Cheap domain hosting - Self Hosted

Networking
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While its been a while since the last ‘Sefl Hosted’ series of videos have come out…

I was perusing LowEndBox.com and found a really good offer for cheap web hosting, as low as $1/year. YES! $1/YEAR! This is not an introductory offer, it says "Price Never Goes Up!"
https://lowendbox.com/blog/woothosting-new-york-launch-ddos-protected-cpanel-hosting-openvz-vps-from-1-00year-los-angeles-miami-new-york/#more-12887

Business-Level Shared Hosting: $6/year

100 GB Storage Allocation
3000 GB Bandwidth
Unlimited Domains Allowed
Shared IP Address
cPanel Control Panel
Softaculous Script Installer
Free Website Migration
24/7 Technical Support
Instant Deployment!
Located in New York Datacenter
Horde/Roundcube/Squirrelmail webmail systems

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Interesting.

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So… What’s the catch…?

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There isn’t one as far as I can tell. I spent the $6.

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I took the plunge as well. I’m not worried about storage, and it seems like the bandwidth allowance is per month. So I got the $2.50 option. Haven’t had much time to actually set anything useful up yet, but it seems like it’ll be more than adequate for a website and email.

Looks like there are a few one-click options for getting stuff like a drupal site going.

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dude this is awesome, I was just on the lookout for something like this to make a VPN.

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I don’t know if you can do VPN with the shared hosting service.

If you want a VPS (Virtual Private Server) I’ve found the cheapest one here:

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Nice, its so cheap that maybe i will buy it, but i dont really have a use for it, any ideas?

-Fallen

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100GB of disk space could hold a few movies - your own personal server.
It’s cheaper than box.com, dropbox, mega, or any other cloud storage.

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Setup your own open vpn server, that what you should do.

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it’s shared hosting, not a VPS.

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Oops I misunderstood the original post, also this service wouldn’t work for Openvpn, even if LowEndBox.com where to allow vpn service on there network because they offer not enough bandwidth.

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LowEndBox isn’t the hosting provider. LoweEndBox.com is a site and forum where hosting providers advertise their offerings.

The original post was for WootHosting, a cheap shared hosting provider (web hosting, email hosting, DNS hosting, etc.)

However, I did link to a LowEndBox post for HostUs.US for inexpensive VPS (virtual private server) hosting for about $65/year that gives you 4 cores, 6GB RAM, 6GB swap, 150GB space, and 5TB/mo traffic.

Most people only need shared hosting, which will get their domain online with web and email service. And that’s dirt cheap at $6/year for 100GB space, 3TB/mo traffic.

However, if you want to run a VPN on you own VPS, that is available from the other provider. They even have an OpenVPN pre-deployable OS.

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QuadraNet data centers, no cloudlinux, litespeed or SSD’s, blacklisted IP blocks - I could go on, but you get what you pay for.

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please do.

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Thanks for the information I have found a VPN hosting service that is a little cheaper than the one you suggested, but when my current contract is up I will keep the services you suggested in mind.

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I shouldn’t need to, I think the dodgy WHMCS theme WootHosting use is enough for most people not to signup.

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most people

LOL. So no specifics given. You just don’t like their webpage.
Duly noted.

I was hoping you could explain some rational reason. But instead you are just trollin.

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I’m not trollin’ at all. One of my companies is an infrastructure wholesaler specialising in IaaS, with a global UTI Tier III/IV global network, so I can speak with some knowledge on the subject lol.

I am quite familiar with Ilan Mishan and his dodgy companies (Quadranet et al) and I would be very hesitant to deploy any provider/reseller using his infrastructure. I’m not here to spout libelous information; you can do your own research - or not.

Again, you get what you pay for - and with a reseller like WootHosting/Quadranet, don’t expect much.

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It’s $6 per year. SIX. DOLLARS. PER. YEAR.
Worst case I find another provider. That being said, service has been great so far.
I’ve looked. I can’t find anything cheaper. But there are tons of providers who charge many times that per month who offer less.

Who would you recommend?