iPage Review

iPage is an incredibly affordable site, whose price actually undercuts most of it’s competitors. They are a leader in the industry, serving over 1 million websites in 150 countries. iPage boasts six worldwide locations with nearly 1000 employees. iPage has been in business since 1995, making them one of the oldest hosts on this list. The cheapest host with the best value guarantees them the top position on our site!

iPage gives you everything the others do and then some, with “loads” of disk space and bandwidth, as well as unlimited domains and MySQL databases. It also hosts both drag and drop Site Builder and a Site Builder that runs on templates, so you have your choice of design methods if you use Site Builder. There is also a blog setup wizard, photo gallery wizard, and a customized Google search engine for your site. You also get a personalized domain name free for one year.

Businesses get a range of free features and services as well, including a free online store. Business webmasters also have their choice of shopping carts, which can be chosen according to feature or by style, to fit the design of your site. iPage’s business sites also include PayPal integration.

iPage accounts include full e-mail, as well as webmail which allows you to check your mail online. It also has spam filters. These are not only great for webmail, but provide an extra layer of protection for all those who check their mail on a desktop application. Finally, iPage’s mailing services include virus check.

Whether you are a business or a personal site, marketing and promotion are key to your efforts. What is the point of having a great website if no one can find it? iPage provides the most marketing tools of any webhost out there, with a free Yellowpages.com listing, free toll free number (US citizens only), $100 credit for AdWords, $50 credit for Yahoo/Bing, and $25 credit for advertising on Facebook. That is nearly $200 in free advertising credit right off the bat.

Tracking and reporting is also important to webmasters, and iPage knows it, offering such features and services as integrated Google Webmaster Tools, visitor statistics and traffic reporting, and more. Most of these services are integrated into iPage’s Web Hosting Control Panel.

iPage also knows that security is important and offers several options to beef yours up, as well. Their exclusive enhanced security suite comes free with every account, and allows you to sweep your account once a year. The security suite lets you check for spam and malware across your site. You also get domain verification and a security badge for your site. iPage also hosts your site through redundant servers, not a single server with a backup. This results in better uptime and fewer problems.

iPage has customer support available 24/7, and most calls are answered within two minutes. Agents know the system and are familiar with webhosting and webmastering in general, so they are specially trained to handle your questions and concerns. There are some 800 employees ready to handle your calls.