Lunarpages Hosting Plans

Here are some Lunarpages customer feedbacks which I think it’s useful for those who’re interested to start their website with Lunarpages.

Positive testimonial by Pat from Charleston

First, we have IT professional (Pat) who’s running a non-profit organization website talked about his experience with Lunarpages service. Pat finds Lunarpages tech supports are very good and the ordering process with Lunarpages is smooth.

No problems with LunarPages for me!

I have had sites with LunarPages since 2002 and have never had any issues. When I was desperate for tech support, they were extremely helpful. I am a computer professional, but occasionally make mistakes. I certainly wouldn’t blame LunarPages for my mistakes and my lack of knowledge. There is a ton of knowledge on their forums and the tutorials can help the newbie with most tasks. I think too many people just like to complain instead of looking for a solution and want their hand held. One of my sites is a non-profit organization and we count on our website for about 1/2 of our income.

Our customers have never complained that their purchases couldn’t be processed, and believe me I would hear about it. This past month they moved my servers and consistently gave me updates so I knew what to expect. I have never gone a day without email and sometimes I would like to:). Another local non-profit has asked for a hosting recommendation and LunarPages is it.

Reviewed on Oct 4th, 2008, Pat from Charleston, SC USA

Ora Elliott thinks Lunarpages is professional

Ora Elliot ordered Lunarpages Linux hosting about 6 months ago and have very good experience with the company. According to Ora, there are a few things with Lunarpages worth mentioning – Server reliability and customer supports. Here goes the feedbacks:

Ora Elliott’s Thoughts on Lunarpages

Professionalism in their approach made me stick with Lunarpages. Linux environment of my dress sale site found a great companion in Lunarpages hosting and my site needed to be up and running every time, which has been made possible by LunarPages.

Customer supports

Customer support staff of Lunarpages has been the best I have ever come across. They always had appropriate answers to my questions and I was never put to wait for a long time to get in touch with the representatives.

Server reliability

Whether it is about pulling up my information online, or a case of network jam –Lunarpages have been exquisite in undergoing all the maintenance aspects. Hence reliability is at its best and I can’t suggest a single case of down time for my site.

Judith Dennis comment on Lunarpages VPN

Lunarpages can be the best VPS hosting

Lunarpages can be the best hosting company in case of VPS hosting, since my requirement was like that. Why I went for VPS hosting for Lunarpages is just because, I knew my small business site would never need the space for an entire dedicated server. This helped me saving money.

Performance of customer support agents was exceedingly impressive and pretty decent when compared to other agents of same class. All my questions have been answered. Even without the assistance of monitored server my website was up and running almost all the time. The extra service of servers will cost another 10 dollars, but it will enhance the reliability. Even without that, see how reliable they have been.

Awards won by Lunarpages

Besides customer reviews, Lunarpages hosting services are acknowledge as the premier hosting choice for webmasters seeking a quality host with the industry’s best uptime & best customer service.

For instance, the company is rated as “Top 10 Web Host Gold” by AZHost.com, “Best Customer Support” by 10WebHosting.com, “#1 Web Host 2008″ by iWebHostingPlans.com, and “Editor’s Choice” by FindMyHost.com.

Want more details on awards won by Lunarpages? Lunarpages trophy collections.

Great blogging tools have become an indispensable element for a good web host.

As for the last time I checked, almost every hosting company are now offering blogging tools via Fantastico and Simple Scipts. Bluehost, Hostgator, Hostmonster, Dot5, WebHostingPad, and yes, including Lunarpages are all offering one of the most widely-used blogging tools – WordPress.

So are you looking for the right place to host your WordPress blog?

Your choices are wide and before you purchase any hosting service for your blog, here’re some of the details that you need to know.

What are the hosting server requirements for WordPress blog hosting?

To host a WordPress blog, your hosting server needs to be running on PHP 5.2.3, MySQL 4.0+ for database management, and mod rewrite Apache module.

Why Lunarpages is recommended for WordPress blog hosting?

• System Requirements – WordPress blog requires PHP 5+, MySQL 4.0+, and mod-rewrite Apache module. All these requirements are complied by Lunarpages hosting.
• Experience – WordPress currently hosts thousands of WordPress blogs.
• Auto Installation – With the help of Fantastico, WordPress blog can be installed within seconds at Lunarpages.

WordPress Installation at Lunarpages

WordPress installation is simple with the help of Fantastico. All you need is to fill in some details on your blog and the setup process should be completed within minutes. In case you need detail guides, check my previous post on WP intallation guide.

Why host your blog on its own domain/hosting?

There are couple of good reasons why you should run your blog on its own domain and hosting.

A free blog on Blogspot.com or TypePad.com is like a ‘rented house’; while own domain is like owning a ‘real estate’. The ownership rights is crucial for bloggers – especially if you’re monetizing your work. On established sites like Blogger and Wordpress, this may not be the issue, but on small sites, if the sites get shut down you’ll also have great chances losing everything on your blog.

There’s a detail article on the issue in my bookmark, further reading is recommended for newbies: Does your blog needs its own domain?

Wrapping things up: Start hosting your WP blog with Lunarpages!

Well, are you still doubtful about hosting your WordPress blog online?

Now here’s the final reason why you should run it on Lunarpages – blog hosting with LP is dead cheap! With just $4.95/mo (zero setup fees), you get to host unlimited blog on a single hosting account and get unlimited disk storage/bandwidth at Lunarpages. Frankly, you don’t have to search anymore as Lunarpages is already the best for your WordPress blog hosting.

Yes, Lunarpages currently support JSP and Java Servlets in their hosting plans.

Both JSP and Java Sevlet are available as an additional function. However, note that this offer is not a standard offer, you will need to inform Lunarpages tech support when you first order your Lunarpages service.

Also, JSP functionality does not come free in Lunarpages hosting plan. An extra cost of $4.95 per month is charged per domain or subdomain for JSP usage.

Before I moved on to the answer, please note that Lunarpages is a hosting company, not a domain registrant.

The answer for the question is ‘YES’, you can register your domain with Lunarpages as long as you’re hosting the website with them. Just in case you are interested, here are some of the details on Lunarpages domain registration.

Cost of domain registration at Lunarpages

All annual hosting plans include a new domain name for free thus you don’t need to worry much about the cost if you’re a first time customer. AS for other additional domain names registration, an annual fees of $9.95 is charged for every domain name. Any domain registered in your name, will be owned and fully controlled by you. Lunarpages take no interest in co-owning the domain.

How about domain transfer, how much does it cost?

There will be a one time charge upon a successful domain transfer of $9.95. After that the domain will be renewed for free for as long as you host with Lunarpages (provided it’s your main domain).

Domain name extensions

There’s limited choices of domain extensions with Lunarpages. In a quick glance, .com, .org, .name, .us, .biz, .info, .net, .ca and .co.uk are the domain names you can register with them.

Private domain registration

Lunarpages do offer Private Domain* registration for an additional $7.95 per domain per year. Price is actually cheaper when compare to domain specialist like GoDaddy and Dotster thus you’re recommended to register your private domain with Lunarpages.

*What’s a private domain?

A regular domain registration information has always been publicly available on the Internet. private registration replaces your contact details with Lunarpages contacts to hide your info in public whois searches.

Well it’s obvious that I’m not the only one tracking on Lunarpages server performance. LunarpagesReview.org, for example, is another Lunarpages review website that’s hosted on Lunarpages. For the ease of your review, here’s the Lunarpages uptime results for August.

The server for LunarpagesReview.org recorded a 99.7% uptime with a 0.24s average response time – which is simply good for a shared hosting service. Such reliable server performance is one of the main reasons why Lunarpages remain the top in web hosting business.