Shared Hosting

[Jason Y]

What are some drawbacks?  Do you used shared?  Do you feel the price is reasonable?  What makes a good shared hosting deal?  

 

[Nomad]

I use shared hosting. I have been using shared hosting since 2015 and I have never encountered any problem. The major drawbacks of shared hosting is you have limited bandwith and limited resources. If you receive a lot of traffic, shared hosting cannot handle it.

 

[Soulwatcher]

The major drawbacks of shared hosting is you have limited bandwith and limited resources. If you receive a lot of traffic, shared hosting cannot handle it.

And boy do they limit the resources. I wouldn't use shared hosting unless your website is dead. Because they will kick you off or upsell your hosting plan the first time you get any kind of traffic. And if you really want to go the shared hosting route, I would go with Known Host.

 

[TopSilver]

At least shared hosting comes with cPanel. If you use a VPS and don't want to pay a whopping $15 a month extra, then you will need to resort to virtualmin and webmin which was what I was using.

cPanel is hands down the best control panel a website could ever have though.

 

[Soulwatcher]

If you use a VPS and don't want to pay a whopping $15 a month extra, then you will need to resort to virtualmin and webmin which was what I was using.

I use virtualmin and webmin on my VPS, and if you ask me they are easier to use than cPanel if you take the time out to learn it. And like you said, it's free, and you don't have to pay cPanel $15 a month.

P.S. I HATE how everything is tied to a subscription these days.

 

[TopSilver]

I use virtualmin and webmin on my VPS, and if you ask me they are easier to use than cPanel if you take the time out to learn it. And like you said, it's free, and you don't have to pay cPanel $15 a month.

P.S. I HATE how everything is tied to a subscription these days.

It is quite easy to learn and I'm very familiar with it because I used it for years. I just personally feel like something I'm going to put my heart and soul into like a website that I'd rather have cPanel.

But come here soon I'm going to just fork out the money. Just because it would be worth the money I suppose.

 

[Soulwatcher]

I just personally feel like something I'm going to put my heart and soul into like a website that I'd rather have cPanel.

Nothing wrong with that, cPanel is tried and true and has been around forever. Do you run this website on a VPS, or are you planning on getting a VPS soon?

My website is dead, and it hit the hosting limits anytime someone visited the website when it was on share hosting. Shared hosting has so many restrictions, even the $30 a month so-called semi dedicated have a lot of restrictions.

 

[TopSilver]

Nothing wrong with that, cPanel is tried and true and has been around forever. Do you run this website on a VPS, or are you planning on getting a VPS soon?

My website is dead, and it hit the hosting limits anytime someone visited the website when it was on share hosting. Shared hosting has so many restrictions, even the $30 a month so-called semi dedicated have a lot of restrictions.

It was running on a VPS but I switched to shared just for cPanel because that's all that's needed. The host I chose doesn't restrict it to the point where you can't run the site with a lot of users. I did some research and it can handle it quite fine, especially because it's on the cloud where they give you a certain amount of RAM.

But with research into it. We will stick with this until we see 500 guests or more at one time. Because then, the sheer pride when it comes to mycafetalk would be no issue migrating and paying for cPanel. To be honest I would be so happy that I would switch to a VPS in a heart beat so do not worry.

 

[Soulwatcher]

It was running on a VPS but I switched to shared just for cPanel because that's all that's needed. The host I chose doesn't restrict it to the point where you can't run the site with a lot of users. I did some research and it can handle it quite fine, especially because it's on the cloud where they give you a certain amount of RAM.

Your website is superfast, if you don't mind me asking, who is your web host, and what package do you have? I wouldn't mind getting rid of my VPS to save money, at least until my website grows.

 

[TopSilver]

Your website is superfast, if you don't mind me asking, who is your web host, and what package do you have? I wouldn't mind getting rid of my VPS to save money, at least until my website grows.

Thanks. I host with inmotion hosting. I pay around $75/year tops. I think it's a little less then that. I'll give you a referral link below.

http://inmotion.host/b066b3db

 

[Cpvr]

I’ve used shared hosting in the past, but I didn’t use it for that long as my site ended using up a lot of resources since it started growing quite quickly. Shared hosting is good to start off with and work your up with to other servers.

 

[Shortie]

I have always used shared hosting aside from one time between I believe it was 2013 - 2017 when I was approached by the son of the other admin on my forum who offered me dedicated hosting for a reasonable price due to hosting issues I was having.

Unfortunately, the price of the dedicated hosting had to go up as he was no longer allowed to offer discounts and so now I use shared hosting again.

 

[Nomad]

And boy do they limit the resources. I wouldn't use shared hosting unless your website is dead. Because they will kick you off or upsell your hosting plan the first time you get any kind of traffic. And if you really want to go the shared hosting route, I would go with Known Host.

For many website owners, shared hosting would absolutely work. I have been on Namecheap shared hosting since 2015 and I never have had any issue. Shared hosting is good for small websites and the websites that does not deal with ecommerce.

 

[webby]

I have always used shared hosting aside from one time between I believe it was 2013 - 2017 when I was approached by the son of the other admin on my forum who offered me dedicated hosting for a reasonable price due to hosting issues I was having.

Unfortunately, the price of the dedicated hosting had to go up as he was no longer allowed to offer discounts and so now I use shared hosting again.

Did you notice any considerable differences between the two(From a user perspective or webmaster perspective)?

I'm mainly thinking about speed which I don't think will be that noticeable if I have a small site but perhaps there's some other things I'm overlooking in which I should probably consider it.

 

[Soulwatcher]

Did you notice any considerable differences between the two(From a user perspective or webmaster perspective)?

I'm mainly thinking about speed which I don't think will be that noticeable if I have a small site but perhaps there's some other things I'm overlooking in which I should probably consider it.

I don't think you would notice too much of a difference with a small website. It’s when the website gets busy is when you have a problem.

 

[webby]

I don't think you would notice too much of a difference with a small website. It’s when the website gets busy is when you have a problem.

That's my initial thought as well. I suppose I could prepare for a potential spike in traffic, but I don't think that's likely to happen.

Probably better to start with shared and wait and see.

 

[Soulwatcher]

Make sure you check out A2hosting that have packages that will let you use more resources when your traffic spikes. But I don't know how much it costs.

 

[Jason76]

I have a reseller account with a resource boost. It's fast enough, but I don't know what the situation would be with a lot of traffic. I'm assuming it would still be fast.

 

[PixelPioneer]

From what I gather, shared hosting seems like a great starting point for new or small websites. The affordability and ease of use with cPanel are definitely appealing. However, the limitations in resources and potential issues with traffic spikes are something to keep in mind.

For those who have outgrown shared hosting, it seems like VPS or dedicated hosting might be the way to go, especially if you’re looking for more control and scalability.