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PRODUCT NAME: Miss Hosting
Overall Ranking: 50 out of 100
Price: Basic Member $1.25 per month (must be paid in advance for 1 year) plus domain registration
Owners: Alexandra Linnusta
Website: www.MissHosting.com
INTRODUCTION
Miss Hosting is a startup hosting company which is advertising cloud-based shared hosting at a low monthly rate. The concept behind cloud hosting is that it works more like a service instead of a product. It is an alternative to hosting websites on a single server either on dedicated or shared servers. When you host your website with a cloud-based hosting company, your website sits on a virtual server which pulls from an extensive underlying network of physical web servers. With cloud hosting, there is a large network of servers that is used and computer resources can be pulled from different data centers from different locations.
For better understanding of cloud hosting verse traditional hosting, watch the following YouTube video:
PROS / CONS
Pros
- Uses cloud hosting as opposed to the alternative of utilizing a single server
- Uses WordPress which is the most common and widely used web building platform available
- Low monthly rates starting at $1.25 per month. See chart below.
- Has a 45-day money back guarantee! Most companies provide only a 30-day money back guarantee.
Cons
- Brand new start-up company. Thus, no information available yet from BBB (Better Business Burearu) or other reviews stating whether the service is good or bad
- Minimalist website. There is not much information available on the website other than sign-up. When you click on “Support”, there appears to be no live chat and no phone number is listed. There are only a few links listed in various categories.
- Pricing seems misleading on certain pages.
WHO IT IS FOR?
Cloud hosting is ideal for the small company, an entrepreneur, an affiliate marketer, a web designer or someone who has a niche site they wish to promote. It allows for resources from your website to be available real time instead of relying on a single server. You will have the comfort of knowing if one of the data centers goes down, resources from the remaining data centers can be pulled, thus your website remains live and has fewer down times. Miss Hosting is an example of a web hosting company which practices cloud hosting.
TRAINING/TOOLS OVERVIEW
There appears to be no training or tutorials listed on the website. Again, this is something most people would expect to see on the “Support” page and there is nothing really except for a few links here and there.
SUPPORT
This is one of the reasons I give it a low score, because the “support” page on the website is so minimal. There appears to be no Live Chat, no phone number you can call for support. You can go to the “Contact” page and a phone number is listed, but it is unclear if it is for support-related or just sales-related. Since the phone number is listed on the “Contact” page, I am assuming it is for sales purposes only.
PRICE
The price is one of it’s selling points. I compared what you can get with Miss Hosting as opposed to another web hosting company that also utilizes cloud hosting and for the same price of what you would pay for Miss Hosting for an entire year, you would pay a similar cloud hosting company per month. In addition, there appears to be no upsells.
FINAL OPINION/VERDICT
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I give Miss Hosting a half-and-half rating. I believe in wanting to see start-up businesses succeed and look forward to writing reviews on such companies. However, in order to do so, I need to see some indication that they are ready to launch themselves into their industry and be competitive. However, with the rudimentary bare bones website they currently have as of the date of this review, it is hard to see what the future holds for this company. However, on the positive side, the prices are very reasonable and perhaps that is what the target market of this new company is – you pay less, but you get less support and training. If that is the case, I respect that, but it should be branded as such on the website.
Personally, I like belonging to a hosting company that offers training, tutorials, classroom videos, a community that helps you when you have questions, speedy technical support when needed and whose owners are active within the platform. Not too many companies will offer all of this plus a FREE starter membership except for Wealthy Affiliate Open Education Project.
For a comparison between Wealthy Affiliate and Miss Hosting, please refer to the chart below:
I hope you find this review helpful. Please leave comments below, especially if you are a customer of Miss Hosting and wish to add something which would help this review, either good or bad.
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17 thoughts on “Miss Hosting Review”
Hi Steph
I work for misshosting.com and I would like to thank you for your review.
I have some additional information for you about misshosting.com.
As far as your compare chart, I wanted to provide some clarification:
1. is it easy to get help – yes it is just give us a call, send us an email or hit us up on the chat.
2.we help all of our customers as much as we can, just contact us on the methods mentioned above.
3.yes we have a live chat, it is in the lower right corner on the site.
4.is there step by step training – yes if you check out our youtube videos
5.are free website included – yes it is with our sitebuilder
6. can you try for free – yes our VPS and Dedicated servers can ´be tested for 30 days
7. is there a keyword research tool – no we do not have that
Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy misshosting.com
Thank you for the review of Miss Hosting. I love the idea of being able to help out a starter company. The problem I think is that Miss Hosting is competing in a really tough market. There are literally hundreds of hosting companies out there, all of them offering great deals and discounts. With Miss Hosting being so new, what are the risks associated with signing up? Many companies go bankrupt after the first year and what happens to all of your money you invested in it? The other company you mentioned, Wealthy Affiliate, sounds intriguing. Can I learn more about it?
Hi Egemen:
Thank you for checking out my review of Miss Hosting. All of your concerns with signing up with Miss Hosting are completely validated. Wealthy Affiliate has been around for over seven years and continues to grow exponentially. The premium membership cost at Wealthy Affiliate is the same as most other hosting companies, but you get much more than you would with any other hosting firm. With other hosting companies, such as BlueHost, NameCheap, and Miss Hosting, you only get the hosting and sometimes substandard technical and customer support. But with Wealthy Affiliate you can endless training that continues to be developed on a daily basis, a STRONG and ACTIVE community that reaches out and supports each and every member along their path to online success. Check it out today and see for yourself.
Steph
Hey, Steph
With so many different hosting platforms on the internet, it’s hard to know what to choose anymore lol. But having said that, Miss Hosting sounds great, and the price is very reasonable too, that anyone on any budget can afford.
Thanks for the review, and as a blogger myself, I will look in to your recommendation of Miss Hosting 🙂
Neil
Hi Neil:
The only thing that Miss Hosting really has going for it is the low price, as you said, it is very reasonable and anyone on any budget can afford. At the moment, due to it being a start-up, there does not seem to be training, support or a Live Chat. It is unclear if down the road, these services which are regularly available with other hosting companies, such as BlueHost and Wealthy Affiliate, will be available via Miss Hosting.
Thank you so much for stopping today and reading my review. I appreciate it and hope you will come back soon.
Steph
Hey Steph,
Nice review on Miss Hosting.
Since hosting is so important to your online business, if I was in the market for hosting personally I would not place my hosting with a start up company.
I know this may sound harsh because I’m all for new companies to be successful.
But until they have some time under their belt and provide more services, personally I would find another company..
A person is far better off to work with an established hosting company, one that truly understands the needs of an online marketer – for that I would agree with you the Wealthy Affiliate is the way to go.
Not only do you get free hosting, you also get two free websites, free training for building an online business, live chat support and all the tools an resources you’ll ever need to build you online business.
Not a hard decision if you ask me.
Cheers
Leo
Hi Leo:
I could not agree more. Wealthy Affiliate is definitely the better way to go with everything that is offered to you. Wealthy Affiliate has been around for a long time, as opposed to Miss Hosting and you are right, it is difficult to put your faith and trust into a start-up company, because so many new companies do not make it beyond their first year. The risk to the consumer is what happens to the hosting fees that were paid for services if the company goes bankrupt? ALL GONE!
Excellent comment Leo. Thank you for stopping by. Please come back and visit.
Steph
Hi Steph,
Thank you for this article. I was in the process of comparing hosting sites and this was really helpful. I will definitely check out Wealthy Affiliates, as I need training as well as hosting, due to my lack of technical abilities. Thanks again for sharing!
Hi Stacey:
Thank you for leaving a comment today. I am so happy to know that my review gave you some insight and helpful advice. If it is training, support and community engagement you need in order to build your online business, Wealthy Affiliate is definitely the place to be. Please come back soon and visit as there will be additional information uploaded on a very regular basis.
Steph
This could well be a start-up that does not yet have the resources to provide extensive support.
At the price I think it might be worth giving them a shot. They could build into something good over time.
For someone who already knows the ropes, they could do very well with Miss Hosting.
Hi Eionmc:
I think you are completely right about Miss Hosting being a good way to go if you do not require much training and support because you already know the ropes. The price I have to admit cannot be beat. There also seems to be no upsells or price increases on renewals. However, being a start-up I am not sure if that will continue to be the case since they as of yet do not have any renewals because they are a start-up. Please let me know if you decide to join and let me know what your experience is.
Steph
Steph
Thank you for your informative review of misshosting. I think picking the right hosting when you want to start an online business is one of the most important things as without the hosting you have no business. I would prefer one with a very good reputation and is reliable such as site rubix at wealthy affiliate.
Hi Jason:
You are welcome for the review on Miss Hosting. Thank you for taking the time to stop and leave a comment today. I too think if you have an online business, hosting is critical and like you, I prefer the site rubix at Wealthy Affiliate too. You can to build two free websites with Wealthy Affiliate even before you agree to pay one cent. Have a great day!
Steph
Steph
It looks like an ‘also ran’ in the world of cloud computing. They are popping up all over. I’ve used a number of the over the years, from the little bitty ones to the big ones like Amazon. Some of the little ones unfortunately got too popular and they exceeded their capacity but still kept taking new clients. I noticed that Google, with web farms that cover many acres of land in numerous countries around the world is also offering cloud service at very competitive rates. I think I might give Google a try the next time I’m in the market for a hosting company.
Gary
Hi Gary!
I think you are absolutely correct. It does appear to be one of those “yeah, I discovered cloud computing today: type of projects. You have some great ideas about looking into Google hosting. Google is very reputable and has many facets to it. Thank you for stopping to leave a comment. Please come back soon.
Steph
I totally agree with you that I’d rather join a hosting company that will SHOW me what to do with the hosting that I purchased, let alone they’ll let you try it out for free. Miss Hosting is a new kid on the block, so it mat take awhile for things to catch on. But there are so many hosting companies out there that I’d imagine this one would sink within the obscurity off all the others, whereas Wealthy Affiliate’s hosting is definitely unique and a cut above the rest.
Hi Christian:
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment on my review. I agree too that most people will want to join a hosting company that has been established. The competition is very stiff in the web hosting market. You really need to have all your ducks in a row when launching a new campaign for a company in which the competition is fierce. Miss Hosting might catch up, like you said, but when there seems to be no reviews written as of yet and BBB (Better Business Bureau) has yet to have any record of them, one would be taking a huge chance on them.
Wealthy Affiliate, however, has been around for a long time and offers services and massive assistance that can not compare and at a very reasonable price. As you said, Wealthy Affiliate is unique and a cut above the rest with their tutorials on how best to do affiliate marketing and build a quality website using search engine optimization.
Thank you for stopping by and please come back soon.
Steph