May 17, 2005

Curious George: Simple cheap web hosting: Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys, I have a painfully simple question: I want very cheap web hosting with very simple needs to match. I want a non-scripting (only HTML), no database, no e-mail, with or without domain sale website.

Considering that for 8 bucks a month I can get a website with 1000mb, 8000mb transfer, php, asp, cold fusion, mySQL support and 50 email addresses, I'm thinking that I should be able to get the absolute most basic HTML only website hosting for uber-cheap. I'm thinking like 20 bucks for a year. The problem, it seems, is that my google-fu fails me mainly due to just so many reviews and almost what seems to be page spamming. So, please help me find the best, simple, cheap hosting. Thanks.

posted by killThisKid 19 years ago
  • Well it's one of those "you get what you pay for thingies". I own/run a web hosting company, but can't get down to your $20 a year figure.. you might try something like godaddy.com, bigger is better if you are going cheap-cheap. dale (hostmoon.net)
  • Here's the best deal without a doubt (which I found courtesy of Askme and took advantage of). Sign up at Dreamhost choosing the Level 1 plan. It's normally $120 for a year. Put 777 as a promotional code and the price will drop to $9.24. It has a lot of stuff you won't need and didn't ask for, but hell, for the price you can't beat it.
  • Affordablehost has what you're looking for ... free. See the "Single-X" plan. It's only 50MB storage and half a gig monthly bandwidth with an email forward and no other features, but if you write clean code with minimal graphics for a low-traffic type of site, it should be more than enough. I was about to throw in my affiliate link, but what use would that be? :D
  • craiglist - find people to share w/?
  • Here in NZ a lot of the ISPs include basic webhosting as part of your connection. Maybe you could find something like that?
  • I've never had any problems with doteasy.com - you can register a domain and have an ad free 100MB of space and 1000MB of traffic a month for $25 for the yeaqr - no monthly fees.
  • I'm paying $30-40 a year for godaddy, although their "unique" way of handling certain things can make doing intermediate tasks like starting a blog quite frustrating. I think this question is getting old. Either that or I am.
  • My "solution" to cheap webhosting, was to use my ISP's free webspace (most of them in australia offer a few megs of webspace). I then paid usd$15/year for a domain that simply redirects to the site (directnic is my domain seller of choice). Pros: * easy & cheap * free email redirects for *@yourdomain.com * easy access to your own webpages * easy to change hosting arrangements. if i ever find somewhere else to put my pages, i'll just change the redirection through directnic. it takes about 15minutes for new redirections to become live. Cons: * no real service guarantees * depending on http redirection type, it can look unprofessional
  • genial: you nailed it, that's pefect. mfpb 2 21: I'm sorry, it is an 'old' question. However, I did get what I was looking for. NOTHING can beat the collective intellegence of the monkeys. You guys, once again, rock.
  • Mon Dieu! Can that Dreamhost offer be real? Even at regular price it beats my current webhost to a pulp. I spent my $9 to find out. I'd been looking to change webhosts, thanks for the tip.
  • I`ve used http://www.fortunecity.com/index.shtml for 4 years. I believe it`s one banner ad now, with 25mb. No mp3s, which I hate. The problem with the free ones is that they usually only stay around a couple years.I use to use freeyellow, and internettrash, but they both shut down and I lost a lot of files and links/ Do not choose one that has popups.
  • gspm: I went and got one. It is real, as far as I can tell. I am awaiting my domain choice to go live, other than that, everything has been a go.