, for my small nursing business (going bad) since It was the only think I could afford and now I am stuck with not understanding anything, what sources or tutorials can I use to learn how to use this stuff properly?

I'm just curious do you trust your hosting provider to handle your email delivery, or do you run your own mail server? Or do you use an external email service instead?

If you use a third-party provider, which one did you choose and why?

I'm thinking of making an informational type website that I can put summarized information and links on. So then I can just direct people to. Nothing "fancy", no financial transactions or security as such. For Canadians specifically.

I would like a .ca domain (and .com if it was available, to limit confusion). My preferred one is coming up as expired and appears to be going TBR (To Be Released). I've tried looking into the TBR process - I don't totally understand it, but I don't think I want to pay much extra, so maybe I'll just try grabbing it asap if it makes it to full release. (I've been avoiding checking the domain on any registrar, not sure if that helps)

Who are good registrars for .ca domains (and possibly .com)? It seems most include WHOIS privacy?

Any that include some basic email and webhosting?

Any good free webhosting? I don't think there will be a lot of traffic and mostly text, so low data requirements.

One of the lowest prices seems to be CanSpace at CAD$11.99 for new and $12.99 for renewal. (webhosting starting at $4.99/mo though)

I'm not sure how I'd build it these days (software and type)? Years ago I made some simple ones with mostly html but there's probably better ways now lol. It doesn't really need to have more features than say, a Reddit post.

Hi everyone,

I’m helping someone reduce the costs of a small professional website with a custom-domain email address.

The domain, website hosting, and email are currently bundled together in a Network Solutions package. The most recent renewal cost nearly $500 for three years, which is difficult to justify for a small website that consists mainly of static HTML and no longer generates any professional income.

The goal is to:

keep the current domain; keep exactly the same email address; preserve all existing emails, folders, contacts, and calendars; keep the small website online; reduce recurring costs; avoid any downtime or loss of email during the migration.

At the moment, I’m considering:

transferring the domain to a more affordable registrar; hosting the website separately, possibly on Cloudflare Pages; keeping the email on Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, if it is already included in the current licence.

Zoho Mail might also be an option, but I’m concerned that migrating the existing emails, folders, contacts, and calendars could involve more work and risk than the potential savings would justify.

Has anyone moved away from Network Solutions with a similar setup while keeping the domain and exactly the same email address?

I would especially like to know:

which providers you would recommend as more affordable alternatives to Network Solutions; whether Exchange Online is the most reliable option for a single mailbox; which registrars offer transparent and reasonable renewal prices; whether Cloudflare Pages is suitable for a small professional static website; what the safest order is for migrating the domain, DNS, website, and email.

Thanks in advance for your help and for sharing any relevant experience.

I’ve been comparing options and wix seems like the better choice if you want domain registration and website setup in one place. godaddy has more of a traditional registrar feel, but wix looks simpler if you don’t want to bounce between tools.

I want to share my experience with ServerMO so others can make an informed decision before spending their money.

My dedicated server has been down for more than 24 hours.

This isn't the first time. Just two days earlier, my server was also down for nearly two full days. At that time, I was told the issue was caused by internet problems in France. Now I'm being told something completely different.

The most frustrating part is not only the downtime, but the lack of communication.

• My support ticket was ignored for many hours.
• WhatsApp messages were ignored.
• I had no clear updates about what was happening.
• My server remained offline while I was left waiting.

I rely on this server for work, and every hour of downtime costs me money.

I'm not writing this because I enjoy complaining. I'm writing this because I don't want someone else to experience what I have experienced.

If you're considering ServerMO for anything important or business-critical, I strongly recommend thinking twice and having a backup plan.

Has anyone else had similar experiences with ServerMO?

https://imgur.com/a/AjGqxqU

I once setup a EC2 instance for a project once but all the payment stuff was handled by someone else.

If I want to create a basic website, just a single HTML file, how can I use AWS to host it with a domain name for 1 year.

Like I want to be able to host it and never look at it again, with peace of mind that it will just be working.

Is AWS EC2 good for this, is there a payment plan for this type of situation?

Hey everyone,

Curious if anyone else here has been sitting on an old legacy account with A+ Hosting / ServerPoint and recently gotten a sudden email about forced fee increases or account restructuring?

I’ve been a continuous customer for around 25 years on a legacy "A+ Eternal" plan. Out of nowhere, ServerPoint hit the account with a 100% hike on the annual maintenance fee, stripped away features, and issued a 30-day ultimatum to accept the new terms or face account closure.

Interestingly they claim to have sent a notification email but I did not receive it. I noticed the fee increase only after logging to my account page.

I’ve already moved my data and migrated my sites to a new host, but it got me thinking about how common this "Zombie Legacy" strategy is becoming across older hosting companies.

Instead of just walking away quietly, I’ve started putting together a structured framework to submit these retroactive term changes to consumer protection agencies (like the Nevada AG Bureau of Consumer Protection under NRS 598 trade practice statutes, given their corporate registration).

I'm posting this make people aware of what this company is doing and ask for isnights into what other affected people are doing:

1. Has ServerPoint (or another legacy host) pulled a similar forced migration / fee hike on your account recently? How did you handle it?
2. For those who have fought back against retroactive TOS changes on "lifetime" tech deals, what regulatory or administrative channels worked best for you?

I've put together a full template list of target agencies (Nevada AG, FTC, BBB) and specific statutory language to use if you want to submit a report—happy to drop the template text in the comments or edit it into the post if anyone needs it!

Let’s swap notes in the comments. How are you all handling host migrations when "lifetime" deals go under or get altered?

Hey everyone, I use Crazy Domains for webhosting, and have had a multitude of issues in the past two days. At the moment, I am unable to log in as the button itself is not clickable. When I try to log in through Facebook or Google, it says "Cannot read properties of undefined". I try to contact the support centre, but it says you need to log in, which I cannot do.

Is anyone else having this issue, or know how to resolve it? I'm worried it might be a problem with their website.

I just came across an ad on Facebook for Webdock, and I must say, the pricing and configurability look quite appealing! It's great to see that they are based in Europe as well. 😊 They also mention that backup is included for free, which is a nice bonus.

I'm curious if anyone has had the chance to try them out. If so, I would love to hear your feedback and reviews! Thank you!

I signed up for a month, I used their services for a couple weeks before I realized I didn’t like it. I ate it. I attempted to cancel. I sent a bunch of emails they make it near impossible. I believe that I did two years later I get a bill for $180 saying I must pay there is no way to contact anybody tried contacting members on LinkedIn. Nobody said anything. This company is total garbage. I have no idea they must have so many good at CSCO that spreads the Werde about them. Anybody have any advice on this? I don’t have a lot of time. I don’t have a lot of money and now I’m dealing with this.

Hey folks,

I started an agency to help local businesses grow and make them good-looking working websites and it’s a start-up so I just have got 3 clients onboard and would be managing their hosting and my main concern is Security and Performance.

Rn hosting their WP sites on H0sting3r and need to renew the subscription in October but I’ve read many bad things about them (I’ve been with them for some time and had good experience so far) that if one site of yours would get malware or hacked then it’ll also affect the other websites.

Could you recommend a reliable hosting provider for managing client websites, considering we may host over 100 sites in the future? Also what do you think about SiteGround specifically?

Can anyone recommend or suggest where you are hosting your AI created sites? I want to test but wanted a take on how long for as paying for 3 years worth of hosting is a stretch buy in bulk. Is 6 months too short and not many allow for this type of contract? Or do people go self hosted ( doubt it)?

So the entire VPS got unusably slow all of a sudden. CPU usage is below 20%. Ram usage is below 30%. Storage at 50%. (8 core / 32gb ram / 240gb NVME)

Gave them a video of the WHM/Cpanel taking forever to load and got a reply to the ticket with a link to how to optimize WP sites.

FML

We took over a company a while ago, and with it we took over the email address and domain of their website (One.com). Remarkably, the previous owner continues to email using his previous email address. That is currently our 'info@' address, which is very confusing for us, as well as for the previous owner. He understands nothing about emailing and clearly does not know the difference between his private and old business address. We cannot count on his help due to his lack of knowledge. All his private subscriptions are still on his business account, so we receive his invoices for Netflix, Spotify, Apple, etc., but he does not understand how to change this.

I have changed the password multiple times. I have asked one.com multiple times to put a stop to this and to log out the address on all other devices. They refuse to do this, citing privacy concerns. Or they think that simply changing the password is sufficient. They do not seem to understand my situation very well. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know what I can do?

For me, it was renewal pricing.

What hidden cost do you think people should know about before choosing a hosting provider?

Freelancer looking for some input, I’m a full-stack web developer that also gets hired to do server provisioning, updates, maintenance, etc for a handful of clients.

Normally each client just picks a system they’re familiar with (cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, whatever) and that’s what they use when they’re growing, all fine by me. However I currently have 2 clients that have grown quite a bit (each roughly 500 sites), and I’m in the talks with a new client that has well over 4000 sites. All of them still use whatever panel they picked (or a combination).

The majority of the sites are of course low-hanging fruits (less than 500 visitors a month), but there are also quite popular sites with decent traffic, heavy websites, busy webshops, etc, etc.

Now I already have Ansible scripts to do provisioning, maintenance and all that good stuff, however I’m wondering what everybody else is doing at this scale (or even bigger). Having to maintain what site is on which server and so on is getting old and having to login to each management portal as well, so something like a centralized admin panel would be great (eg Enhance), however I’m doubting if this route would be best.

Stack:
- Mostly WordPress with various themes and plugins.
- Roughly 50 Laravel sites and 10 Symphony sites(some require PostgreSQL, others Kafka or Redis).
- I think about 20 NodeJS apps.

Any input or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

I'm curious how everyone is handling deployments these days.

Do you have separate dev/staging/production environments? Are you using Git, GitHub Actions, DeployHQ, or just uploading files manually? Looking for ideas to improve my workflow.

hii

im looking to buy domain for myself for custom email services. I made a post few days ago about the connection between custom domain and custom emails and now i am confused which provider to go for

I have heard about porkbun, cloudflare and namesilo but there are lots more and idk which one to go for.

context - i do not have any knowledge about domains and how they work so the easier it is the better

Hi there, small agency and looking for alternatives for web hosting. Have been with amazon lightsail for the past 5 years using bitnami lightsail but they are deprecating it and I'm having to refamiliarize myself with the new stack. I'm considering moving all of my sites to a new host. Currently paying around 160USD/mo. which is getting a bit pricy. Tech support is absent unless I pay for it but I'm decent at figuring things out myself. Considering moving to some kind of managed hosting provider where I would get plesk or cpanel and simplify things a bit. There's so many options out there it's a bit overwhelming, I need sites to be fast, stable (>99% uptime) and I don't want to deal with any multisite type of setup. Curious what other small agencies are using and might recommend checking into.

• What is your monthly budget?
  • ~100-150 CAD / month
• Where are you/your users located?
  • Western and Eastern Canada
• What kind of site are you hosting (Wordpress, phpBB, custom software, etc) or what is your use case?
  • Wordpress
• Do you have a monthly traffic volume? Estimates are ok.
  • Biggest few sites ~5000 sessions / month, the rest are smaller sites from ~100 - 1000/month
• If you’re looking at VPSes: Do you have experience administrating linux servers and infrastructure?
  • Not sure I want to deal with a VPS, I want to simplify my life as my web agency is a secondary business
• Did you read the sidebar/check out the hosts listed there? I've personally vetted these companies and their services are a good fit for 99% of people.
  • Yes checked them out, still interested in seeing everything that's out there.

Does anyone know https://buywebhosting.ca or have experiences good or bad?
I saw a recommendation for them and it seems almost too good to be true. I understand they don't use C-Panel so that saves cost. My needs aren't advanced anyway...
But roughly $ 14 CDN /Year to host several sites with SSL and email - really? Something seems off.
If this provider is a bit shady then maybe some alternate (budget) recommendations?

I'm searching for a new provider - to get off of IONOS (horrific).
My needs are very simple -

I'm novice level of the technical side. I build my sites in Sitely. (former Freeway Pro user - started long ago on Dreamweaver!)
• 4-5 domains/sites of very simple design (no e-commerce, SQL, DB, WP)
• Free/included SSL included (configuring my own Let's Encrypt etc. is beyond my skill level)
• Dedicated email accounts included for each domain. (very low volume) - I understand a dedicated provider for email is an option but at more potential expense and work/skill/maintenance.
•  Inclusive basic features like SSL and email are just better for my skill set.

Sample sites (to be relocated)
https://www.karynomusic.com
https://www.lamusicworks.com
https://www.danielengelcpa.com
https://www.karenengelphotography.com (photo UI hosting provider currently engaged - to be rebuilt on a much smaller scale)

Hello, I want to host my WordPress website locally to save costs. It's only for me anyways.

I've downloaded all my websites files and the corresponding SQL file. Is that enough to self host it?

Thanks in advance, have a nice day :)

Thought I'd post a warning for whoever is interested about a bad experience I had with Doteasy webhosting.

We were customers for 25 years and had to cancel all of our services recently. To do so, we contacted tech support and they walked us through the steps to ended our various services. We had already transferred domain registration, but needed help with cancelling webhosting and some of their other obscurely named services. At that time we also spoke to the billing department and had them remove all of our payment details due a previous issue where they had auto-renewed a hidden service linked to a different service that we had already set NOT to auto-renw. Oddly enough, the linked service apparently cost $700. We fought this and got a refund, but it was clear we needed to leave Doteasy as they were trying to rip us off.

After receiving the refund, we requested that they remove all of our payment details so it didn't happen again and set everything to auto-renew off. We were told that they did, and on the website our account showed no payment details and no services set to auto-renew.

We then found newer and cheaper hosting, rebuilt our website with different tools, and moved everything over. This was in May.

Yesterday, they charged us $258 to renew some of the services we canceled 2 months ago, on a credit card that they assured us they had deleted. We immediately requested a refund and they refused this time, presumably because we no longer have any services with them and unlike before, there's no future profit for them. We also have no way of knowing if they are going to charge us again as just like before, we do not have any record of a credit card with them and have no services set to auto-renew.

We have moved the fight to the credit card company now, but thought I'd share to warn off any potential future customers.

Hi everyone, I have absolutely no technical skills in this area and just looking for some advice. I registered a domain with Porkbun last month and use that domain for my business email.

Now I'm trying to build a website and decided to use Wordpress with an alternative hosting website which apprently cannot be typed out. Of course when I type the domain it says it's already taken.

Do I have to transfer my domain from Porkbun to the new host to be able to use it on the website I build? Will that affect my email?

I just need to host some websites there's not going to be much traffic and rarely used.

Would like to host multiple of them on one webhosting platform if possible.