Best Magento Hosting Company
You should know by now that Magento is a very powerful, free, beautiful, and spiffy (that one’s from me) shopping cart software. It’s like oscommerce but a billion times better. I have a long history of talking about (and in some cases, talking smack on) Magento hosting company’s here on this blog. Lucky for you I have found another web host that can handle the demands of Magento.
Enter: WiredTree.
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I’ve been using WiredTree for the last couple months, and there are three things that come to mind when I reflect on my experience I have had with them thus far:
1. 100% uptime. No, I really mean it. These guys really are up 100% of the time. Ok, if you insist that 100% is impossible, then just give them a try. I was with Simple Helix before and my site(s) went down multiple times each week. Sure, they always sometimes had a good excuse, but that doesn’t solve the problem.
2. Lightening fast support. Yeah, I bet you’ve heard that claim before. I’m betting you’ve seen the “best customer service” banners and the like from the big guys like MediaTemple. Guess what? I was with MediaTemple about a month ago and the best they could manage was one response per day…and I had to wait overnight to get the response to the previous days question. That just sucks. Especially when you have noob questions like I tend to have. Baby steps sums that one up. Here’s the deal: WiredTree is there for you. Really. Noob questions to complicated, they will usually respond within 15 minutes.
3. Magento Compatible. I currently have the Managed VPS1024 plan (previously had the 512 plan and Magento ran fine on it as well). I plan on moving all of my websites over to WiredTree as soon as I get the nerve to do it. If you’re looking for a Magento host, go with WiredTree. Better performance, service, and better people running the organization in general.
Examples of sites hosted on WiredTree:
1. Well….you’re looking at one. EliteEternity.Com is hosted @WiredTree.
2. My new Mallard Skate Shirts Brand website.
3. Tons of my other sites and blogs that I have actually had the time to migrate.
If you’re debating on whether or not to switch web hosts because you think it will be too complicated to move your blog from wherever you’re at to WiredTree, then think again. I’ve created a guide on how to migrate your blog from Dreamhost to WiredTree. The same principles apply if you’re current host isn’t Dreamhost. You can still follow the guide. I also made a guide on how to reconnect your Google Apps to your new WiredTree account. This guide includes simplified information on all of the seemingly complicated CNAME, MX RECORDS, etc.
P.S. Thanks to Justin Dupre for telling me about WiredTree. He has a great affiliate marketing blog that you should check out if you feel so inclined. Are you reading this, Justin? You should comment on one of my posts so I feel cool. I look up to you. lol.
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Thanks for the post. I am looking for hosting for a new store I’m trying to start on the Magento platform. I previously looked at each of the hosts you mentioned and have finally decided to go with Wiredtree. This post was just further confirmation. (Thanks!) Question though, do you recommend forking over the extra $12/mo for the faster Litespeed server environment?
That’s cool man. Glad I could be of assistance. I’m sure you’ll be happy with WiredTree.
Without knowing your situation, I can’t really recommend whether or not to go with the Litespeed server environment. I don’t have it, and if you’re just going to be running one Magento store on the account, I definitely don’t think you need it.
Hope that helped at all. Be sure to let me know how it goes for you!
i hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but as I was searching the web for a Magento host, I came across your blog and went to your mallardclothing.com site, unfortunately it hung, and hung, and hung. Waited for it to load, waited for it add to the cart, it was definately not fast and had to click refresh a few times. Not sure if it was just bad timing when I visited but being honest.
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Hey Matthew,
Very interesting. No bubbles were burst here. It must have just been bad timing (or your internet connection, no offense, of course), because I’ve been working on the site all night and have had no problems. I still have zero complaints with WiredTree.
I appreciate the recommendation, but you can understand I’m somewhat skeptical when all of the links are affiliate links. I don’t know if you truly recommend them, or it’s part of your pursuit of becoming a millionaire…
Hey Dave. I definitely understand your skepticism, however, I’ve been highly impressed with WiredTree over the past…ehh…probably 10 months or so. I used to love SimpleHelix, but they let me down one too many times so now I’m a WiredTree fan boy.
It’s just a plus that they have an affiliate program. I’m not even sure if my links are tracking right now, so I may not even get the credit if you sign up using my link if that makes you feel any better.
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