Very cheap hosts/shared server?

TheAlex

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I read that it's possible to get decent hosting on a shared server for as little as $1 a month, but I haven't found anything.

I only need it to keep an old site online. It has no server side code other than a couple of include files, and I'd want to be able to 301 redirect some pages to my new website. I wouldn't require much bandwidth and it's probably less than 5Mb in total. So something basic is fine.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in anticipation.
 
I'm not sure what search term you used when you didn't find anything, but try searching for shared hosting and there are at least 2 companies on the first page for me that have basic hosting packages for £1 a month (Planet Hippo and Host Surf UK). I'm not sure if they are any good though.

As it's purely static and you want it cheap, you might want to consider Amazon S3. It's free for the first year and if you're only hosting 5Mb and it's a low traffic site, it will probably only cost 2-3 pence a month after that. They support 301 redirects, but they don't support includes so you'd need to merge the files or use JavaScript includes.
 
Thanks, I'm not sure how I didn't see those either. :S It'd be good to hear from anyone who has used any of these cheap services.

I had briefly looked into Amazon S3 but it seemed like it might be complex/more geared towards businesses. I'll take another look. :)
 
S3, like with most of the Amazon Web Services' products, is designed to be used for very small projects/personal websites all the way up to large corporations storing hundreds of terrabytes. It's simple, but a little bit confusing when you start because of the weird terminology they use.

But a traditional account on a shared server is probably more appropriate for your use. I only brought it up because it's free.
 
Thanks Redrum - I'll probably give S3 a go with it being free to start with.

dmsims - Unfortunately my hosts don't allow more than one domain to be hosted with the same account (unless I pay for reseller), and other hosts I've looked at seem to have the same rule.
 
TSOhost are pretty cheap. Unfortunately I don't think I'd be able to transfer to them as I've already coded most of my new site in PHP/MySQL on an Apache server, with a few mods to the htaccess...learning all 3 things as I've gone along (and I'm not a great programmer so it's taken a lot of time). I have more options for the cheapo site now though and TSOhost or Vidahost looks good for the new domain purchase. :)
 
TheAlex said:
TSOhost are pretty cheap. Unfortunately I don't think I'd be able to transfer to them as I've already coded most of my new site in PHP/MySQL on an Apache server, with a few mods to the htaccess...learning all 3 things as I've gone along (and I'm not a great programmer so it's taken a lot of time). I have more options for the cheapo site now though and TSOhost or Vidahost looks good for the new domain purchase. :)
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Although they're superb and cost effective on hosting, i wouldn't be using Tsohost or Vidahost for purchasing domains as they aren't particularly cheap in that area. You'd be better of with 123-reg, namecheap or 1&1 (awful control panel and CS but are one of the cheapest for UK TLDs).

Also, there's nothing stopping you moving your site to Tsohost or Vidahost if you're using a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) stack.
 
TSOhost were the cheapest for .com's when I checked. I'd never use 123-reg, I've had nothing but bad experiences with them. Are TSOhost and Vidahost easy to use and good customer service wise?
 
You're right, over multiple years Tsohost/Vidahost aren't too bad, expensive for single years though and 1&1 are still marginally cheaper all round.
 
I found hosting on ebay for £1 which was unlimited and i have been using it for about 4 months and it seems fine.

I bought my domain from crazydomains which was £2 for a .co.uk

So it works out at £3 a year which i don't think is bad?
 
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