I need some recommendations...

[photomonkey]

Ok, here is the deal.

I am thinking about developing a few sites in the coming months. At the moment it will probably be around 5-6 sites, and I want a cheap way of hosting them. So I though it would make more sense to buy a reseller account and then as my needs change get dedicated hosting for the individual sites.

I will get straight to the point. I want recommendations for reseller packages.

Here are the following requirements I need.

1. Asp.net version 1.1
2. MS SQL 2000 database
3. Bandwidth allowance of around 20 GB/month
4. Prefererably unlimitted amount of sites and MSSQL databases.

I say unlimitted amount of site and database, because I might want to add some other sites as I get new ideas. These sites are probably going to require very little bandwidth and storage space. I may want a single database for each site.

When it comes to cost, it would be nice to find something that will cost about $15 to $20 a month.

 

[jmweb]

How much space/bandwidth do you want? Why would you want an "unlimited amout of sites"? The unlimited amount of sites may cause issues down the road.

 

[photomonkey]

How much space/bandwidth do you want? Why would you want an "unlimited amout of sites"? The unlimited amount of sites may cause issues down the road.

The deal is that I have my surname rocha.org that I use mostly for emails for myself and my family. The cost of hosting 2-3 domains is almost the same as for a reseller account. Right now for the rocha.org I have been usuing something like <10MB/month.

I have some other domains that I wish to develop but do not know when I will have time. most of them will not need much space, as I don't think there are going to be many pictures, and no large files. I just need a database for each site. This is the reason I say I want unlimitted amounts of site/DB.

I do not intend to "resell" so basically the number will depedent on my efforts. And I am lazy, so that should be around 6 domains. But I want to have the opportunity to host more site without having to have buy other packages.

I would suspect that 1 GB space and 20-40 GB bandwidth should be fine. Though I doubt I will ever user 2000 times more than was I use now (i.e. less than 10 MB).

Any way if any of the sites I create requires more resources I would then pay for a separate hosting account for it.

just a quick note regarding the unlimitted amount of sites/DB.


By unlimitted I exaggerating quite a bit, 10 domains is probably more than enough, but if possible I would like more. As I said I have no intention on reselling just my personal use. I can't see for myself any of the sites I create generating that much traffic, except for maybe one of them. And then I will probably get a dedicated hosting for this one when the need arises.

 

[photomonkey]

Just an update.

I thought I ought to let people know what solution I went for in case anybody is interested.

I was recommended http://www.polurnet.com/windows/ and now after a week I must say I could not be any happier with them. They provide you with great costumer support and very competive prices. I will definetely recommend them to anybody interested in windows hosting.