Mar
Why I <3 Dreamhost
I use Dreamhost for my web host. I signed up with them about 3 years ago. I only chose them because I had found a coupon code on the internet that gave me $97 off of my first year of hosting. That meant I only had to pay around $21 for an entire year.
Once I purchased my hosting I found out that I get a free domain name for the entire time that I am with them. So I purchased a second domain name – crystalpina.com. Domains are cheap, but it’s pretty cool that they offer that.
Dreamhost doesn’t come with phone support but they answer their emails almost immediately. Not only do they answer the email, they go above and beyond to make sure that my support question is resolved. Since I help people set up their blogs, I’ve needed support a bit more often than the average web host user. I’ve gotten the same fast response every time.
In the 3 years I’ve been with Dreamhost my site has never gone down.
Dreamhost also offers 2 extra tidbits that make using them pretty enticing. First, you can set Dreamhost to automatically upgrade your blog when an upgrade comes out. Second, you can backup up to 50GB of files from your computer to their Backup User area. Ok, that’s not a whole lot of space, but it’s a lot more than the free 2Gs offered by Mozy and DropBox.
If you are interested in hosting with Dreamhost, use the coupon code VISIONS for $50 off your first year of hosting.
