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ThisWebHost Review: ThisWebHost are hosts with repute who rely much on the quality of packages they offer. They have a constantly updated blog that gives you the solutions to your FAQs and hosting problems.
ThisWebHost Blurb:
Once upon a time, back in 2007, a community of web developers and other assorted Internet entrepreneurs discovered that finding good quality hosting these days is like competing in “The Running Man” (or “woman” for you nerdy ladies)… and losing, unlike our hero Arnie.They looked at shared hosting with the big named hosts and experienced nothing but slow, oversold servers, and impersonal automated responses to tickets. They felt like the were just another person in line at the DMV, waiting to be served by the next suicidal representative. When the sites went down (and oh boy, they did.. regularly), they were told that it must be a problem with their connection. Our heroes knew better.
6 Customer Reviews for “ThisWebHost”
I started using ThisWebHost about 4/5 months ago. I intend to use ThisWebHost for the rest of my life. I know, right? A huge-ass statement, for sure. And one which I’m very, very happy to keep to.
I’m a blogger (and a web designer, but mostly a blogger). I need a website that can load my words as fast as possible without crapping out, won’t empty my bank account out from the hosting and doesn’t feel like it’s being hosted by some dark-and-dingy web hoster. Because dirtbag web hosters smell like ass.
And that’s why I’m happy to use ThisWebHost – because unlike most web hosts, they don’t smell like ass whatsoever.
And before you’re all “I don’t believe you! You are just one of those crazies from the internet who I’m not going to believe in”, let me tell you, I’ve been around the hosting block. I’m like a web hosting whore. I’ve totally been with 5 web hosts in the past year and a half. So, yo, I’ve seen some serious web host action. Each of the ones I’ve been with – JustHost, Knox Hosting, A Small Orange, Acorn Host and 1&1 internet – have failed me MISERABLY. Not least because of:
- Poor customer service;
- Inept technical advice;
- Murky billing practices;
- Random settings on their servers which Wordpress goes CRAZYPANTS over; and,
- Giving the false pretense of being an ‘ethical’ or ‘green’ hoster when promised as such.
It got tiring. Real, real tiring.
I was exhausted.
Why should I have to work my ass off trying to find someone who can just HOST MY DAMN WEBSITE without having to wade through all of the marketing BS and the extra expenses and the ridiculous unethicalness and ineptitude?
I mean, web hosting comes with a shotgun to the face AS IT IS (”Just sign this 213-page document holding us free from anything that every happens to you or your website and sure, we’ll host you for as long as you can pay us every year!”), never mind having to then deal with my website falling apart from my host’s server randomly crashing or their server settings destroying my blog or something. There was always something. Always.
And it was a nightmare. Where were the reputable web hosts? Where were the people I could trust? If I wanted something decent, why did I have to fork out a huge-ass wedge of my bank account?
And then, after a bit of googlin’ and searching, I laid my eyes on ThisWebHost.
And I died. Like, that type of death where you’re actually still alive but you’ve just had the best orgasm in the entire history of the universe and so it’s almost *like* you’ve died because it was so good and your brain is all “ORGASM CHEMICALS! EVERYWHERE! BLARG”.
Because ThisWebHost? They’re like the wet dream of web hosting.
I have 2 websites, a blog and a business website. Both of them are done with ThisWebHost and guess what?
I pay less than TEN DOLLARS a month to host them.
Any problems I’ve had? Cleaned up in, quite literally, several hours.
Their back-end, client area is extremely user-friendly, unlike some hosts.
They don’t try to upsell by pretending their president has selected you for an upgrade (*cough*JustHost*cough*).
And best of all? I actually feel like I can trust ThisWebHost. They’re not taking my money and giving me some crappy hosting — they’re providing me a service, and doing extremely well at giving me it, to boot.
I know you probably won’t trust this review because, hello? I’m just some randomer on the internet.
But let’s be real here: I pay less than $10 a month to have 2 websites hosted, both of which have never, EVER been offline without them sending me an email hours before. Every problem I’ve had has been sorted, and their people do it with a smile – and those problems? Typically always self-induced from my ‘Something isn’t working – CLICK EVERYTHING!’ syndrome.
If there’s ever been a web host which has deserved some fantastic karma, it’s ThisWebHost. I, quite literally, can’t think of a single problem I’ve had with them. And considering the fact that I’ve been with ThisWebHost for more than the amount of time I was with Knox Hosting, A Small Orange and Acorn Host combined, I like to think I’ve found a solid, reputable and (above all) genuine hosting service.
It’d be ridiculous for you to take me at my word – but I guess that’s why ThisWebHost gives a massive 75% reduction on your first month. So why even believe me? Just try them out – I’m sure you’ll agree within a week that ThisWebHost is, by far, the best web host you’ve ever thrown your website at.
Ever.
Serious, massive kudos to them for providing such a solid, authentic hosting service.
(I hate putting 5 stars for every category because then it looks like I haven’t put any thought into it or that I’m just some random devotee that is blinded by love — but that’s ‘totes not true. Every single 5 star rating has been well-deserved by ThisWebHost. Every. Single. One.)
I have used “This Web Host” hosting for my site that is related to audio and video sharing. Although my site is heavy, yet I never had any problem in loading. I found their customer support very supportive. I would like to say that they can make their cPanel better than current one.
I find the pages always load quickly, and when I had initial problems setting up my account because I was inexperienced, thiswebhost’s customer services were honestly excellent.
And I’m writing this review after a long tiring day of data entry where my fingers are killing me, so that shows how much I honestly mean what I say, any other company could kiss my arse if they thought I was going to write a review for them when I was this tired.
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Most Web hosting companies don’t know what business they are in. Loads of people sell hosting, some good and some not-so-good. But outstanding hosting is much more than cheap price, which seems to be today’s primary benchmark.
What sets ThisWebHost apart from others is that they know the value of customer service. By selling customer service … along with reliable and fast hosting … well, that’s why we are with ThisWebHost.com and our clients praise our decision.
I just wrote a review for This*webHost on another hosting review site and i am not done yet! I wish i could shout this, they are really different and very honest about what they promise & deliver.
Talking beyond the server, cPanel, WHM, loads of flexibility & other technical stuff they provide, they respect you for being a paying customer which at the end of the day matters most. They communicate well & fast, keep you updated with their Blog, Twitter & emails even for smallest of details that probably you would not bother to know.
Like say few days ago they changed their DNS system to a dedicated server, that does not matter to most users, but they do inform you about it, which is like learning a new thing from them.
They are small now but i don’t think they will be the same in 1 more year! I can sincerely advice don’t go for dirt cheap, unlimited disc/bandwidth plans, that “unlimited” should in fact be word that should keep you away from such hosts in the first place, seriously how much is unlimited dude? Remember that you give peanuts you get monkeys.
Get real, pay good bucks for your money drawing real business, go ahead with ThisWebHost & have a good night’s sleep.
If you are still not convinced ask me about my experience personally at – a[@]nice.gy
I got some hosting from ThisWebHost in late February, following a promotional offer in a freelance forum that I visit. I currently have a reseller account with them and several websites hosted under that reseller account. I used to host with MediaTemple on a VPS but its bad performance combined with the expansion of some of my bigger projects caused me to look someplace else for hosting.
One of the main things that appealed to me with ThisWebHost was that they advertised that they would transfer all of my sites and data across to their servers for me. It can be a real pain to move sites from one host to another, so this was definitely welcome. I know some of you may be thinking that Cpanel or WHM can do this automatically for you, but I migrated from Plesk and I know they had to go in and recreate databases and all kinds of other stuff. On the 20+ sites I had, this wasn’t a 5 minute job by any means, but they managed to do it within a few hours. Everything worked flawlessly (after I had to wait for DNS) which I almost couldn’t believe, because usually something always goes wrong when moving sites to a new host in my experience.
In the 3 months I’ve had my hosting with ThisWebHost, I haven’t experienced a single moment of unplanned downtime. The only downtime I’ve had was due to updates to the kernel which required a server reboot, understandably. I was told via e-mail about this before it happened, and only experienced a few minutes of downtime. My sites have remained fast, even when some of my bigger projects have generated some very high traffic bursts, and even then I had no downtime.
Support have been really amazing so far. On the rare instance that I open a support ticket it is responded to quickly, politely and usually in-depth so that I’m almost learning something new at the same time. I’m not given what feels like disgruntled “yes” or “no” responses, which I appreciate, because I hate feeling as if I’m somehow disturbing the support team by opening a ticket. I’m a paying customer after all!
Perhaps the only negative (and I don’t really see it that way) with ThisWebHost is the price. They are more expensive than some of the previous hosts I’ve been with, but comparatively I’ve had no downtime compared to the regular hiccups on my previous hosts. From what I’ve read from the articles they’ve posted on their blog, this is because they don’t oversell and offer silly packages, which makes sense I suppose.
All in all I’m very happy with my new host, and I give them a thumbs up!