Cheap hosting?

[X__Tasha]

I need really cheap hosting for what I imagine will be 3 big resource sites if I play my cards right. I have a budget of $0 currently :X Which I know is unrealistic, But after I try to earn abit of cash I will check you recommendations out.

I'd need quite alot of space and bandwidth as you can imagine.

Any past host experiences are welcome :whistling:

[Precious]

Well alot of people look down on Dreamhost, but I personally have never had a problem with them. They have always answered my questions within 12 hours max. And, I can give you a coupon code that will save you a nice chunk of change. :) They have a nice chunk of bandwidth and space, as well - specially for the price.

[X__Tasha]

Thanks Precious, I'll check it out =]
You wouldn't mind PMing me the code would you? =P
Thanks

[minnseoelite]

When you talk about large sites are you referring to bandwidth usage or traffic? If your sites will be getting below 10k visitors a day but using tons of bandwidth you should be fine with a shared hosting provider but if you are talking about a large site in terms of users you will want to look into VPS or dedicated hosting if your site will be getting anything over 10k visitors a day as that will cause you to use to much CPU and RAM resources for most shared hosting providers.

[Sergio]

Like Precious said, Dreamhost is good because of the huge coupon code. But once you start to grow, you will probably already be making enough money to change hosts.

[Ajay]

i started with dreamhost and then went to a dedicated server. dreamhost really doesn't bother you. The only notice i ever got was when some admin noticed that our site was using a lot of cpu and he moved it to another server with a lighter load. they do have long periods of downtime every once in awhile, so be prepared for that if you choose to go with them.

[Dale]

i used dreamhost for about a week or so way back in December and didn't have any problem with them. I'm currently hosted with a dedicated server.

[Precious]

I got a message saying that I was using alot of CPU and they moved me over to another server, and it's all good now. I have never had downtime in the 6 months i've been hosted with them :)

[spicycurry]

If you think your profit is more than enough to cover your hosting fees, by all means upgrade to a dedicated server. You don't have to worry about anyone kicking you by using their cpu usages, etc.

[marshall_26]

I use bluehost until the sites need to go dedicated.

As long as you have efficiently written php scripts most cheap hosts will handle good traffic. I have one running on bluehost that gets 75,000+ uniques a month so far it still doesn't need to be moved to dedicated.

[nurie]

how About Servage.net any one ever try..?