VistaPages Web Hosting

Getting a Web Site Up

You don’t need to know html to use VistaPages’s web site builder. This builder comes with a variety of okay looking templates. Take a look at a couple screen shots. It’s not the greatest, but will do in a pinch. It’s a lot easier to use than many other systems.

VistaPages also has auto installers of about 52 of most powerful open source applications out there — all FREE! These impressive scripts are supported through their respective user bases. If you want to create a blog, a content managed web site, a photo gallery, a forum/bulletin board, or an online shop, you can easily install these scripts in a few clicks. And for low or no cost, many of these scripts have themes, skins, or templates available through their respective web sites or through other users. Visit VistaPages

If you need a host that provides you with a professional site builder, so you can create your own small web site site without technical skills, check out: WebHostingPad, HostPapa.

Satisfaction

VistaPages has a 30 day money back guarantee. They are among the vast majority of other hosts (except for BlueHost and HostMonster) — who do not pro-rate your refund if you cancel after the 30 days. However, VistaPages does make exceptions and appears to be really decent about it, read the following email we got back posted below. (So please do send them an email, perhaps with more detailed questions, before you engage with hosting with them, or any other host.)

We normally do not offer refunds past the 30-day mark, but if you’re unsatisfied with the service after 1 year, we’ll pro-rate the refund and provide it to you. You can keep this e-mail as reference to it.

Peter Wakefield
Customer Service Manager
VistaPages, Inc.

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Ticket ID: KFP-399945

Uptime & Support

Their uptime is 99.68% — independently verified. Support is available online 24/7 through their support panel and the live chat. They don’t have phone tech support — bummer. They got back fast during off hours via email. Visit VistaPages

Plans and Prices

SSH

Secure Shell (SSH) access is standard with VistaPages plans. SSH gives those who are technically inclined the ability to use UNIX/Linux command line instructions to administer their web site. It is a very, very handy feature. Not to worry for those who don’t know how to use SSH — FTP is available. Plus with cPanel, you can also load files through the File Manager — super easy.

Unlimited Domains in one Account

With VistaPages you can host unlimited domains under one account. These are called addon domains and many hosts charge 2.00 - 5.00 extra per month for them. They come in handy for web developers and just business people with more than one domain registered. You cannot resell these add on domains due to security and a variety of other reasons, but you can host multiple blogs or have different web sites for members of your family or different areas of your company.

Space and Bandwidth Information

VistaPages’s budget plan (the shared hosting plan) is packed with features and comes with plenty of space and bandwidth for small business sites. VistaPages offers 650 GB of space to store the photos, text, and other files (like flash or pdf files) that comprise your web site. They also offer 6,000 GB of bandwidth, which is based on the amount of traffic coming to your site and how large your pages are, how many page views, and other considerations. The majority of business sites don’t need more than 1-1.5 GB of bandwidth a month. Therefore, 6,000 GB is certainly very generous and more than enough for the majority of users. Their other plans have different configurations, please check out their site for details about all their hosting plans: VPS, dedicated, and reseller. Learn more about bandwidth here. Visit VistaPages

E-commerce / Online Storefront

VistaPages has a nifty autoinstaller that allows you to install any of the following, popular, powerful, shopping cart packages on your hosted account: OsCommerce, ZenCart, CubeCart and AgoraCart. VistaPages provides a shared SSL certificate. A dedicated IP address is 39.00 a year as of this writing.

Please read more about e-commerce hosting

Datacenter Location

VistaPages DataCenter — Same as HostPapa
Toronto, Ontario

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