Best web host for me?

[tritrain]

I am having significant and sudden issues with Lunar Pages on my account this weekend, which includes an ecommerce site (my business). They claimed that my MySQL usage suddenly increased to 6% on the shared server. They've provided no proof or any documentation/data to help me resolve this supposed problem. I made no changes to my site and there was no extra traffic this past weekend.

Anyway, I'm utterly disgusted with their treatment of me and am looking at moving to a hopefully better web host.

My account currently has 3 active sites (2 blogs and an ecommerce site). The ecommerce site is most important.
Ecommerce site: 75-100 uniques per day
Others: usually about 50-75 uniques per day

Apache server, comfortable using cpanel.

I do have plans on growing, but that will be gradual.

I just don't want to have to deal with a web host pulling this on me again. I'd consider a dedicated host, but am not willing to pay $99+ per month. It seems excessive for my needs.

I do actually have a GoDaddy account as of now.
I've heard BlueHost may be good too.

I want more opinions on this before moving.

 

[trevomanut]

GoDaddy,IxWebhosting,Globat, HostGator - I hear from many people that HostGator have great services.Depend of your site but HostGator is better for me :/

 

[-NC-]

Without seeing all your code / database / queries you're running, it's hard to say. On a properly coded site I see no reason why a shared host wouldn't be perfectly adequate for that kind of traffic.

But: if your ecom site is a reasonable source of income for you, i'd consider moving to a VPS. e.g. hostforweb will do them from $39.95 p/m. vpslink do them starting at dirt cheap prices - $7.95 p/m, but thats for a very low spec VPS with no control panel.

 

[CrazyTech]

Stick with a nonoversold shared host. Getting a VPS can involve its own headaches, particularly for someone who is concerned with just running websites. I'd only make the VPS an option if shared hosting does not work out.

It doesn't sound like you'd be using up that much in terms of resources off the bat, but as previously stated, that ultimately comes down to the scripts in production.

Look for a host you can grow with, start shared and then advance to a VPS and eventually a dedicated if needed.

 

[Aesthetic]

Have you thought about getting a semi-dedicateв plan with the limited amount of accounts on the server?

 

[SuperBytes]

Don't go bluehost, I've read bad reviews about them in the past. Whats your current bandwidth/disk space usage like?