Best hosting for low budget F/T college student

[prallen]

I'm sure this has been posted multiple times on this forum but for some reason I cannot get the "search" function to work in my favor.

I'm a full time college student with a very limited bankroll. I've tried building a few straight content sites before but became frustrated and gave up. I'm looking to build a site (probably a blog of some sort) but do not want to spend any more than 40 or 50 dollars on registration/set up/hosting fees for the first several months.

What hosting would you guys recommend? - Preferably with a setup fee that is low or nonexistent and a monthly fee of anywhere from 3 - 7 or 8 dollars.

Thanks a lot guys... my first post here, please no spam,

Pat

 

[amanda11]

50webs

Been using them for 2-3 years now, they're good. The $3/month plan is good for only 1 domain ought. Or use ZenSix but you can't modify wordpress template ought.

For cheap domain names $10 for .com or $3 for .info if you use namecheap.com

 

[rileypool]

HostGator brah.

 

[bigDH]

Go with either Hostgator or Godaddy, they are the big two guys in hosting. The support for both is top notch also.

I prefer Godaddy for my domains & Hostgator for my hosting. Both offer cheap hosting plans though, it just depends on what company you prefer.

 

[barman]

hostgator through your CJ affiliate link and you've made $20.

 

[mr coolerer]

Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGator

Support is great, stable servers, great value.

 

[toppymoney]

Go with either Hostgator or Godaddy, they are the big two guys in hosting. The support for both is top notch also.

I prefer Godaddy for my domains & Hostgator for my hosting. Both offer cheap hosting plans though, it just depends on what company you prefer.

GoDaddy = FAIL

Definitely Hostgator

 

[dchuk]

asmallorange is another option. I have a site floating out in the interwebs somewhere that runs alright on there, $25 for 6 months of hosting.

 

[strictlyPPC]

HG wins on a budget

 

[pixail]

Or use ZenSix but you can't modify wordpress template ought.

What do you mean? I edit my templates fine with them.

I'd say zensix or volsh, both cheap and fairly reliable.

 

[Jonyk]

Zensix lifetime hosting

 

[patrick24601]

I don't get the zensix model. Lifetime hosting for one price? That is not sustainable unless it is being supported by another business.

 

[jellyfish]

I don't get the zensix model. Lifetime hosting for one price? That is not sustainable unless it is being supported by another business.

its sustainable until he decides hes done..

 

[Jonyk]

I don't get the zensix model. Lifetime hosting for one price? That is not sustainable unless it is being supported by another business.

It is supported by VPS hosting over zensix.com

 

[seolinker]

Hostgator now have VPS'es too.

 

[GetYourWriter]

We've got some sweet plans that are sure to fit any budget, check my sig.

 

[prallen]

Alright guys thanks a lot for the input. I've heard a lot of bad things about godaddy... and I've experienced some first hand - i'm not going that route again. I think I might try volsh because I'm either going to be running a WP blog or just a little PHP script I'm working up.

Pat

 

[amanda11]

Or just stick with Host Gator's $10 a month plan, skip eating Mcdonalds for 2 meals and you got yourself some web hosting. They got sick bandwidth, good support and unlimited domain addons.