There are a few outfits that charge less than Bluehost- and offer far less.
What’s the deal with Bluehost that makes them such a great deal?
- Bluehost has 24/7 live tech support. When you have a problem, they have someone there to help you. In my experience, it has always taken just a few minutes to get on a live-chat online (my favorite method so I can type or paste in issues that may arise online) You can call them too, but that’s such a cumbersome way to solve technical issues.
- Unlimited bandwidth, domains and lots of generous supply of things like SQL databases. Bluehost makes it clear that bandwidth abuse like the kind associated with spamming is not allowed but normal web traffic, even if it surges exponentially due to an increase in the popularity of your website with the only living proof video of Bigfoot, is no problem- they don’t have bandwidth tiers in pricing. Your price is your price, no matter what.
- More in-house installs than I’ve seen anywhere else, including WordPress, Joomla, Email lists, Social network platforms that rival Twitter and Facebook (for your own private or specialty social network), DIY website builders, CMS- the list is almost endless.
- Domain registration and management- sooner or later, you may grow tired of Godaddy’s constant barrage of up-sells and marketing that confront you every time you venture into their website to make any change to your domain or hosted site- when you do, you can transfer your domain to Bluehost and the only thing you’ll hear from them is when you need to renew or fix some info regarding your Whois identity. Their domain management tools are excellent and uncluttered- you won’t have the Godaddy experience of a sales pitch at every increment of registration or renewal.
Ready to buy? Bluehost plans are as low as $6.95 a month (three year commitment) a little more with shorter commitments.
