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iPage presents itself as an all-in-one solution, allowing you to enjoy services beyond simple\u00a0hosting. Upon sign-up you get one year’s worth of free domain registration, unlimited disk space, scalable bandwidth, and more. While the company’s shared hosting<\/a> option leaves a lot to be desired in terms of variety—there are no tiered plans, just a singular offering—there are VPS<\/a> and dedicated<\/a> hosting plans that provide for seamless upgrading, should you need it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are looking for an affordable, feature-packed shared hosting solution, what iPage offers may very well be perfect for your needs—until your initial term ends. First time customers enjoy a generous $1.99 per month introductory price tag; but once the next payment cycle hits, a price hike to the tune of $7.99 per month will be lying in wait. On the bright side, you have at least 12 months—term periods for this plan only come in one, two or three years—until you need to renew and pay for the regular rates; so you really do save a lot. On the other hand, the regular rate might just be a bit heavy on the pockets for some—especially because there is no month-to-month billing option. The lowest price of renewal comes out to a little over $95 as prepayment for a year’s worth of service.<\/p>\n iPage\u2019s one-size-fits-all shared hosting plan comes with a lot of features that allow for practically unfettered movement: Unlimited email addresses, unlimited MySQL databases, unlimited disk space, and even unmetered bandwidth—though it is listed as “scalable” because should your website become so popular that it exceeds what iPage’s shared hosting architecture can accommodate, the company will likely contact you to offer a hassle-free upgrade to one of their higher level VPS<\/a> or dedicated<\/a> hosting plans. On top of free domain registration for 12 months, they also allow unlimited domain names—perfect for those looking to manage and unlimited number of websites.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are also provided tools to help you design and build websites on your own, even if you don\u2019t have the technical know-how. iPage’s go-to drag-and-drop website builder is powered by Weebly, which offers numerous professional themes.<\/p>\n If Weebly isn’t your cup of tea, you can also set up a WordPress<\/a> site via their one-click installer—more on this later—as well as use other content management systems, such as Joomla, Drupal, and the like. Blogs like PixelPost and b2evolution are also within your reach; as well as e-commerce options. You get an online shop for free,\u00a0complete with PayPal integration. iPage even allows you to choose from various shopping carts—AgoraCart, OpenCart, OSCommerce, PrestaShop, TomatoCart, and Zen Cart—and gets you started on marketing with free Google AdWords and Bing Ads credits.<\/p>\n Beyond that, you are also given access to marketing guides online, a free listing on Yellowpages.com, and a free local or toll-free number for your business. Overall, while the regular rates are a huge jump from their introductory price, you are getting a lot of features in return, so the trade-off might be worth it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you need a more power, as well as a greater degree of control, consider iPage’s VPS hosting plans. iPage offers optional root access; should you want to install your preferred applications and proprietary software, or do some of your very own advanced\u00a0 customization. Speed, reliability and flexibility also get supercharged due to\u00a0mirrored SAN storage and\u00a0guaranteed memory allocation; and because these hosting plans are cloud-based, migrations and upgrades due to the growth of your business can be implemented seamlessly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All packages come with instant deployment, so you won’t have to wait long for your virtual server after registration. Again, iPage includes free domain name registration for all plans; and for VPS hosting plans, Linux CentOS and cPanel are the default offerings in terms of operating system and control panel software. All plans also come with fully managed support, meaning iPage will take care network and hardware issues, website error monitoring and troubleshooting, and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Below is a look at the three base packages and their regular rates; though take note that introductory prices will significantly lower your initial payment, and that iPage does also let you configure your chosen package for additional fees:<\/p>\n<\/a>Shared Hosting: From $7.99 Monthly<\/h3>\n
<\/a>VPS Hosting: From $24.99 Monthly<\/h3>\n