osCommerce Hosting - a review of the best web hosts
August 28th, 2006
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.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. فوده | September 23rd, 2006 at 6:27 pm
انا لا اعرف الانجليزيه واريد تحميل بعض اغانى فريد الاطرش مش عارف هل من مساعده او طريقه لحل هذه المشكله واكون شاكر لكم وشكرا
2. Newt | October 2nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm
اسف ، لا اعرف.
(Sorry, I do not know. Google translate now has English < --> Arabic !)
3. Bryan | January 19th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Working on OSC CRE Loaded and found your tip very useful and successfully removed the tagline. I’m having an issue with Easy Populate, do you know if they introduced a bug in it to force people to buy the Pro package? I honestly don’t see a ton of differences between the free version and the paid version. You did point out the paid version had some perks. What should I do next? I have no problem paying the 175.00 just don’t feel it’s needed, unless there are going to be more “bugs” like this easy populate problem. Basically a blank screen appears upon import.
Thanks,
Bryan
4. Newt | January 19th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Not sure if they would break EasyPopulate on purpose in the standard/free version of osCommerce CRELoaded. They may have released it with a known bug. I don\’t personally use EasyPopulate, though I\’ve heard it\’s quite a powerful tool.
It\’s worth getting the upgraded one if you\’re willing to pay a bit of money for it. I would think most online businesses would pay for the cost of getting CRELoaded Pro or CRELoaded B2B in a day or two of running.
Check out the CRE Loaded Pro or B2B links for more information.
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