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Just Host is cheap and does have some cool features, but its limitations and confusion customer support keep it from being a top-rated web hosting service.
Pricing Just Host comes in on the cheaper side at $4.45 per month for 4 years without any set-up or registration fees, with the exception of an optional $9.95 annual domain privacy charge (something we generally recommend and some web hosts offer for free). Though we purchased domain privacy from Just Host, we had some problems with it at first. Registration is free for the lifetime you have hosting with Just Host, a nice but somewhat standard offer. Also standard is "unlimited" storage and data transfer. If four years is too much, there are a range of plans from 3 years down to a single year, that run from $4.95 to $6.95 per month respectively. Features We created a site with the included Sitebuilder which has some of the nicest looking templates we've seen. Adding our own text to them was fairly easy though not as intuitive as with a true WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. Still, it handily creates the structure and layout for a basic website. Our Wordpress blog was installed easily and instantly, which was nice though fairly standard. Likewise the shopping carts were easily installed, though Zen Cart and Cube Cart, while popular, are fairly complex to start using. These seem like good solutions for users who want to sell and manage a fairly extensive inventory. If you have fewer items, and don't want to spend a lot of time on your online catalog, you should look elsewhere. Performance In the specs department, Just Host is a solid performer with fast data transfer speeds.See the chart below for details. For uptime, higher percentages are better. For all others, lower numbers indicate better performance. Just Host test data:
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| Cheapest Price: | $4.45/mo |
| Storage/Data Transfer: | Unlimited |
| Money-Back Guarantee: | Prorated refund |
| Domain: | Free for life |
| Support: | Email, Chat |
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