2 iPage
Overall
Honestly iPage is Awesome! It's extrememly easy-to-use, has great support and comes at a great price. The only reason its not our number 1 pick is becuase they are fairly new to us and we wanted to give it a little while before give them that honor!
| Price | Space | Bandwidth | Setup Fee | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.50 | Unlimited | Unlimited | None | 30-Day |
Customer Testimonials
I'm new to web hosting and I didn't know anything about setting up a website. Boy am I glad I picked iPage as my host! They have made everything so easy on me! Their web builder is great and super easy to use and with their start up wizard, i was up in minutes! I did have a few questions though, so I called their tech support and was on and off the phone in no time at all with the answers I needed. They even taught how to set up my eamil! These guys rock! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
- Sarah .
3 words for you EASY TO USE! What else can I say about these guys? I know a bit about html and have even built a website before, but im no programer by anyone's standards. This system is SO easy, I didn't even have to write any html. I just clicked buttons and in an hour or so my site was online! I think I am going to build a site for my chruch and this is where I will do it!
Thank you!
- Michael
I had been researching web hosting companies for weeks and kept coming across iPage. They were ranked well on review sites and I couldn't find any negative reviews about them, so I figured I would give them a shot. I am glad I did. They are top-notch and at a great price too! I kinda got off to a rocky start and found myself on the phone with support, but it ended up being my fault and their tech support got it straitened away for me really quickly. Also, I would like to note their tech support was based right here in the good ol' USA. That might not mean a lot to some peopole, but it means a lot to me! My site is now up and I haven't had another reason to call, but if I did I can bet I would get more great support!
Thank you!
- Dave Spinner.
In Depth
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Introduction
iPage's tagline is "Everything web, made easy," and those aren't just empty words. Their main offering, dubbed "The Essential," has everything you could want in a shared hosting plan, yet the tools are simple enough to allow novices to get started online very quickly.
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Features
"The Essential" includes a free site-building tool. It's template-based, so you don't need to know HTML to use it; simply pick out the design you like and enter your content. Don't let the word "template" fool you into thinking that you'll have a generic-looking site -- there are more than 100 templates to choose from, all professionally designed. Also, if a full website isn't what you're looking for, iPage offers a blog version of their hosting plan, which includes a WordPress installation wizard. This step-by-step guide (also available in "The Essential") walks you through the process of setting up a blog; blogs require a database, and iPage will set that up for you, so you don't have to worry about it.
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Uptime
iPage serves websites off a pool of servers, so the first and fastest machine available will be the one to serve your website. iPage offers a security suite at no additional cost: your account will be scanned for viruses and malware, and your email scanned for spam. Advanced spam-filtering tools let you customize how stringent you want your spam filters to be. They'll even give you a security badge you can post on your site to let you your visitors know that there are no viruses on your site.
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Customer Service
The iPage support team may actually be the most impressive thing about them, answering their phones in two minutes or less, on average. Their staff comes across as friendly and knowledgeable, and they're all based in North America. If talking to an off-shore representative concerns you, you won't have to worry about that at iPage. Plus, both their phone and their online chat are staffed 24x7, so you can reach them at any time of day or night.
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Control Panel
Just because iPage gives you a free site builder doesn't mean you have to use it! If you're an experienced developer, you can continue using the design software that you're used to. Plus, iPage seems to have developed a number of very useful partnerships for site development and promotion, particularly with Google. For example, your iPage control panel will provide you free access to Google's "Webmaster Tools." In addition to their development tools, the iPage control panel also offers a choice of shopping carts, SSL certificates, a library of open source applications you can install ... everything you could expect from a shared web host.
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Summary
iPage makes it easy for novices to get started with free, professional-looking website design templates and prompt, reliable, North American-based phone support. That said, iPage doesn't sacrifice features for the sake of ease of use -- experienced developers will find all the tools they need to create a powerful web presence. In addition, the peace of mind that comes with their free security suite is a real plus