Site5 Shared Web Site Hosting Overview

Site5 is a Shared Web Site & Reseller Hosting company that specializes in hosting Blogs, e-Mail and e-Commerce web sites, as well as Blogs powered by Ruby On Rails Typo and sites powered by Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Joomla, Drupal & Mambo.

Site5 registers and hosts domain names; however, one is limited only to 5 TLD's (dot-com, org, net, info & biz). They are relatively expensive at $8.88 per domain name, so I suggest using Viking Communication Technologies as your domain registrar.

Site5's clean, intuitive account management interface also provides for centralized domain management, for both internally hosted and externally hosted domains.

Site5's current hosting philosophy is based on 'Guaranteed Performance'.

They utilize high-end, state-of-the-art servers, keep them lightly loaded, and continually upgrade their equipment to be among the best in the industry. They boast one of the lowest website-to-server ratios in the industry.

Their network topology is intelligent and bullet-proof. Their 20 Gigabytes of connectivity is provided by several redundant Tier-1 providers, with no single point of failure. For more detailed information, Click Here.

Site5's support is excellent. They are non-outsourced, English-speaking and have excellent people skills. They are highly available via Telephone, e-Mail, Live Chat, and the Web.

Site5's honesty, straight-forwardness and forthcoming is refreshing. They pride themselves on offering no-nonsense, high-quality web hosting with unique features.

I will say this, and I want to be very clear:

Site5 DOES NOT support 3rd party scripts. Make no mistake, Site5 is very clear about what they do and don't support in that regard. I've had terrible luck running my own PHP scripts on their servers. I know, I've tried anyway. This may be a deal-breaker for some, so I consider it important to mention.

[ Post Scriptum - As of 6/4/08, I tried installing and running 'Build A Niche Store' (BANS) on one of my reseller accounts with great success! w00t!! ]

Site5 DOES, however, have support for Ruby, Python and Perl scripting. They provide and support over 50 auto-installed scripts that absolutely work on their servers, and are fully supported.

Site5 offers one of the industry's best service Guarantees. It is comprised of an Uptime Guarantee, a Support Response Time Guarantee, and a 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee.

If you wish to speak with a real flesh-and-blood person, their Sales Support team is available @ 1-888-SITE5COM (1-888-748-3526), Monday through Friday 10am-6pm ET.

If you have questions about the details of Site5's service and you wish to find answers to your questions yourself, their Pre-Sales Forum is always open, they have a comprehensive FAQ, and also provide Live Chat, available Monday through Friday 10am-6pm ET.

However, technical support is NOT provided by telephone.

Visit Site5's Home Page at: www.site5.com