Last Updated on June 29, 2020 by Obaro Alidou K.
Half of businesses in the US still don’t have a website and the statistics are even worse worldwide.
“Your website is not just a name, it’s your brand.” You may think that yours is a small operation, but when it comes to benefiting from a website, size does not matter.
It doesn’t matter as well if you are a sole-proprietor or a 10k-employee big corporate. The fact is that if you don’t have a website, you’re losing business to other companies that do.
Don’t know how to expand your business with a website? Don’t worry; HostPapa has got you covered. In this full service presentation, I will show you how HostPapa can help your business get online fast and grow.
Who Is HostPapa?
HostPapa is a privately owned web hosting company founded in 2006 by Jamie Opalchuck. They host over 500,000 websites, making them one of fastest growing web hosting companies in the industry.
HostPapa certainly owes its spectacular growth to its various customer support options. In fact, it is one of the rare companies to provide support in different languages, including English, German, Spanish, and French.
YEP, and they don’t stop there. The company also operates in countless locations including Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Mexico, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, France, Ireland, Belgium, and Spain.
HostPapa Web Hosting Services
HostPapa is a Canadian-based (headquarter location: Burlington, Canada) company that provides a wide range of web hosting services like Domain registration, shared hosting, WordPress hosting, virtual private servers, Reseller, and E-Commerce Hosting. Let’s take a closer at each service to understand what is included.
Domain Name Registration
Want to go online? You first need a domain name. Like your home address, your domain name is the address of your website. It is what users type in their browsers to land on your website.
HostPapa provides most TLD extensions like .com and .net, and you can also go with stylish domain extensions like .tech, .club, and more with prices starting at $0.99/year.
Shared Hosting
With HostPapa, you can start small with shared hosting which is a cost-effective way to launch your business website. It comes with three well managed plans (Starter, Business, and Business Pro) and price starts at as low as $3.95/mo all professional features included.
The Starter plan allows 2 websites, 100BG SSD storage, Unlimited Bandwidth, free Starter Website Builder to help launch your website without any technical knowledge, and free SSL certificates through Let’s Encrypt.
The Business plan, on the other hand, provides 2x server resources, unlimited hosted websites, SSD storage, Bandwidth, unlimited email accounts, and MySQL databases.
Finally, the HostPapa Business Pro plan is the top of the shared hosting line. It includes everything from Business plan and plus a free upgrade to business website builder, 4x resources, fewer clients per server, rocket fast servers with up to 300% performance boost. The plan also includes advanced security features like premium wildcard SSL, SiteLock Detect, Domain Privacy, Automated Website Backup, and more.
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WordPress Hosting
When it comes to WordPress hosting, the top aspects to look for are server technology and security as WordPress is the most targeted CMS by hackers and malicious attacks. And, HostPapa has got these aspects covered.
In fact, their WordPress hosting runs on the latest Apache coupled with NGINX server, HTTP/2 protocol, Built-in WordPress security and monitoring, latest PHP7, OPcache, and free SSL Certificated to encrypt your users’ data.
HostPapa WordPress hosting comes in three plans as well: WP Starter, WP Business, and WP Business Pro.
WP Starter
- 2 websites
- Free domain registration
- 100GB of SSD storage
- Unmetered bandwidth
- 100 email accounts
- Free Jetpack Pre-installed
Price: $3.95/mo
WP Business
- Unlimited websites
- Free domain registration
- Unlimited SSD storage
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Unlimited email accounts
- Advanced WordPress Features
- Free Jetpack Pre-installed
Price: $5.95/mo
WP Business Pro
- Unlimited websites
- Free domain registration
- Unlimited SSD storage
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Unlimited email accounts
- Advanced WordPress Features
- Premium WordPress Features
- Jetpack Premium pre-installed ($99/year value)
Price: $12.95/mo
E-Commerce Hosting
Do you want to sell your products online and expand your existing physical shop? HostPapa provides one of the best platforms for hosting eCommerce.
Whether you want a small online store with WordPress + WooCommerce, or need something special like PrestaShop, OpenCart, CubeCart, OsCommerce, etc. HostPapa is ready to get you online in a matter of minutes.
The pricing starts at $3.95/mo with all essential tools for building and managing an online store included.
HostPapa VPS Hosting
VPS (Virtual Private Server) is the level of hosting you need when your website grows and starts receiving 100K+ monthly traffic. It is more stable and up to 5x more powerful than Shared Hosting.
HostPapa VPS is one of the most complete on the market with five plans, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter’s plan. The cool thing is you can get from 4 CPU Cores and 2GB RAM, to 12 CPU Cores and 32GB RAM.
Each VPS plan includes:
- 2 Dedicated IP addresses
- Full root access
- Enhanced SSD Servers
- SolusVM VPS Panel
- Free Migration from experts
- Unlimited websites
- Free unlimited SSLs
- 1-Click Softaculous App Installer with 400+ Apps (WordPress, Joomla, Prestashop,….)
- Private DNS
- Wholesale Domains
And much more…
Reseller Hosting
HostPapa doesn’t just host your website. They also allow you to start your own web hosting business through their reseller hosting.
In fact, with HostPapa reseller hosting, you can start selling hosting with your own pricing and collect money in your own pocket.
HostPapa has taken care of the dirty work, including server maintenance, security patches, and speed optimization while you focus on growing your client base and making money.
Plans come into five variations including Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Titanium starting from $29.99/mo.
Reseller Plans, Features & pricing
Bronze Plan
- 4 Core CPU
- 2GB RAM
- 50GB SSD storage
- 500GB bandwidth
- 20 cPanel accounts
- Free SSL certificates
Price: $29.99/mo
Silver Plan
- 4 Core CPU
- 4GB RAM
- 100GB SSD storage
- 1TB bandwidth
- 40 cPanel accounts
- Free SSL certificates
Price: $39.99/mo
Gold Plan
- 8 Core CPU
- 8GB RAM
- 150GB SSD storage
- 1.5TB bandwidth
- 60 cPanel accounts
- Free SSL certificates
- Free Billing & Automation Suite
($24.95 USD value)
Price: $64.99/mo
Platinum
- 8 Core CPU
- 16GB RAM
- 200GB SSD storage
- 2TB bandwidth
- 100 cPanel accounts
- Free SSL certificates
- Free Billing & Automation Suite
($24.95 USD value)
Price: $89.99/mo
Titanium
- 8 Core CPU
- 32GB RAM
- 250GB SSD storage
- 2.5TB bandwidth
- 150 cPanel accounts
- Free SSL certificates
- Free SSL certificates
- Free Billing & Automation Suite
($24.95 USD value)
Price: $119.99/mo
Let’s say you just purchased the Gold plan where you can host 60 cPanel accounts and you charge each of your clients as low as $5/mo.
So you will be making $5 x 60 = $300/mo while just paying $64.99/mo to HostPapa. This is a huge margin profit!
Professional Website Builder
When you don’t want to deal with server management, CMS installs and other stuff like that and just want to get a business website up and running with just some essential pages like Home and Contact page, you need a website builder. And guess what? HostPapa has got you covered as well!
They have a fully functional website builder solution with professionally designed templates to get online as quickly as 1,2,3.
- Select your template
- Customize the template
- Get online
YEP, it is that easy.
However, if you purchase one of HostPapa shared or WordPress hosting plans, the website builder is included for free.
Wrapping Up
HostPapa is a well-known brand within the hosting community and provides a variety of hosting services designed for businesses.
Whether you are just starting out or already live and need one of the most reliable business hosting providers, HostPapa might be worth giving a shot.
Any experience or questions? Comment down below. We are all here to share and help.
Cheers!
Obaro