iPage Review

Company

Originally founded in 1998, iPage started as a full web solution provider. But after 2000, they put their activities on hold to restart as a 100% web hosting company in 2007. With a leading team composed of the top men in the business and an aggressive hosting plan, iPage has made a powerful come-back.

• Founded: 1998
• Owner: EIG (Endurance International Group)
• Founder and CEO: Thomas Gorny
• Sister companies: Fatcow
• Office location(s): Burlington, MA
• Data center location(s): 2 in Massachusetts
• Focus: Green hosting, fast e-mail service, security

Green / Environment focus

In order to minimize their carbon footprint, iPage purchases Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to cover the usage of electricity for their servers and offices. Relying 100% on wind energy, iPage offsets an energy efficiency comparable to planting 2,390 acres of trees.

They will also give you your own Green Badge to place on your web site which can be an asset for your business and attracts more customers.

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Features

• Unlimited Disk Space
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• Unlimited domains
• Unlimited MySQL Databases
• Unlimited e-mail addresses
• Free site builder
• Free Security Suite
• Paypal integration
• 24x7 Network Monitoring
• Carbonite Online Backup service (1st year free)
• 24x7 customer support (North American phone support)

Customer Support

24x7 customer support:

• North American phone support (under 2 minutes)
• Live chat (instant) and support ticket system (2 hours)

Customer Satisfaction & Guarantees

• Anytime Money back guarantee
• Uptime Guarantee: 99.99%
• Award winning phone support

Control Panel

iPage has a custom built control panel called vDeck that we found very intuitive and easy to use.

Creating new MySQL databases, for example, is significantly easier with vDeck than with cPanel (which is offered by many other hosts).

Site builder

• Intuitive site builder (drag & drop)
• Large database of free templates
• Blog (WordPress, b2evolution…)
• Photo gallery (ZenPhoto, Coppermine..)
• CMS (Drupal, Joomla!...)
• Forums (phpBB…)

Easy web application installer

• Blog (WordPress, b2evolution…)
• Photo gallery (ZenPhoto, Coppermine…)
• CMS (Drupal, Joomla!...)
• Forums (phpBB…)

Performance, Uptime & Equipment

iPage focuses on reliability and security.

• 99.99% Uptime Guarantee
• Nightly backups
• Free security suite
• Ping test results: average 57ms (tested from our east coast offices)

Security

• Advanced Security Suite
• Power back-up
• Access & error logs
• 24x7 controlled monitoring

Conclusion

With their all-in-one plan at an excellent price, iPage is perfect for all personal and small businesses needs. And with its anytime money-back guarantee, you can try it out without ever feeling tied-up. Check them out today!

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