Hey folks,
I’m going to be pitching a CS Cart site to a client and I’m going to be using the Community Edition for now.
The shop’s going to be pretty small to begin with, probably < 50 products. Do I require a VPS or will I be able to stick with Shared Hosting? I have experience with HostGator, so I’m partially leaning towards them in either case.
The other ones that I’m considering, if it comes down to VPS,
securecarthost.com (though I must say, they should really consider giving their site a facelift)
vps.net
^ How much RAM do you think I would need?
Note: I understand I’m posting this in the wrong section, but for some reason vBulletin refuses me allow my posts in the relevant section.
I went with VPS after few hundred products and went with Hostgator’s 1.13GHz with 768MB of RAM. For $50/month it’s definitely worth it in a long run. The problem with a lot of the popular shared hosting plan is that during the day or at peak hours it does bog down. I’ve had so many frustrating moments just to update a product on their shared plan.
It was worse with Powweb…goodness. That hosting company is still slow to this day (as one of my domain is on there).
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The other ones that I’m considering, if it comes down to VPS,
securecarthost.com (though I must say, they should really consider giving their site a facelift)
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You may want to read through the forums before you host with Secure Cart Host. I believe they either have gone out of business or will be real soon.
I have hosted (and still host) small CS sites on shared package but it really depends on the traffic.
only for few products you don’t need to buy VPS. Shared account can do this for you. I have 500+ and still using shared hosting with damn too fast speed.
Just start with shared… you can always upgrade.
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Just start with shared… you can always upgrade.
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I agree with this… Start first with low plans then eventually upgrade if you find you need more out of their service…
If you want more juice with a relatively competitive price, I think that you really should consider going cloud hosting. Even with limited hardware power, you can get more bang for every penny you pay for subscription as you are given better specs. The computer need not to have a powerful processor because all those boundaries are set aside by cloud hosting as they operate in a new dimension.