All companies offer WordPress pre-installed
on their servers
Installing WordPress from scratch may be a little intimidating,
but it doesn’t have to be. There are several companies
that offer WordPress hosting pre-installed, so that all
you have to do is go into your hosting control panel and
within a few clicks, your blog is up and running.
A
note from Wendy - author of the #1 Home Business Blog
on the internet, eMoms at Home
From personal experience, I recommend Blue
Host 
the most for WordPress hosting - I used them for a year
until I had to move my own WordPress blog onto a virtual
private server. Their tech support was phenomenally helpful
when I had problems, questions, or server issues with
too much traffic. I cannot say the same about several
other hosting companies who I have used in the past.
If you're just getting started with WordPress, go
with Blue Host
- but here are a few other companies for you to consider
who have comparable plans and customer satisfaction, based
on my own blog reader reviews and other customer reviews.
|
Company
|
Cost $ |
Setup
Fees |
Rating |
Server
Storage |
Transfer |
Email
Addresses |
Add-Ons |
Multiple Domains |
|
|
$9.95-
$6.95 |
$30 |
4 |
300GB |
3,000GB |
2500 |
Fantastico
|
Unlimited |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: Discounts ranging
from $8.95/month for 3+months to $6.95/month for 2+
years at signup, plus free domain name if you commit
to at least 1 year. Setup fee waived with 1+ year
commitment.
|
|
|
$5.95-
$7.95 |
$30 |
4 |
350GB |
3,000GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico |
Unlimited |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: $5.95/month pricing
for 2+ years or more at signup. Setup fee waived and
free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
|
|
|
$6.95-
$9.95 |
$30 |
4 |
350GB |
3,500GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico
|
+10 |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: Discounts ranging
from $8.95/month for 3+months to $6.95/month for 2+
years at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain
name with 1+ year commitment.
|
|
|
$4.95-
$12.95 |
$0 |
4 |
100GB |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Fantastico equivalent |
+10 |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: $4.95/month pricing
for 2+ years or more at signup.
|
|
|
$9.95 |
$0 |
4 |
100GB |
1,000GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico |
Unlimited |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: They have a starter
plan for as low as $6.95/month
|
|
|
$7.95-
$9.95 |
$0 |
4 |
10GB |
500GB |
150 |
Standard |
+50 |
 |
Extra offers / deals :: They have a starter
plan for as low as $5.25/month
|
- All companies offer standard add-ons such as shopping
cart software, chat rooms, guestbooks, and forums
pre-installed
- All companies will waive the setup fee under certain
circumstances
- The Support Reviews are an average of overall
reviews found on multiple sites, as well as feedback
obtained from personal experience and eMoms at Home
readers [on a scale of 1 (worst) to 4 (best)].
No hosting company is perfect - all have gotten
both good and bad reviews.
- Server Storage and Transfer aren't really that
important (except when they are very tiny amounts
or if you plan on running a lot of multimedia on
your site)
- Fantastico is a great value-added program that
I highly recommend - it also includes OpenAds (phpAdsNew)
which will allow you to sell your own advertisng
further down the road.
- If you have multiple sites or need to test out
ideas, go with a host provider that will allow you
to host multiple domains on one package
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