In Australia everything is overpriced, and website hosting prices is not an exception. I have provided a detailed comparison list of the best local and US webhosting companies below.
I compare some Aussie hosts against US webhosting, so that you can make a informed decision. (Updated 17 May 2018)
If for you getting a hosting provider that gets the job done is sufficient, you will find much better deals and prices offered from US Website hosting companies. You can get hosting from as low as $2 to $3 a month.
I have multiple websites/blogs that I run, so I have used most of the website hosting providers recommended below in the comparison chart at some part of time. I currently have four hosting companies for my different websites, which are also included in the list below.
Before I started my blog I pussy footed around a lot as to where to get my blog hosting from and finally decided to get it from a US hosting provider even though my blog is Australian focussed, because of the huge price difference.
The other factor that eventually supported my decision was that , you will get a lot of US traffic to your blog even if your blog or website is Australian focused and Australian based, so it does benefit speed wise for your website loading faster to viewers in both countries.
Loading Speed of your website among other factors is a big factor, for your website or blog and so choosing a hosting company that meets all the essential criteria for your website is important.
Below I will give a detailed listing and Collate it with essential factors like bandwidth, Speed, Disk space how many websites you can host on each hosting account etc. , so that you can make an Informed decision by yourself.
Did you want to get a domain with your hosting ?
Before you go ahead with Comparing hosting or buying a hosting service for your website, if you have not got a domain, I recommend two providers.
The only one I use is Godaddy.com (one of the best) for domains and if you are getting hosting from one of the providers below , sometimes they throw in a free domain or discounted domain, so you will know if that is available when you get your hosting a/c.
If you intend to get multiple Domains over a period of time, I would suggest go daddy as they also provide transfer of domains from other registrars, plus many blogging/website related service all in one place. They have 24/7 US phone support as well.
Comparison of website hosting /Blog hosting
Below are some of the top Hosting providers in the website and blogging industry which also include some of them which I am using now with my affiliate referral and discount links. These are well known to established bloggers with most of these providers already in this industry for more than 10 years.
Some things that is desirable in a hosting provider:
Unlimited domain hosting – you can host multiple domains names (www) in 1 hosting account (which means you can have more than one website in one account)
Free Site builder Or wordpress support– All providers support wordpress, but not all have a site builder, but I would suggest wordpress support is all that you need ( easy to build and maintain a website)
Email Account : Not all providers give you and email account with your domain name, but most of them listed here do so. So if you got a website blahblah.com then you would be able to get a email such as yourname@blahblah.com for yourself for free.
Uptime – You don’t want your hosting-company having downtime, which means you are paying them for hosting your website and their servers are overloaded and crashing all the time and so your website is not showing to your viewers or its just taking ages to load because of them , not good . Most of the providers here have 99.9 % uptime.
The below list focuses more on starter plans featuring shared hosting packages $1 to 5.95 a month compared to providers with VPS hosts and premium hosting packages that can range from $29 to $65 a month.
Below I am Comparing hosting plans from many hosting providers to find the best features for your website at the best price for your budget
I have written a Recommended against the providers, for the ones I think I would readily sign up for a second account right now!
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Bluehost Hosting (Recommended)
Website : www.bluehost.com
Price: $7.99 Now $3.95 a month (54%off Link)
[ 2018 deal ]: Cloud Sites $9.99 $6.95 a month
· unlimited domain hosting
· unlimited hosting space
· unlimited file transfer
· unlimited email accounts
· free domain name
· free site builder w/ templates
· free instant set-up
Plus Point:
One click Easy Word press installation
Updated NEW Fast Servers
Special bonus:
60% 54% Percent off Bluehost Hosting Special deal for 2018
Deal just updated – Its not often that you get such a good hosting offer from bluehost at 54 % off. The price – Its an amazing $3.95 a month for 12/24/36 months just for Digitalgrog Blog Readers – Grab it here via my link (54% off -$3.95) while it lasts. Bluehost was kind enough to send me this special deal for my readers, due to being an ongoing customer and affiliate partner. If your looking to start a new blog or looking to get a spare hosting account, this is just what you needed.
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WP-Engine Hosting (Recommended fast hosting)
Website : www.wpengine.com
WP Engine (recommended)Starter Plan $35 a Month
Wp engine has fast wordPress with baked in CDN
· 1 website
· 25k Visits a month
· 50 GB bandwidth
· CDN & SSL (https) included
· Migration done free
· Page performance free
· Powerful tools available
Plus Point:
Get two months free with annual prepay
Managed wordpress platform for performance
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Hostgator (Recommended)
Website : www.hostgator.com
25% off Now @ $3.95 a month(25% off discount link)
Hostgator 1 Penny offer – click here
(Create A Website For Just One Cent For Your First Month! Use Coupon: 1CENT.)
· Unlimited Disk Space
· Unlimited Bandwidth
· Easy Control Panel
· 1-CLICK Script Installs
· 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
· 24/7/365 Technical Support
Plus Point:
Reliable and stress free hosting
Good support
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Godaddy (Recommended)
Website Builder Deals:
Website : www.godaddy.com
Price: AUS$ – A$.99*.Com Domain – Get it here with Godaddy
$1.00 Deal (normally$10.99) – Click Here
- Easily create your own website
- FREE HOSTING and UNLIMITED pages
- Beautiful, customizable designs
- Free Domain with annual plan
- Award-winning 24/7 technical support
- .com.au domain Now just $7.49 a year (limited time)
· Free USD $100 Bing Ad Credits – Restrictions Apply
· Free USD $50 Facebook Ad Credit – Restrictions Apply
Plus Point: Has Good 24/7 US based phone support and many other blogger related services , like cheap domains, domain name privacy , SSL security certificates, Cheap domain names and ability to sell your domain name via their auctions.
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Hostmonster
Website : www.hostmonster.com
Price: $4.95 a Month
[ Get Hostmonster Deal Here Coupon: Gimmemore ]
· Unlimited Space & Bandwith
· Free Domain
· Unlimited Domain Hosting
· Free Site Builders
· Unlimited Email Accounts
· Free Online Store
· WordPress, Gallery and More
· cPanel Interface
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Dreamhost
Website : www.dreamhost.com
Price: Normally$9.95 a month ($119.40 yearly)
Our Current promo offer:$7.95 a month($95.40 yearly
+ Free lifetime domain registration (use this promo code: startwebsite )
*promo code also applies to two year plans purchased
*This promo code adds 1 extra FREE lifetime domain registration to any plan signed up for with it!
· Unlimited storage.
· Unlimited bandwidth.
· Free Domain Name!
· cPanel cloud platform
· SSD based storage
· 24/7 x 365 day support
They also provide VPS Servers
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Digitalpacific
Price: $4.90 Month
· Limited storage 1 GB
· Limited bandwidth. 10 GB
· 1 click install available, but excluding personal basic plan
· Unknown: If all plans supports Word press and other blog software !
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Netregistry
Website: http://www.netregistry.com.au
Price: $9.95 month
· Free website builder
· Limited 5 GB Storage
· Supports WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and more
· Local data centres
· Unlimited 24x7 support
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Melbourne IT
Website: https://www.melbourneit.com.au/
Price: $27.95 a month to $99.95 a month for cloud hosting and CPanel Hosting @ $12.95 a month.
Melbourne IT is one of Australia’s oldest domain provider and also provides hosting for websites. They have now got cloud hosting which is a bit pricier than shared hosting and supports wordpress, joomla and drupal.
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WPhosting
Website: Wphosting.com.au
Price: $19 a month
Australian Secure, scalable and rock solid hosting for your WordPress powered website
· 10 GB Bandwidth
· 1 GB Disk space
· 99% uptime guarantee
· Daily back ups
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SmartyHost
Website: http://www.smartyhost.com.au
Affordable Australian-based Web Hosting and domains Provides Domain Name Registration & Websites.Offer- Please check – Apply discount code 123 and you will get 10% off the order
$10 a month($150 paid yearly in advance)
· 10 GB Bandwidth
· 2 GB Disk space
· 1Database
· 5 email accounts
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Bomerang Hosting
Website : www.bomeranghosting.com
Price: Sale $6.99 Month (normally$9.99 month)
- 1 Website
- 100 GB Space
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- 100 Email Accounts2
- 10 MySQL Databases (1 GB ea.)
Deluxe Plan($8.99 Month)
· Unlimited Websites
· Unlimited Storage
· Unlimited bandwidth
· 500 Email Addresses
· Award-winning 24/7 technical support
Use coupon code : Boom2018 for discounts in 2018
The information and listing given above is generally what you will need to get started with a hosting company and choose a suitable hosting provider, but if you want to research a bit further , do read on and i will provide more general information on wordpress hosting
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How to Choose the Best WordPress Hosting?
There are various different types of WordPress hosting options available such as Free, Shared, VPS, Dedicated, and managed WordPress hosting. Generally the shared hosting is one of the cheapest hosting-options ($3 to $5 a month) available and this should do for most beginners in blogging or people starting a website.
The above listings are all shared hosting plan prices, with most of them also offering VPS or dedicated hosting. Most Shared hosting plans easily handles traffic anywhere from 1000 to 4000 visits a day to your website without any problems or slowness.
Once you get over 2000 visits a day you can easily generate some money from the traffic either from AdSense or other methods ,and it’s time for your to consider moving to a more optimised hosting provider anyway to get the most from your blog traffic. If you Are getting more than 2,000 to 4,000 Unique visits a day to your blog, its worth checking out CDNS ( content delivery networks) or then even VPS or dedicated hosting.
The technical Bits – So what is Linux hosting Vs windows hosting
To most people this wont matter, unless your more technical minded if your hosting uses linux hosting or windows hosting. Both of them do the job efficiently. Linux and windows are just two different server systems or software which hold your website files and make it all work and come together. Both windows and Linux support popular wordpress blogging platform, however wordpress is much more supported by linux. Most providers give you a control panel or cpanel which makes managing your backend of your website easy anyway.
Some of other bits that are worth considering if you know how it works it
Control panel – A cpanel control panel is very easy to navigate and do admin things on the backend , so if they have this its a plus
Google adwords – Google or bing adwords bonus provided with plan is a good bonus to start some free advertising on the search engines
1 click install – I click install makes it easy to install wordpress the preferred blogging software among bloggers
Vps Hosting – IF they have this when your traffic reaches thousands a day , this is a good upgrade option to have
Live chat – This is good to have instant support from your hosting company.
Renewal rates – Make sure their renewal rates after first year is not a rip off.
Linux or windows hosting – Most hosts use Linux hosting for blogging, but it really does not matter, if you just want to run a normal website or blog.
Support for Blogging software – Make sure its supports at least at the minimum wordpress and also Joomla and drupal. As these other two are good alternative if you don’t want to go with wordpress.
[ Disclosure: Digitalgrog.com.au is a Bluehost/ Hostgator/Hostmonster/ Godaddy / Dreamhost/ Ipage affiliate partner and we also have hosting accounts with these services, which means that in addition to using their service, we also receive a commission for referring new customers. To be fair, though, we would still use any of these Hosting services , but do have a preference for some and so we have done a full review of all the hosting partners we use. Ergo, we don’t recommend Bluehost or any featured host just because we’re an affiliate (every hosting company offers a similar affiliate program and you could pick any of them ), but we recommend Bluehost because they are the best, most reliable option. Plus, because we’re a partner, Bluehost offers a special price for digitalgrog.com.au readers: only $3.95 a month and you already have our godaddy $1 special above. That’s a phenomenal price. Links provided above will take you to the latest updated promo deals. Feel free to pick which host suits your budget or preference and good luck 🙂 ]
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Awesome writeup and review might go with the bluehost hosting
thanks
shakria
I used to use hostmonster who ouch was pretty good. . But i just got bluehost after clicking on your discount link. . Im seeing increase in speed and traffic. . They may have improved
thanks buddy
snod from Sydney
Does this hosting provide backups or do I have to back up my own website? Eg, if I sell or take bookings via my website?
hi jenny
All hosting does not provide backups , some include it with hosting package some done and charge extra.
Let me know which hosting provider you are talking about and i can help you with more details.
You can run periodic backups through the provided cPanel in bluehost yourself and you can request for one via support , but they are not obliged to do it for you. They are plugins available on themeforest from that will create a backup automatically for you
You can contact me via contact page
https://www.digitalgrog.com.au/contact-us/
cheers
jj
Hey man
i just tried your discount link for digital grog members and got a a bluehost hosting package . ThANKS..
Is this offer still available . one of my friends need this , can i give this link to my friend even though he is not a member of your blog
Cheers
Rusell
Hi Russell,
Thanks for passing by and wish you all the success with your blog. The discount as you said keeps changing for bluehost as per the current promotion, but if you use my this -> bluehost discount link you will get the most recent updated offer . You can surely use this link for your friends as well.The offer as such as such was for a limtied time for my blog readers , but i was told this links works for all…so i assume its kind of a promotion link..Feel free to share ..glad to help – you can contact me here -jeff
Geez man ,, searching for a relaibel host is such a pain. I am starting a travel blog .. and looking to build a blog for my travels int geh next two years ..thanks for the comparison ..i signed up with bluehost and its worked out well.. tehy also got an installtion service which is quite handy for noobs like me ..
thanks for the discount link .. the discount precentage is wrong Imho..but still works
regards
Lucy
Hi Lucy,
Thanks for the compliment and wish you all the success with your travel blog. The discount as you said keeps changing for bluehost as per the current promotion, but if you use my this -> bluehost discount link you will get the most recent updated offer . Let me know if you run into any problems with setting up your blog ..glad to help – you can contact me here -jeff
hey dude …
I just signed up with bluehost ..I m stuck at the install blog … progress bar and dont know what to do … what happens next ..im panicking
How does the blog get installed
Cheers
jack
Hey jack
Dont worry ..once you click the install button you just have to wait for the next step.. it automatically installs your blog and sends you email about logins… normally ..you will get message on the top right of your screen as to what is happening.. with your install. . Hope that helped
Cheers
Jeff
Hi,
Do all hosting vendors include email accounts?
Thanks!
Not all hosting vendors give you free email with your website domain name
Bluehost does give it though. you can Create and manage unlimited email accounts. with godaddy they say you can get 100 Email Addresses with economy plan .Check out my discount links on blog if you want to go ahead
cheers
jeff
Hi JJ,
I’m starting up an online recruitment business largely with an Australian user base. I’m estimating for decent levels of traffic about 10,000-30,000 visits per month within the first year. Which web hosting provider would you recommend? It’s been suggested by another Australian review site that Dream Host is the best overseas hosting provider.
I’m interested to know what you think. Thanks mate
Hi andy
Dreamhost is not on the top of my list for a reason..But I have not tested out their optimized hosting yet.
I would suggest one that has good upgrade options to VPS and Dedicated hosting from shared hosting, so bluehost and hostgator fits the bill nicely for that!!
Good luck on your new website !
cheers
Jeff
Hi JJ,
I’m new to all of this & am interested to setup my own website
I have read various articles & have also been pointed towards Bluehost as a preferred hosting service, then using WordPress as a preferred web platform
Does Bluehost include free domain or paid domain ?
I’m based in Australia, are there any disadvantages hosting via an International non Australian company ?
The basic package @ $3.49/mth – are there limitations on the number of photos ? my site would plan to have over 1000 + photos – hobbyist/collection & also offering an online ecommerce cart/checkout faclity
Sorry about all the questions
Your information has been the most informative i have read, great work
Hi Andrew,
If you are starting a new website and want a reasonably good host then surely Bluehost will do the job well. You can opt for pricey hosting like wp engine etc only if you have a top end website with thousands of traffic everyday. You get a Free domain name with bluehost.
As far as local hosting and international hosting goes, as I said it doesn’t relay make much of a difference as you will get international traffic , however saying that some US Hosts are definitely faster than Au hosts even with them being locally hosted. Bluehost will easily fit your needs for a 1000+ graphic blog or website and I think they have some gallery script software as well if you don’t want to go with wordpress. Their software install is a self-explanatory quick install process.
In the future you could possibly look into a plugin that uploads images to Amazon AWS and posts it to your blog , if your traffic get s to very high level, as I assume your images can be of large mb?
Looks like you just missed out on a sale for $2.95. Check here for latest price its back to $3.95
Cheers
Jeff
I have a question, do I need to buy a hosting package if I only want to point my Blog on Blogger to my personal URL. Currently i’ve been paying $79/yr for a basic hosting package with Godaddy. I had someone set up my pointing on my Blogger Blog to my URL, but now i’m not sure why i’m paying $79/yr unless I needed it to have the pointing, what’s your thoughts?
Hi yocta
looks like you are wsting your money you just need a domain name to point it to your blogger blog .
You just need to spend 20 to 30 $ on a decent blogger theme and you good .. You dont need the hosting if your are using free blogger hosting ..check my this post..
http://start-a-website.info/2015comparison/setting-up-a-blog-in-just-10-dollars-in-20-minutes/
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im thinking square space dude
for hosting
Squarespace is a fully-managed web service. We do not have plans to make a downloadable version. Squarespace does provide many standard methods for exporting your data.
Customers selling through Squarespace’s Website product will be charged a 2% transaction fee on the Business plan, and a 3% transaction fee on the Personal Plan, in addition to Stripe’s charges. To eliminate these transaction fees, you can upgrade to a Commerce plan at any time.
cheers
Wordpess websites and sQuarspace websites are totally different . I prefer wordpress as you can do so much more with plugins and many themes are available
ooks like you are wsting your money you just need a domain name to point it to your blogger blog .
You got any new zealand hosting on your list man.. looking for one
Hi JJ,
I am a bit ignorant when it comes to all the backside stuff for our webpage. We had gone through a mob to do our web page and paid them for hosting it. Now We have just paid them $330 for 2 years hosting only to have them go belly up. We have been sent a letter from 6YS to say they will continue to look after everything for another 5 days but then we will have to pay them. I had no idea that the mob we had been dealing with then passed it on to someone else. My question is should I just stick with them? I have not found much on them at all and would hate them to go belly up as well or do we seek out someone else and start the whole process again…We do have to redo our website and thank God I procrastinated otherwise we would be really out of pocket!
I carmel ..alredy replied to your email addy ,,
Yes purchasing a hosting account enables you to build a website on their servers,
I would suggest either bluehost or godaddy if you want a cheaper price.
Starting a wordpress blog is easy with 1 click install with these services
cheers
Jeff
Hi Jeff, great article!
Carmel, we were also hosted with Graphics Online until they went under.
We found WP Hosting and moved to them (http://wphosting.com.au) because they are Australian based and WordPress specialists. A lot of other companies will host WordPress, but not many will actually help you if you run into problems. WP Hosting have already helped me when I have crashed my site due to a bad plugin installation.
The are a little more expensive, but I run a business that needs to stay online, so I don’t mind paying a bit more for a higher quality service.
Hi
looking at webhosting as well as designing and building a website. some of the above companies e.g godaddy have pricing for webbuilder and also webhosting. do i need them both? But bluehosting has only 1 e.g the $7.95 (popular) plan which I am looking says includes hosting and wordpress. what does that mean? once i sign this up does this mean I can design and build my own website using this plan? sorry mate. I am new to this. any guidance would be appreciated. thank you in advance.
Hi anand,
Yes purchasing a hosting account enables you to build a website on their servers,
I would suggest either bluehost or godaddy if you want a cheaper price.
Starting a wordpress blog is easy with 1 click install with these services
cheers
Jeff
Hi, very informative reviews, but you missed out on one aspect. Our current host gate.com cannot host .com.au websites so we are looking for another host or alternative option as we are setting up some new sites.
It would also be helpful if you could include that comment, and perhaps have a grid which showed each the above and how they compare “apples with apples”.
You should consider https://ventraip.com.au/ for a local host. I previously had hosting through another company but when it went belly up they sold out the customers to VentraIP and i’m now on the $5/month VentraIP economy plan. Their support team seem great and haven’t had any complaints about downtime from my customers.
Thanks for the bluehost discount link worked for me
Cheers
Simone
Is shared hosting the same as a self hosted blog
Hi JB
Yes it is
Shared hosting is where there are multiple users are using just one server to host their websites – Users are all sharing one server.
Self hosted – A blog that uses it own paid serveris called a Self hosted blog , rather than a free service like Blogspot by google or tumblr blog etc that provide their server with their custom blog software for free use with restrictions for the user.
Hey,
Has the new bluehost deal for $2.49 expired already?
Sorry keith
It was a flash sale on 27th ..forgot to mention that as got that information late from them
Anyway the $3.49 monthly is still available if you click my link to get the deal
Good luck
Jeff
Hello I wish I found this website before. I purchased dreamhost web hosting a year ago but could not find any coupon codes at the time. Since then Ive found a few promotions that are half the price of what im paying for it now. Anyone know how I can change it to the promotion price using one of the coupon codesor is that not possible?
i WILL bite the SEO bullet ,, and reply
Yes coupons give you discount ..but not after you purchase already ..so sorry .. cant help you
If you are looking for a second account tho ,… be my guest to use any of my discount links or coupon codes
Cheers
Jeff
Hi JJ,
I found your article very helpful, however, I am a bit stuck with the domain. I signed up with eHost a few days ago and “registered” my .com.au domain. When I was to install WordPress I had many errors and a the end they told me they don’t support .com.au domains so I would have to keep it .com. I would like to have a .com.au domain as I’m in Australia and my website will target Australians. I had already bought a .com domain with go daddy and thought I could use the free domain with the hosting company as my .com.au. Anyways, I can see that, for example BlueHost doesn’t support international domains either unless you buy it externally and bring it to them. What do you do when you sign up with them? I don’t want to buy more domains but take the free domain opportunity with those companies.
Thank you and sorry for the long post. Regards,
I am already processing the refund with eHost as I thought it would have been explained before letting me register .com.au initially.
Hi andres
I suggest you either get a hosting account with godaddy and host your purchased domain with them (thats possible) or then Buy the hosting account with Bluehost get the free domain name as a spare and use you actual .com.au domain purchased with godaddy to point to bluehost.
Just make sure you get the bluehost plan where you can host multiple blogs and set up a blog on your spare free domain an duse that to boost your .com.au domain with SEO.
Cheers
Jeff
Hi, I’m currently using “domaincentral” to supply me with my domain, they cost about $30 per year, all i use are emails, they are currently broken down again and its sending me insane.
I only need about twenty email addresses,
eg: name@mydomain.com.au.
Can i still use my domain name that i have and use it with a different provider?
what do you recommend.
I believe there is a way to do that , but you will have to get someone who has more detailed knowledge in this as it will take some work and time to get this done , the simple way – Dump your current one or just move your domains to a new registrar (might cost money)
Hi,
I Manage a decent size online shop, and not happy with the hasting we have now.
We will be getting a new website done (on Magento) and I was going to use the opportunity to change hosting provider.
We have an average of 12k visitors per month (sometimes more, specially on obvious peaks like christmas ) and 2,500+ products on our store.
Can you suggest a hosting solution? not concern about paying a bit more.
Thanks for the help!
If you are not too fussed getting a overseas hosting provider go bluehost vps or dedicated server or of you want to go local try netregistry cloud or cpanel hosting . This should be okay for 12 k month visitors and also be enough if it increases a bit more.
Hi,
We currently have our sites on VentraIP for small business, we have 9.8GB of email and they now want us to pay $30 / mo to have this size of emails on 3 accounts supported.
Of all of the companies reviewed who allows for unlimited email storage ?, this is different to to unlimited accounts and unlimited disk storage…
True ..sounds a bit high just for email ..there is a way to host your emails elsewhere for cheaper .. or then just consider changing hosts
Good blog post. I absolutely love this site. Stick with it!
does the wordpress hosting on bluehost allow you to have multiple sites on it . would be interested if so
they sure do , just choose the right plan
The link offer placed on my blog allows for multiple websites on the hosting plan
Hello Very informitive. I am in Australia looking at having a .com with a global audience and I want my site to appear and perform well for global visitors, at a later state I will also introduce a .com.au for target of Australia only. I have been looking at VentraIP and Panthur and comparing to bluehost.
I can enable CDN on the VentraIP and Panthur to help with global audience/search results. How will this compare with using bluehost instead
You can use CDN with most hosting to boost up speed including bluehost.
I Have not heard or used of these other hosts you mention, so cant give any advice on them
You can research online on them for more information. If you do end up going with them – do post your experience with them here
cheers
Jeff
Also link looks like its expired? Plan is now 4.95/month
What is cms .. is it a kind of website.. do these hosts provide that
Thanks
Jame
Hey Dude
A CMS is just what we call a Content Management system, Like wordpress is a CMS as it manages all content like text you upload for posts, Video and pics etc for your website.
It takes care of everything you need to run a website , so its called a content management system
You can make use of one of the discount offers above if you want to build a wordpress website
Hope i made it simple enough
🙂
/ jeff
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you reckon cloud hosting is better than normal shared wordpress hosting. Are they any new year deals for 2017 with bluehost cloudn hosting .. would def be interested
cheers
shals
CLoud hosting is still new , but you can certainly try and test it out – many of them have ssd drives whihc is definitely a bonus for fast loading . check out he finer details before buying
Are these webhosts providing smart websites . nowdays everything is smart man. can you let me know
tru
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This pain and inconvenience can be greatly reduced by
choosing the popular managed website hosting services.
It’s a good idewa to set up one for the owner, such ass president@yourdomain ddot com.
Their management group is there’re to push the company forward
inside greatest tactics them to know how.
I’m looking to witch to Bluehost for my current Australian website. My current domain registrar was tied up with my hosting and web design service a year ago. I’m not really happy with the functionality so am looking to switch. Do u think it’s necessary for me to switch domain registrar and hosting service to Bluehost, or should I just find a new Australian domain registrar and only sign up for Bluehost for hosting service?
P.S. My domain has AU extension, which I don’t thinki Bluehost accepts the transfer. What’s your recommendation.
Enjoyed your blog by the way.
Thanks
you can still keep your domain name with your current provider and point it to bluehost hosting account. Personally if i was transferring a domain i would rather transfer it to go daddy and still be able to use bluehost hosting. Godaddy support can help you point your domain to bluehost servers if you get stuck
Hi, I usually host everything with Hostgator and quite happy with it and with support they provide.
I’ve just had a problem with Hostgator though, they do not register .com.au domains. As far as we are talking about Australia here, it is a drawback.
Go Daddy does register those.
Unfortunately they dont register .com.au domains, but that doesnt mean you cant use their hosting .
I register domains with godaddy and then point to my hosting and use their hosting
I have consulted iPage, GoDaddy..etc. Google Adwords bonus cannot be used in Australia. Does anyone know which web hosting service can do that?
Im surprised with that ..i have always been able to do that ..but saying that i haven’t purchased a new hosting account as mine is years old.
Talk about us always getting a raw deal.. yet they make so much money off us
Yes its a pity
a lot of the hosting companies are not providing as many freebies anymore ..saying that tho I get plenty of free advertising credits just using linked in ..but its not hosting again ..lol
true dat
Hi JJ
I want to build 3 websites from different purposes and I want to obviously host them. Is there a company that will allow me to build my 3 websites and host all of them whilst charging me one fee? It seems that from the research that I’ve done, that each time you build a new website, you need to pay for each one, meaning it’s going to cost me a lot. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Ryan form Perth Western Australia
Hi Ryan
I would suggest for having mutliple websites and paying just once you go for the $5.95 Bluehost Unlimited plan and not the $3.95 plan. Just click on hosting on the top on that page and choose the $5.95 plan. You should be able to have many websites on that 1 hosting plan, you will just have to pay for any new domain names you buy. Godaddy is cheap for domain names, you can use your bluehost hosting account even for domains purchaser with godaddy
cheers
Jeff
Thanks Jeff. Appreciate it 🙂
Not replying to any of the later comments, I just want to say feel free to try TechTronix Hosting Local Aussie Website Hosting, Quite exceptional load times compared to some bigger companies we like to use these days. free Auto SSL being offered for Business Hosting. alot of space, domain names and emails in each package. (support of 24/7 haha) check it out. its cheap, loads of cPanel features and Good uptime and bonus SSL for Free my three ticks.
Good List but I am surprised not to find any mention Cloudways in it, they are also one of the best hosting providers in Australia, their hosting service is very fast, reliable and pocket friendly, prices start from 7$ per month.
What do mean “hosting providers in Australia”? Cloudways is based in Malta. Their prices are in USD.
Hi JJ.
Please advise where to register my domain as it is somewhere in USA after my another domain was stolen. My website currently is hosted bu a company in UK. I was advised to have a host in Australia (as I live here) and to have a domain provider perhaps here as well?
Hi Micheal,
Godaddy is a good domain registar,even though they are a us based one – they are the opnlye ones that can also sell .com.au domain names. It does not matter where your hosting or domain is purchased unless you are expecting 100% aus traffic to your website.
Please shoot me email or contact me button – if your want specific answers
nice and informative article thanks for sharing it keep writting such articles
Remember to add 40% to the USD numbers to get AUD equivalents. The Australian providers don’t look so uncompetitive then!
I’ve used a number of hosts, both for large and small sites. I was happy with Bluehost until recently. I currently need only a small plan, for 2 domains only used for 6 email accounts. The best (renewal) price Bluehost will give me is USD11.99/mth for 24 months. When I started with them 5 or so years ago it was $5/mth.
It’s worth shifting hosts every year or two just to get sign-up prices!
That is true jennifer. The deal normally is only when you sign up as a new user. It renews at normal prices, thats why its better to go with a longer plan if available. You can always switch after that if your technically savvy
jeff
hey dude
i dont want to go bluehost and godaddy , is Hostmosnter any good in your opininion
thank you
remagius
Hostmonster if good enough for a starter blog, but you would want to upgrade to a better plan once your traffic starts to go above 400 hits a day. It all depends how crowded your server is if your on a shared plan.
But then there is always the option to think about a cdn service before you upgrade hosting servers.I suggest cloudflare
cheers
jeff
Interesting, read! I’ve swapped over to Siteground hosting for my sites and found it trickier to use and setup than Bluehost, but much better overall. One of my current clients originally had their website made by Melbourne IT, and hosted with Netregistry. Within 5 months of launch their website was already seriously infected with malware! :/
Hi emma
Bluehost definetly have an easy wordpress install script , so does godaddy if your interested in cheap hosts
Malware can get infected with most hosting companies . thats why if they hosting company has auto updating scripts its a bonus.
thanks fort stopping by
jeff
Wow, really great article.