vBulletin Hosting
Choosing a Web host for your vBulletin Forum
Choosing a host for your vBulletin forum can be a daunting task. Most hosts seem reliable, honest and high quality. But often, this isnt the case. Many hosts that started out to be great hosts, oversell their shared servers, and service quality diminishes, leaving you stuck with unreliable service and most likely searching for a new host.
A little about Web Hosting in General
In today’s Internet enriched business world, the choice of a Web Hosting Provider can make or break a company. Whether you are choosing a Web Host for an e-commerce site, for sharing corporate data with your investors, or are just making a personal web page, the decision is critical. Although the price and value of your web hosting package are high considerations, never overlook the intangibles like good service or quality web connections. Use the following strategies to help guide you in your decision.
If your vBulletin forum is small or new, then you most likely need a SHARED HOSTING PLAN.
Below we have put together a list of hosting companies which have favorable reviews from other vBulletin forum owners to help you choose wisely. vBulletin Guru is hosted on HostGator. It is a web hosting company we trust and have found to be reliable.
Here are a few comments from the vBulletin Web Hosting Forum about HostGator:
- They are a well known and trusted host.
- I’ve used Hostgator for about 3 years, and have just renewed for another year. Never had any problems at all with them
- I have hosted with them and they are indeed good. Better customer support than any other host in the category and relatively better uptime as well.
- I’ve been with them for awhile now and have had zero problems.
- I’d recommend any vb webmaster to host with them, specially for newbies like me
Therefore, we strongly recommend HostGator. You also cannot beat the $7.95 a month cost.
Hostgator Coupon
Hostgator used to give a small discount on its hosting accounts from the beginning, using special hostgator coupons. After a while they made all promo codes equal and started offering same discount, irrespective of the coupon being used. These days hostgator provides a seasonal discount coupon that offers a flat 20% on the first bill amount AND a number of promo codes that makes the first months bill amount $0.01, up to a maximum of $9.94.
Currently the 20% off discount is being provided by the hostgator coupon code AUTUMN, introduced as a part of fall special promotion. The other option we have is the coupon that makes the first month amount nearly free ($0.01). Use the code hgc25 for that purpose. This is extremely useful for those who opt for monthly billing as the total amount of discount available in that case is higher compared to 20% of the bill amount.
BONUS!
HostGator has partnered with Google to give every shared web hosting plan a FREE $50 voucher for Google’s AdWords program.
