iPage Review

iPage is one of those familiar names that you probably heard or read somewhere. They cater to mostly newbie web hosting customers or those who only need an affordable and yet reliable shared hosting package.

Best Key Features of iPage

I personal think that these features of the iPage offering stand out the most and make the noticeable in the sea of web hosting packages out there:

• They are powered by 100% green energy, which means you don’t have any carbon foot print (or at least a neutral one)
• Unlimited everything – your allocated bandwidth, disk space and email accounts
• Domain registration is also given for free
• Then you get a free security suite
• Plus access to lots of online tools like site builders and even online store templates

These tools help you create your own small business online and then you can eventually expand it to something larger. It’s like your own stepping stone into becoming the next Amazon.com!

Hosting Packages and Guarantee Offered

iPage makes things simple by making one package to suit all of us who need hosting. Then you can just have your add ons later on, if you wish to enhance some aspects of it. But for the typical user, these inclusions are just about right. Check out their package inclusions below:

• Drag and drop site builders
• Unlimited domains allowed
• Unlimited MySQL databases (perfect for those using lots of CMS platforms)
• Set up wizards like blog set up, photo gallery set up
• Ad credits for Google, Facebook and Bing
• Choice of shopping card
• Paypal support and integration
• 24 x 7 monitoring (this is standard)
• Site statistics like visitor stats, included
• Load balancers mechanism
• Spam filters that are customizable
• Email forwarding and auto responders included

Best of all, they offer this with an any time money back guarantee for only $3.50 per month. That is a real steal with all the perks that come with it.

This is not just cheaper than majority of the packages out there, it also has one of the most jam-packed list of features.

My Personal Comments on iPage

My personal take on iPage is that it not just gives you what you need and more at a really good price, they also follow it through with excellent track record in terms of server performance and uptime.

Please don’t expect lightning fast connection but you know, if you are hosting your blog or a small retail brand of bags, then this is definitely good enough for you. They are rarely down, even their website is speedy in itself plus, it gives a consistent feel to your site.

In fact, as far as I know, they’ve been hitting the 100% uptime mark consistently for several years already. They’ve been around since 1998 so this is really a very long time. It’s like their the grand dads of hosting.

I really like their customer support staff, too, especially since they are easier to talk to plus I don’t feel like an idiot when I call them. We don’t all start as hosting experts, you know, and sometimes you need to talk to someone that will teach you the basics so that you can go troubleshoot your site on your own next time.

Another really useful thing that I find with the iPage hosting is that they are very blogger friendly. They have support for the most popular CMS tools like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla and the installation of these CMS’s are so easy (I think they have simple scripts installed to help you do this faster). Coupled with the drag and drop design suite, you can really launch your site in just a matter of minutes, even if it is just a temporary site. At least the moment you buy your domain, you have something up there to serve as a landing page.

These are the main reasons why I love them and why many people continue to go with iPage for their hosting needs, from the past 12 years and for many years to come.