I never thought much about hosting when I started building sites I'd connect the domain get everything live and forget about it then a few months later I'm dealing with renewals, deployments, SSL redirects and some random issue I barely remember setting up in the first place

Maybe I'm just tired of managing separate tools but I've started preferring having hosting tied into the same place I'm building the site I get why you'd want full server control for bigger or more technical stuff for a normal marketing site though I don't know, having fewer things to mess with has been way nicer

The siteground renewal is $450 for the gogeek for 1 year. I do like siteground and only have 1 website but plan to have around 5. Any suggestions? Seems kind of expensive.

Sharing our documented experience after 2 years on Ultahost VDS/VPS to warn other sysadmins and e-commerce operators.

Stack Conflicts: Their managed/unmanaged setups came with Apache and LiteSpeed running simultaneously, causing port bindings/routing issues and internal server crashes every 48 hours.

Backdoor Loop: During a malware incident, Tier 1/2 support repeatedly overwrote the clean directory with infected full backups without isolating the entry point. Result: continuous backdoor execution via cron tasks and Google Search Console ownership verification exploits by attackers (limpekpatenn).

Broken Permissions & Missing Media: Support execution resulted in wiped wp-content/uploads visibility and incorrect permission states (chmod locks), throwing 403 errors across public assets.

Billing Dispute: Refused direct card refund upon cancellation after severe service outage, offering only internal credit balance for a service being decommissioned.

If you run WooCommerce or any critical web app, steer clear.

looks like the Namecheap servers decided to take Labour Day off 😂

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