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I'm about to go with godaddy for my new site im working on. But I have never built a REAL site with them. How would I host it there? Would I need a designer?

Godaddy? AVOID!

Do you have $25,001 you don't need?  If so, I happen to know of an extremely rare domain name you could use...

Hi OP- might I recommend that you use Cinfu.com?

I just bought a domain from them but of course they do hosting and private servers as well. I used them because they accept Bitcoin... and the transaction was very easy. I have a few dozen domain names at GoDaddy... I've always used them, but I may just migrate them to a new host like Cinfu because they accept the good coin :)

I already know the name I want and no I spent $25,000 on my last domain sorry

Well how does it work..Godaddy I have had a pretty good experience with them at buying domains and they are very cheap.

No, don't use GoDaddy. I use the Rackspace Cloud.

I would not use GoDaddy for hosting a site; I've seen far too many reports of their service being unreliable and doing strange things to people's web apps. They do domains quite well, though.

Everyone says not to use them.. idk why?

lol


Add another vote for do not use GoDaddy for hosting.   There are dedicated hosting providers so you can keep that separate from the domain buying itself.

Because you've obviously never had a critical service that relied heavily on website uptime. GoDaddy offers hosting for consumers. Whether it may be blogs, personal websites, they don't need that 99.99% uptime necessity. If you're going to host a Bitcoin service, go with AWS, Linode, Dreamhost, or the Rackspace Cloud. All of them have good SLAs and have excellent support (except for Amazon). They won't dump you off their service simply because you're using too many resources (Dreamhost might ask you to upgrade to a VPS).

GoDaddy is notorious for their horrible upselling techniques and overall junk (not sure about hosting), people just try to avoid them completely.

Everyone who posted, who would you recommend most and cheap

Define 'cheap'.

Was this for a specific site or all your sites?   I honestly wouldn't have a great answer, but if you give up that information the people who can answer this would be able to assist better.   I know depending on what kind of traffic you are serving up, ie if is media heavy, should go with certain types of hosting over others.

Well godaddy is only like 5 bucks a month.. Thats cheap and im makin a site that would run like bitcoindouble.com

They don't give you root access, so you can't install the bitcoin daemon on it. You are at least going to have to cash out 20-50 a month.

Whats the bitcoin daemon? ??? :-[

Its the bitcoin client with no gui and runs in the background on Linux. You obviously have a lot to learn before you start making a Bitcoin service. :P

I dont have linux and whats a gui lol

You don't have to have linux, but I recommend that whoever you choose for hosting does. GUI = Graphical User Interface. The bitcoin daemon is basically just bitcoin without graphics. Don't go for godaddy.

Just let me know what your service is and if you do go with godaddy ... I'll stay away

I have all kinds of problems with godaddy, database drop outs, site doesn't reply, just weird issues and the minute you start to look in to it ... its magically fixed

just have a look at all the sites on 1 godaddy ip http://www.websitelooker.com/ip/97.74.177.1/1 (http://www.websitelooker.com/ip/97.74.177.1/1) (there are 3 pages)

Godaddy isnt all that bad. I have some hosting with them as an experiment I have root access and etc. The only thing i would say about them is they do not handle load balancing very well as sometimes are quite slow. Most people that have issue's can be listed under the category PBUAK (problem between user and keyboard) in other words user error. Still if you are going to run a site like that which i think you have in mind you should get a dedicated box. You can find them relatively cheap if you look around. Google is your friend

I was reluctant to reply when this thread was first created because I was sure the many individuals who offer hosting would jump at the opportunity to solicit your business, but since they haven't...

I can offer you webhosting that would match your needs for 1 BTC a month and I'm willing to adjust that price each month in accordance with the going exchange rate.

PM me for more details.

You can get an Amazon AWS 'micro' instance free for a year. That's plenty enough time to get a project off the ground and either have it outgrow the instance or fail. :)

Link? And how much after that?

your best bet would be to get the best hosting you can afford. Your site is only going to be as good as its host it is slow people are going to time out and etc trying to get there which does you no good.

https://aws.amazon.com/free/

Amazon micro instance = baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaad performance.

All I have to say.

The "performance" is exactly as described. It's doing a small VoIP server for me just fine. You just can't hog 100% of the CPU, and most things don't.

bitcoindouble.com is hosted at nationalnet.com Here is a review: http://www.000webhost.com/directory/reviews/national-net.com

Notice on the left is the top 10 list. I use #3 and rarely had a problem. The few times I did, it was handle very quickly by there service department. They have always been friendly and helpful.

I will always register with Godaddy and host at HostGator useless I have a project that would be better suited for a different hosting outfit.

Hope this helps with your search for hosting and good luck with your project.

When you hit any stumbling blocks (and you will), you know you can return to this forum where the kind folks here will help you out any way they can.

BTW, if any one has an objection to hosting at HostGator, please voice your opinion along with the reason(s) why. Thank you.

First off, the Bitcoin daemon does not have to run as "root". Nor should it run as "root". It should have its own user.  See
"http://www.austinheap.com/assets/coins/531b6341e653b7b57a8f7f5cc3da79d9.pdf" for install instructions for CentOS, which is what you usually get from a hosting provider today.

Second, does the original poster need a Bitcoin daemon?

Avoid GoDaddy.

If you have a modest web site and don't need a continuously running program like the Bitcoin daemon, HostGator is a good entry-level choice. They start at about $4 per month.   Dreamhost is considered good, and more developer-friendly than most other low-cost hosting services. When you get serious and need dedicated servers, talk to Rackspace, Codero, or Hurricane Electric.

I run my minor web sites on HostGator accounts; the big stuff is on dedicated servers at Codero.

Um, what's your website name again?

You need to have root access in order to 'create' a user to run the bitcoin daemon.

Nodaddy!!!

If you don't need the cloud thingy, I traditionally go with Hostgator.. I believe they're the fastest and most reliable.

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No? I did quite extensive research on traditional (non-cloud) hosting a year back and I thought it's a pretty good consensus that Hostgator, although a bit pricier than most, has the best respond time and good service.

I signed up for the Amazon one. But from here I have no clue on what to do ???

I can second this. I currently have a (hidden) IRC hub running on a Cinfu VPS (their smallest plan) and it's been very reliable so far. Payment (in Bitcoins of course) was also very easy.

Another one to recommend is Ramhost, even though they do not accept Bitcoins (yet!). I have no experience with their shared hosting, but I've heard good things about it, and I've been a happy VPS customer for over 1,5 years with them now (currently have 5 VPSes with them of varying specifications).

Also joining in on the rest: no matter what you do, stay away from GoDaddy. They fall in the same category as LunarHost, BlueHost, Hostgator, and all these other hosts like them. They are known for aggressive marketing, unreliable services (reliable enough for a weblog, but not for anything serious), varying customer service, and more than once I've heard people complain about billing issues with GoDaddy hosting.

As far an Amazon instance, you will have to set up a webserver yourself... I am not sure how Amazon instances work, but assuming they work like regular VPSes (and run Debian) you can simply google 'lighttpd php mysql debian' to get a tutorial for a fairly simple webserver setup... you may want to have someone who knows how to use Linux help you with this.

Can you describe the kind of thing you want to host more specifically? It helps if people know what exactly you want to do with the hosting :P

Also, stay clear from any host that offers you unlimited disk space or is otherwise offering things that seem too good to be true. While hosting can be cheap (look at Ramhost and Cinfu), these 'screaming marketing' websites are usually this aggressive on marketing for a reason, and try to lock you into a 1-year (or longer) hosting plan. I believe both Ramhost and Cinfu offer monthly plans where you can cancel at any time. "If it looks too good to be true, it usually is."

^{For those wondering why unlimited disk space is bad... when was the last time you saw an unlimited harddrive in your local electronics store?}

I want to make a game that you can bet btc and pick a number from 1-3 and you win back double it would use bitcoinbalance.com if the owner emails me back for withdrawals and deposits.

I've never had a problem with godaddy. The sites I've run there are just php/mysql though. At the very least it's very inexpensive and easy to set something up there.

Okay. I'm not entirely sure how BitcoinBalance works, this is probably a question you should be asking them (BitcoinBalance). My guess is going to be that you will need to use cURL.

I'd just wait until you have a response from BitcoinBalance as to what the requirements are to use their system (specifically ask for any PHP extensions that may be needed).
After that, you can decide on where to host it. If it only requires something like cURL it would probably be best to go with something like Ramhost shared (you should ask them if they have cURL support beforehand though). If you need to run any specialized software, something like a free Amazon instance may be an option - but be aware that if you use an Amazon instance, you will have to learn to set up and maintain a server on your own.

As for the pricetag, Ramhost's smallest shared package would be enough, and is $0,75 per month (you pay per year though, probably because of transaction costs, so that would be $9 for a year of hosting). That wouldn't include a domain though, so you'd have to get one elsewhere (at GoDaddy, or Internet.bs for example) and just point it at the Ramhost nameservers (which is 5 minutes of work). Total pricetag would be around $21 for a year for both the hosting and domain, assuming you'd get the domain at GoDaddy.

EDIT: Best to not order anything before you are sure about what the requirements are... so I'd just wait for the response from BitcoinBalance first.

I have signed up and been approved for amazon webs services I dont know what to do now..

Now, you go create a micro ec2 instance.

on that page now..

Now install any distro, update security packages, and download bitcoind. You'll be all set.

im new to all of this soooo..what? lol :-[

Can you tell me the steps to get all those?

Go install Ubuntu 11.04 on the micro instance.

To update the security packages

To add a new user

Now exit from ssh and login using the 'bitcoin' user.


Now I don't know if your OS is x86 / x32 or x64 so choose the correct directory.


That will run in the background, but I would also go with something like monit to make sure it runs 24/7.

don't see micro instance anywhere.. sorry i am brand new at this

https://i.imgur.com/EQe4O.png

Press 'Launch Instance' and select a 32bit OS. Then, you will see the t1.micro instance option.

key pair? and do I have to fill out all that stuff before key pair?