Fascination Design offers managed hosting plans as outlined on our hosting page. Please talk to us before making a purchase as there are some additional technical benefits to using Fascination Design for hosting that are not listed. We’re not pushy about this, we just want to make sure you make an informed decision and also that you get hosting that will work for your needs.
If you desperately want to manage your own hosting however (or if you are working on a project with another designer/developer), our typical recommendations for small businesses include:
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Verve Hosting: BEST for shared hosting aka small sites. Verve Hosting is actually a reseller for softlayer. Softlayer only does large accounts but it means that this reseller has a good quality server. Email support is better than phone support with Verve but they WILL take good care of you (though they will NOT build your website for you):
https://cms.vervehosting.com/aff.php?aff=077
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Liquidweb: BEST for VPS and Reseller:
These first two I’ve worked with closely in the past and they offer stellar customer support, uptime and more.
Tools for researching:
- http://hosting-reviews-exposed.com/
- http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
- http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report
- http://www.bbb.org/find-business-reviews/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group (do not use ANY hosting company bought out by EIG – terrible customer service & quality goes down.)
Several more good shared hosting options (not researched for VPS):
Others worth mentioning:
• https://www.softlayer.com Really heavy duty managed servers
• http://www.site5.com not their shared hosting but their higher level plans
• http://www.rapidvps.com/Cpanel-Shared-Hosting be sure to get a unique IP address with this one since their main IP is listed with spamhaus.
• http://www.lunarpages.com/id/FascinationDesign [affiliate link] the research I did on this one they look decent. One recommendation from someone I know who liked them and one person said they didn’t (but wouldn’t go into detail which is why I’m still posting the affiliate link.)
These are affiliate links and Fascination Design will make a small amount of money if you order from them. They were chosen for their merit however. List last updated December 31 2013.
If you’re a 501c3 (and have the paperwork to prove it) we do also work with hosting companies that offer free quality hosting. Talk to us and we’ll get you pointed in the right direction.
See also: Why I no longer recommend Hostgator.