I’m sure you noticed that ad I put over on the navigation. Unless you started reading this first, then, well, now you know. xD What’s up with that? Well, Lunarpages is the webhost I have been using since April of ‘07, so almost 3 years.
This was the other banner I had considered using, but I liked the look of the rectangular one better. It just seemed nicer, even if it doesn’t take up the whole block of red.
Anyway, I would like to share my experiences with Lunarpages. I recommend it to anyone with some web experience and who wants a great host. Although, who would want a bad one anyway? 
In my last year of high school, I had saved up money and purchased a web hosting package with Lunarpages for $7.95 a month for a year. It came with a free domain name for as long as you were with them, and I also wanted to purchase a second domain. With a discount coupon I had found, the package came to just under $80.
I had researched webhosts long and hard before doing this, probably at least a year. Actually, probably longer. Although I didn’t expect to have the money to do so anytime soon, it was a fun pastime. As someone who always fiddled with making websites and a frequenter on the ol’ World Wide Web, it was a bit of a dream to have my own website. I think that’s something just about everyone wishes to have nowadays.
Anyway, I would check out prices, look up domain names, and see what was available and how much it would cost. My long research came down to three hosts: Hostmonster, Bluehost, and Lunarpages.
I originally was going to go with Hostmonster, but I believe something happened with them when I had come up with the money to get my own site. I don’t remember why I didn’t pick them. However, there were two reasons why I chose LP, even though it cost a whole $2 more a month than Bluehost.
Support reputation and I had a coupon.
Lunarpages has been known for it’s great support, and I felt that was important. Some hosts make you pay to get support 24/7. With all the craziness that is hackers and servers, you don’t want to skimp out on support.
The coupon? It was for $25 off and 2 free months after the year. 
Nice, huh? I know I thought so. xD
After ordering, which was great because LP took money orders (which is awesome), things didn’t go totally smooth sailing. After a couple days, although I could log into their site, my domains weren’t up. I checked domain availability, and it said my domains were still available for purchase! 
I quickly went to their help support and submitted a ticket about the problem.
In about an hour, there was a response, telling me there seemed to be a computer error during my purchase, and that they would get to it right away. But it might take up to 24 hours after they fix it for the websites to be up on the web.
If that quick response time wasn’t enough, I had submitted that ticket in the late evening. When I checked the next afternoon, the sites were up and working. That was fast work!
Ever since, I have only sent LP one other ticket, and that was to edit something in the purchase I made for this domain. After 10 minutes, I was told it was shifted to their technical support. Then in just under an hour later, it was taken care of.
Another awesome thing is that LP, after over a year with them, offered me a deal. I could buy more years for my package for the cost of their new $4.95 starter plan. How nice is that? I could only afford to pay for two more years at the time, but that saved me a lot! Totally awesome.
Well, this post is getting long. I’ve told you about why I chose LP and how amazing their support team is. I will write up a post next time about the actual hosting and how it works.
Tags: hosting, Internet, Lunarpages
