osCommerce Hosting - a review of the best web hosts
I’ve been involved in web development for years, and currently am responsible for a half-dozen eCommerce websites. What I’ve found is that finding the right host is one of the keys to success. If you don’t have the right people with the right hardware behind you, then you will have one problem after another.
I’ve put together a list of some of the best hosting options for your osCommerce online store. Or any web content for that matter. I’ve broken it down by geography, so that it will be easier to identify the hosts best suited for your region.
You can download and install the open source osCommerce CRE Loaded. You can go for the free version (standard), or pay a bit more for Pro or B2B. If you’re looking for something more than just a standard shop the Pro and B2B versions are worth the money. Better to spend the money up front than have to manually perform business functions that could be done automatically online.
Web Hosting for USA and Canada
1 & 1
Gate.com
Start Logic
Blue Host
Host Gator
Recommendation
All of these hosts are great choices for osCommerce web hosting. If I had to choose a favorite I would choose 1 & 1, just because I host a good number of my own websites there. However having looked at the other web hosting companies, it is such a close race in terms of costs, features and reputation.
Web Hosting in UK and Europe
Recommendation
Hmm. I’ve looked at a couple web hosting companies in the UK and it keeps coming back to 1&1 UK. I’m looking into this more and asking people I know there about their favorite osCommerce web hosting company, so I’ll be adding more here. But you cannot go wrong with 1&1 UK. They are absolutely great!
Web Hosting in Australia
Value Hosting Australia
MD Web Hosting
Recommendation
Again, such a close call in terms of price, features and reputation that I can’t say one osCommerce web hosting company is better than the other. However I can say that you’re in good hand whether you go with Value Hosting Australia, or MD Web Hosting. Both handle osCommerce well.
4 comments August 28th, 2006