Hey all,
I wanted to take the time to highlight some of our best deals on hosting:
IXWebHosting: IXWebhosting is a great host. They have plans to handle hosting for all different types of websites. They also have great support to answer any questions you may have. RebateRabbit offers a $40 rebate for IXWebhosting.
EasyCGI: EasyCGI is one of the top windows web hosts. They offer 3 different plans and all of them include a full script library, ASP.NET 2.0, and 99.9% and as with all hosts on our site they offer great support and they are able to be contacted 24/7 through phone or email. RebateRabbit offers a $60 rebate for EasyCGI.
Midphase: Midphase is a top host offering both linux and windows hosting. They have budget(shared) hosting, virtual private server hosting, and dedicated hosting. They have solutions for all different kinds of websites and they are able to help you with their support. They have the most extensive support database. They offere support blogs, video, community help, and ways to contact them 24/7. RebateRabbit offers a $60 host rebate for Midphase Hosting.
These are just three of the 16 hosts supported by RebateRabbit. We offer the highest rebates for all our web hosts and all our hosts are carefully selected and are some of the top hosts in the industry.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Small Business: How to Find the Right Web Host
So, you created an ecommerce website on your computer and you’re ready for the world to see it. There are tons of options for you to choose between. You could use a computer in your home that is dedicated to your website, but to be frank doing this can be very technical and it will definitely be time consuming and expensive.
What you need is a web host. A web host is a company that stores all the parts of your website such as: the pages, the html, and the scripts and they also connect your site to the internet so the world can see it. There are webhosts that provide free hosting, but they put ads all over your site and have restrictions on things like space and bandwidth and usually there is little if any support.
Your best bet is to go with a commercial web host. They are more geared towards the small business/ ecommerce world. You have literally hundreds of web hosts to choose from and all them offer different space, reliability, and price packages. Here are some good questions to ask when selecting a web host for your small business website.
Is Your Hosting Reliable? Reliability is a major concern among small business website owners. You never want your website to be down because if your sites down that means you’re not converting traffic into sales. You want to look for at the very least 95% uptime guarantee, but many hosts offer 99% and up uptime guarantee.
What type of Space/Bandwidth do you offer? You will want to make sure they offer enough space to hold your website in the plan you’re looking for. You will also want to make sure they offer enough bandwidth per month for the amount of visitors you will have. If you go over the limit there will be a charge. Watch out for oversellers who promise a ton of space and bandwidth but don’t deliver. Make sure you check the host’s terms of service and resource usage policies.
How good is your support? Support is an extremely important part of any host. They should have multiple ways to contact them including ticket system, live chat, and phone. They should be able to be contacted by either live chat or phone 24/7/365. Make sure you test the support and call in and ask them questions to test their competence.
How do you Handle Security? Ask them how they secure their datacenter and if they have secure servers and SSL certificates. Security Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol that allows the secure communications to take place over the internet. This is important for doing business transactions over the internet.
How do you backup your servers? The web host should back up the data you have on your servers. You will want to make sure that if something happens to your website for any reason you will be able to recover the information that is lost. Make sure that the information is yours and not the hosts. This is an important question to ask the host.
Do you provide shopping cart software? Many hosts provide shopping cart software as part of their package. You’ll want to make sure the host you pick has shopping cart software as most ecommerce sites will need this software in order for their customers to buy products.
How much control do I have? You will want to make sure you are able to use a variety of background applications like PHP, PERL, and CGI Scripts. These allow you to truly create forms and a website that are tailored to your business.
How much will it cost? Shared hosting should not cost more than $20 per month. With that being said you don’t want to put too much weight on price because you want to worry about the factors above in a host than you do about the price. You can also use rebates and coupons to make the same hosting cheaper. Either way hosting can be one of the cheapest parts of starting a business.
What type of perks do you offer? Many web hosts have deals with other companies especially when it comes to marketing tools. Some perks are credits for Google Adwords or Yahoo! Search Marketing. There are also things like free Sitepal characters. You don’t want to put any weight on the perks when selecting a webhost but if all else is truly equal than it can’t hurt to take advantage of the perks a certain hosts offers. Also some hosts offer other services like web design and this is something to look into if you do not want to create your own site.
There are many things you have to do when creating a small business. Do not overlook choosing a web host. Don’t jump quickly into this because you could regret it. Do the research, ask the questions, and choose the host that is right for you. Good Luck and Get Started.
What you need is a web host. A web host is a company that stores all the parts of your website such as: the pages, the html, and the scripts and they also connect your site to the internet so the world can see it. There are webhosts that provide free hosting, but they put ads all over your site and have restrictions on things like space and bandwidth and usually there is little if any support.
Your best bet is to go with a commercial web host. They are more geared towards the small business/ ecommerce world. You have literally hundreds of web hosts to choose from and all them offer different space, reliability, and price packages. Here are some good questions to ask when selecting a web host for your small business website.
Is Your Hosting Reliable? Reliability is a major concern among small business website owners. You never want your website to be down because if your sites down that means you’re not converting traffic into sales. You want to look for at the very least 95% uptime guarantee, but many hosts offer 99% and up uptime guarantee.
What type of Space/Bandwidth do you offer? You will want to make sure they offer enough space to hold your website in the plan you’re looking for. You will also want to make sure they offer enough bandwidth per month for the amount of visitors you will have. If you go over the limit there will be a charge. Watch out for oversellers who promise a ton of space and bandwidth but don’t deliver. Make sure you check the host’s terms of service and resource usage policies.
How good is your support? Support is an extremely important part of any host. They should have multiple ways to contact them including ticket system, live chat, and phone. They should be able to be contacted by either live chat or phone 24/7/365. Make sure you test the support and call in and ask them questions to test their competence.
How do you Handle Security? Ask them how they secure their datacenter and if they have secure servers and SSL certificates. Security Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol that allows the secure communications to take place over the internet. This is important for doing business transactions over the internet.
How do you backup your servers? The web host should back up the data you have on your servers. You will want to make sure that if something happens to your website for any reason you will be able to recover the information that is lost. Make sure that the information is yours and not the hosts. This is an important question to ask the host.
Do you provide shopping cart software? Many hosts provide shopping cart software as part of their package. You’ll want to make sure the host you pick has shopping cart software as most ecommerce sites will need this software in order for their customers to buy products.
How much control do I have? You will want to make sure you are able to use a variety of background applications like PHP, PERL, and CGI Scripts. These allow you to truly create forms and a website that are tailored to your business.
How much will it cost? Shared hosting should not cost more than $20 per month. With that being said you don’t want to put too much weight on price because you want to worry about the factors above in a host than you do about the price. You can also use rebates and coupons to make the same hosting cheaper. Either way hosting can be one of the cheapest parts of starting a business.
What type of perks do you offer? Many web hosts have deals with other companies especially when it comes to marketing tools. Some perks are credits for Google Adwords or Yahoo! Search Marketing. There are also things like free Sitepal characters. You don’t want to put any weight on the perks when selecting a webhost but if all else is truly equal than it can’t hurt to take advantage of the perks a certain hosts offers. Also some hosts offer other services like web design and this is something to look into if you do not want to create your own site.
There are many things you have to do when creating a small business. Do not overlook choosing a web host. Don’t jump quickly into this because you could regret it. Do the research, ask the questions, and choose the host that is right for you. Good Luck and Get Started.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Web Hosting
Here are some comparison points to look at when you are deciding whether to go with Shared hosting or dedicated hosting
Shared Hosting:
Shared, or virtual, hosting is when your website shares the space on a web host’s server with other websites. Each server has its own IP address which means if you choose shared hosting not only are you sharing the space, but you are also sharing the IP address with every other site on that server.
Benefits:
· Price- One of the biggest benefits of shared hosting is the price. Shared hosting is cheap running anywhere from $4.00-$20.00 per month.
· Ease of use- Shared hosting is good for those just getting into web hosting because most web hosts make it very easy to set up and do a lot of work for you.
Drawbacks:
· Slow Server Response- if your site is on web hosts server that has a ton of high traffic websites this will cause yours to load a lot slower. Think of it like the line at the bank if your 2nd in line you’ll be served a lot faster, but if your number 12 in line it is going to take a lot longer for you to get served. One thing to do before selecting a host is to ask them what types of sites are allowed on their servers and also how many sites are allowed per server. When you get a hosting account try to find out what the other websites are like that are sharing a server with you.
· Server Crashes- Most web hosts only allows certain types of CGI scripts on their servers. This is done with good reason because a poorly written one could crash a server and take all the websites it was sharing it with down.
· Who you are sharing with- If your site is on the same server as a known spam site this can cause problems for you as well. Your site may share the same IP address as the spam site which will cause problems with search engines and could even get you banned from them. This is bad for all types of websites
Dedicated:
Having dedicated web hosting is when you have your own server in the host’s datacenter. There is no sharing the server space, IP address, or CPU usage. You control everything that happens on the server.
Benefits:
· Control/Security- There is no one else sharing this server. Everything that happens on it is something related to your site. You can choose how the server is configured. You can host unlimited domains, with unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, etc. Another great advantage is the fact you get SSH access which allows you to control the server. The whole server is yours.
· Fast Response with High Traffic- Since you are not sharing anything with anyone else your users don’t have to be in the bank line. They are always the first in line to be served and this makes for a lot faster load time.
· No penalties- With shared hosting if you use too much of the host’s resources (such as CPU, bandwidth, or space) there are penalties you have to pay. This is not the case with dedicated hosting because it all belongs to you.
Drawbacks:
· Price- Price is about the only drawback to dedicated hosting. All the great features and security of dedicated hosting cost a decent amount of money starting anywhere from $75/month to a couple of hundred dollars per month. You have to make sure that dedicated hosting is the right thing for you before you select it.
Good Luck and Get Started!
Steve
Saturday, July 12, 2008
How Hosting Rebates Work
Hi All!
I wanted to take sometime to explain how we are able to offer these deals and how the process works. We get paid for sending customers to the web hosts and this is where we get our rebate because we take most of that payment and turn around and give it to you in the form of a rebate. It's not a scam it's a great deal for you! You can check out our How it works section (www.rebaterabbit.com/howitworks.html) to see how you are able to get these rebates. These rebates can save you up to 87% off your hosting. Why wouldn't you use it!?
Good Luck and Get Started,
Steve
I wanted to take sometime to explain how we are able to offer these deals and how the process works. We get paid for sending customers to the web hosts and this is where we get our rebate because we take most of that payment and turn around and give it to you in the form of a rebate. It's not a scam it's a great deal for you! You can check out our How it works section (www.rebaterabbit.com/howitworks.html) to see how you are able to get these rebates. These rebates can save you up to 87% off your hosting. Why wouldn't you use it!?
Good Luck and Get Started,
Steve
Monday, July 7, 2008
RebateRabbit Joins the Blogosphere!
Hello Everyone,
My name is Steve and I wanted to take our first post to introduce myself and RebateRabbit. I am one of the co-owners of RebateRabbit and I'll be the main contributor to the blog so if you have any ideas let me know! We started RebateRabbit because when Josh(the other owner) was looking for hosting one day he discovered the other rebate sites so he did some research. He discovered that the rebate sites were cheap, tacky looking, and did not provide much in the way of support (so how could you trust them). That is when we decided to set up RebateRabbit because rebates are a wonderful thing, when you actually receive the rebate you were promised. We set up RebateRabbit to be a resource for those looking for web hosting. We have articles, webmaster tools, and reviews on our host designed to help you make your own decision. We wanted to stay away from the biased rankings that other sites have chosen to be a part of so our site is designed for you to make an educated decision about hosting instead of us making one for you and on top of it all we help you save money! So do your research about which host to pick because this is important. After you do your research RebateRabbit is the place to go to save yourself some money.
Check us out at www.RebateRabbit.com
Good Luck and Get Started!
Steve
My name is Steve and I wanted to take our first post to introduce myself and RebateRabbit. I am one of the co-owners of RebateRabbit and I'll be the main contributor to the blog so if you have any ideas let me know! We started RebateRabbit because when Josh(the other owner) was looking for hosting one day he discovered the other rebate sites so he did some research. He discovered that the rebate sites were cheap, tacky looking, and did not provide much in the way of support (so how could you trust them). That is when we decided to set up RebateRabbit because rebates are a wonderful thing, when you actually receive the rebate you were promised. We set up RebateRabbit to be a resource for those looking for web hosting. We have articles, webmaster tools, and reviews on our host designed to help you make your own decision. We wanted to stay away from the biased rankings that other sites have chosen to be a part of so our site is designed for you to make an educated decision about hosting instead of us making one for you and on top of it all we help you save money! So do your research about which host to pick because this is important. After you do your research RebateRabbit is the place to go to save yourself some money.
Check us out at www.RebateRabbit.com
Good Luck and Get Started!
Steve
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