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FREE & Low Cost Web Hosting & Domain Names |
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I have compared scores of hosting plans and actually tried more than 10++ before finding Citymax.com. Some were free, some were not.
Free hosting plans are often frowned upon because of forced ads, long urls, unsupported enviornments, advertising & content restrictions, and the overall lack of support, reliablity & security. However, they should be viewed as an opportunity to try the product without cost or obligation, and as your needs grow --- upgrade.
For some, the Free Starter Plan contains all the features they'll ever need in a website solution. For others, a Low Cost Starter Plan, which already contain the basic website enhancements, is the more prudent choice.
In terms of ease of use, diverse template selections, dynamic website features & tools, reliablity, security & upgradeablity, I highly recommend Bravenet, ecomPlanet, CityMax, or Yahoo.
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Web Hosting Starter Packages Comparison
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FREE
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Low Cost
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Hosting Site
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Basic Cost / Month
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$0.00
Ad Supported
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$0.00
No Ads-40 day login
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$19.98 / mo
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$11.97 1
$7.77 / 2mo
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| Upgrade Cost / Month |
$4.99 - $12.002
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$14.96 - $26.962
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Pennies / Feature2
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$19.95 - $39.952
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Set-Up Fees
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n / a
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$19.00 Waived
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n / a
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$25.00 Waived
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| Guarantee |
30-day
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Try Before You Buy
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1) 10-day FREE Trial
2) 30-day Money Back
3) 90-day Make Money
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30-day
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| Domain Only Offer |
$ 8.95 / Year |
$ 14.95 / Year |
$11.99 / Year
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$ 9.95 / Year |
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Allow Top Level Domain Name
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FREE3
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FREE3
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Yes
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FREE with Website
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Personalized Business Email*
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Unlimited3
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53
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5
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200
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Data Transfer (Monthly Bandwidth)
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1.5GB
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20GB
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Unlimited
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200GB
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Disk Space (# of web pages)
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50MB /
Unspecified
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25GB /
15 pages
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50MB /
500 pages
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5GB /
5 pages
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| FTP Account |
1 / Unlimited4
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14
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No
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1
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| Website Builders (Visual & HTML) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Customizable Design Templates |
Selected
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Yes
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1500+
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380+
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| Support Other Design Software Programs (Most FTP software - MS FrontPage®, Adobe GoLive®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, MS Publisher, ASP & Coldfusion) |
Yes4
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Yes4
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No
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Yes
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| Web Enhancements (Guestbooks, Hit Counters, Newsletter, Photo Album, etc.) |
27+
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| ECommerce (Shopping cart with Payment Processing Integration, Order & Inventory, Management, , etc.) |
No
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Yes4
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500 Product Catalog5
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Merchant Solutions 
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| Advanced Scripting & Database Tools (like PHP, Perl scripting, MySQL, phpBB, PHP-Nuke, etc.) |
Yes4
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Yes4
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No
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Yes
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24/7 Online Support
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Marketing Discounts (Yahoo, Overture, Google Adwords, etc.) |
No
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Yes4
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Yes
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Yes
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Bravenet FREE Hosting & Domains
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ecomPlanet
Get Started for FREE!
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CityMax - All In One Website Builder
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Yahoo! Web Hosting 
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1 Promotion ends 3/30/2008.
2 Discounts available for quarterly & yearly payment plans.
3 Requires hosting upgrade and/or domain registration or transfer.
4 Activated on upgrade.
5 Also includes Ebay & Paypal Integration, upgradeable.
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