Anyone use GoDaddy or WebHostingHub?

DY357LX

<div class="IPBDescription">Looking for domain name + hosting. (PHP, MySql, etc.)</div>I've made a relatively basic website for a friends band and now we're looking to buy the .com for 12 months or so.

I've done some searching and narrowed it down to two companies:
<a href="http://www.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">- GoDaddy</a>
<a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" target="_blank">- WebHostingHub</a>

My only requirements are:
- PHP support
- MySQL support (the database is pretty small - I'll be very surprised if it hits over 100meg.)
- Javascript support for things like <a href="http://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets/widget_profile" target="_blank">a twitter widget.</a>
- 250meg or space or so. (The more the better but it's not a huge requirement and I can probably write a script to resize images if needed.)

That's about it really, the majority of the features of the site are very basic (image uploader + gallery (hence the 250meg), user login etc).
Looking to spend around $100/£50 (12 month contract).

Do you guys have any experiences with GoDaddy, WebHostingHub or any other company worth mentioning? Sites to avoid, sites that don't get recommended enough, etc.


Thanks.

Camron

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Spooge

One of the best things you can do for your site is to purchase the domain from one entity and host with another. Generally, the all-in-one hosts get extra grouchy when you try to move your site to a new host. Godaddy is fine for purchasing a domain but don't bother using them for hosting. I've had good experiences hosting with <a href="http://www.surpasshosting.com/index.php" target="_blank">Surpass.</a>

Sops

You should be able to register a domain for $10 a year and get web hosting that covers everything you need for $3-4 a month if you pay for a year of hosting. If GoDaddy is asking for more then that then you are overpaying.

Thaldarin

Judging by the fact you put the price in pounds, with a bad currency conversion, I'll assume you're a Brit, in which case I recommend the company that our local Shockwave works for <a href="http://www.zen.co.uk" target="_blank">Zen.co.uk</a> . They're always really helpful, great customer service, fairly priced too.

$100 = roughly £60.

£100 = roughly $155 / £50 = roughly $77

;)

That_Annoying_Kid

Shockwave + Zen == WINNAR btw

they are solid

DY357LX

Thanks for the replies guys.

The concept of 1 company for hosting and 1 company for domain registration never crossed my mind but I shall look into it further!

At the moment I'm looking at a company called <a href="http://www.5quidhost.co.uk/" target="_blank">5quidhost</a>.
They get great reviews, have a fair price and the features are nice too.


And yes, I am in the UK.

That_Annoying_Kid

it's still worth giving Zen a thorough look see

NatalieSmith01

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Fully agree on that.
They are real solid.

marks

I use GoDaddy for the domain to my personal site - works a treat. Never had any problems at all whatsoever for going on 3 years now. They have great customer service too.