(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The first week of December included many sales and promotions tied to the upcoming holiday season. Percentage discounts were the promotion of choice, with half-price offers dominating. LCN.com’s blog hosting, WebFusion’s shared hosting, and Infrenion’s FFMPEG hosting all advertised 50 percent off offers.
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Host Department Officially Launches New Premium Hosting Brand
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Following its pre-launch period, web hosting and domain name registration provider Host Department (www.hostdepartment.com) officially launched its “Premium Hosting” series late last week, offering three plans – Advance, Professional, and E-Commerce – that offer premium UNIX hosting, brand new servers and prompt support. Each plan includes MySQL 5.0, Perl 5, PHP 5, CGI, and Ajax support.
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Web Hosting Provider HostNine Pre-Launches New Solutions for 2009
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In preparation for 2009, web hosting provider HostNine (www.hostnine.com) pre-launched a new website this week that focuses on enhanced customer support, simplified service level agreements, and a focus on being the leader in their global hosting offering, which the company hopes will differentiate it from others in a competitive host marketplace. HostNine’s new vision for hosting includes new standardized hardware, hosting packages, geographical diverse locations, and easy to read service level agreements.
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Easyspace Offers One Month Free With Windows Dedicated Servers
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UK web service provider Easyspace (www.easyspace.com) launched a Windows Dedicated Server offer this week, giving one free month to anyone leasing a Windows Dedicated Server on an annual contract. With three Windows Dedicated Server packages to choose from, this could offer a saving of up to 149 pounds per server. The deal at the end of February 2009.
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New Colocation and Web Hosting Holiday Specials
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Colocation and dedicated hosting provider DedicatedServerStore.com (www.dedicatedserverstore.com) announced new “Holiday Special” promotion that will last until New Year’s day. The promotions will be valid for new and current customers. The new offer includes one free month of colocation service with a six-month contract, or two free months with a 12-month colocation agreement. This special offers applies for colocation services with shared as well as dedicated connections.
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DedicatedServerStore is also giving customers with competing colocation providers the opportunity to switch, giving them 10 off their current invoice and free setup of their servers.
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BRS Media Announces iDotz.Net to Offer .US Bailout Special
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iDotz.Net (www.idotz.net), the domain registrar division of e-commerce firm BRS Media, is offering .US domain names at a “bailout” price of $4.95 per year, because “not every business can get a government sanctioned bailout,” according to the press release. Featuring names in over 140 extensions, iDotz.Net is also offering .cn domains for $1.95 per year, .net for $5.95 per year and .com for $8.95 per year.
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LCN.com Offers 50 Percent Discount on Blog Hosting This December
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Giving bloggers a great opportunity to get their thoughts online over the festive period, UK domain name registration and web hosting company, LCN.com (www.lcn.com) is offering customers half off its blog hosting by entering the code “halfpriceblog” at checkout. This discount applies to all orders on blog hosting for the entire month of December.
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Half-Off on All Infrenion Shared, Reseller and VPS plans
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FFMPEG hosting provider Infrenion.com (www.infrenion.com) has announced its “Christmas Sale Promotions,” offering 50 percent off all shared, reseller and VPS hosting plans, which include free video sharing script installation such as Phpmotion, Clipshare, Dolphin, Vshare, Attachmax, Rayzz, Phpfox, AlstraSoft VideoShare, OsTube, SocialMedia etc. All packages also include free setup, cPanel/WHM with Fantastico, RVskin and backups.
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Evohosting Slashes Prices, Adds Shoutcast, and Doubles Disk Space and Bandwidth
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For the month of December, UK web host Evohosting (www.evohosting.co.uk) has dropped its prices by 50 percent, doubled diskspace and bandwidth, and is offering free domains with all annual and biennial hosting packages. It has also introduced online radio streaming application Shoutcast, a feature the company said sets it apart from other web hosts.
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WebFusion Passes on VAT Cuts to Hosting Customers; Offers 50 Percent Discount
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In response to the 2.5 percent cut in value-added tax, WebFusion (www.webfusion.co.uk) has slashed the price of its Fusion Professional and Fusion Developer shared hosting packages to help pass on VAT savings to its customers. WebFusion customers will receive six months of service at half price on an annual contract, making deals as cheap as 4.48 pounds per month, however, because of the next six-months at regular price, this deal more realistically offers 25 percent off regular prices.
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Host Color Opened December Web Hosting Specials
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This December, web hosting provider Host Color (www.hostcolor.com) is offering an instant 25 percent web hosting rebate with any shared hosting, VPS hosting or dedicated hosting service plan. The Host Color’s discount includes its most powerful virtual private server, “VPS Power,” which features 1024 MB RAM, 50 GB disc space and 250 GB monthly bandwidth can be leased for as little as $52.46 per month.
