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Best hosting solutions for Wordpress and Zen Cart.

September 9th, 2009 Brent

Word­Press Web Hosting

There are hun­dreds of thou­sands of web hosts out there, the vast major­ity of which meet the Word­Press min­i­mum require­ments, and choos­ing one from the crowd can be a chore. Just like flow­ers need the right envi­ron­ment to grow, Word­Press works best when it’s in a rich host­ing environment.

We’ve dealt with more hosts than you can imag­ine; in our opin­ion, the hosts below rep­re­sent some of the best and bright­est of the host­ing world. If you do decide to go with one of the hosts below and click through from this page, some will donate a por­tion of your fee back—so you can have a great host and sup­port Word­Press at the same time.

If you don’t need the flex­i­bil­ity of a full web host, you may con­sider get­ting a free blog on WordPress.com.

Blue Host Blue Host

“Word­Press Auto-Install — new Word­Press updates are made avail­able within 24 hours! Unlim­ited disk stor­age, Unlim­ited monthly data trans­fer, host unlim­ited domains on 1 account, 1 free domain name for as long as you host with Blue­Host, 2500 POP / Web­Mail addresses, 50 MySQL data­bases, free con­trol panel, free Fan­tas­tico, free Sim­ple­Scripts, 24/7 net­work mon­i­tor­ing, 99% uptime guar­an­tee, mir­rored stor­age back­ups, no hid­den fees, voted best sup­port in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008!”

DreamHost DreamHost

“Word­Press auto-install and upgrade, 1 TB disk stor­age, 10 TB band­width, free domain, unlim­ited data­bases, 3000 email accounts, unlim­ited domain for­ward­ing, Jab­ber support.”

MediaTemple MediaTemple

“Host­ing that’s ready for traf­fic spikes. Start your new blog on a clus­tered host­ing plat­form that’s ready for you to hit the big time. Whether you reach the front page of Digg or get an unex­pected shout-out on Oprah, your blog will always be avail­able. Get started right-away with our Word­Press one-click installer and enough high-speed stor­age and band­width to run a blog­ging empire.”

JustHost JustHost

“Just Host offers the per­fect solu­tion for your Word­Press blog. With unlim­ited disk space, band­width and MySQL data­bases, usage restric­tions are a thing of the past. Just Host has offices in the US, UK and Aus­tralia and is ser­vice­able in 195 coun­tries world­wide. No mat­ter where you live though, Just Host offers first class sup­port 24/7 sup­port via phone, email and live chat support.”

Laughing Squid Laugh­ing Squid

“Laugh­ing Squid Web Host­ing is an inde­pen­dently owned and oper­ated web host, based out of San Fran­cisco, that pro­vides friendly, depend­able and secure web host­ing ser­vices to artists, indi­vid­u­als, blog­gers, non-profits, and small busi­nesses. We are open source geeks who are here to help you get your con­tent online and res­cue you from the end­less void of imper­sonal and unre­li­able web hosting.”

Require­ments: PHP 4.3 or higher, MySQL 4.0 or higher, Apache or Lite­speed recommended.

Zen Cer­ti­fied Hosting

sample certified host sealLook for the offi­cial seal on your host

Need a host for your Zen Cart™? We highly rec­om­mend a host that spe­cial­izes in the Zen Cart™ pro­gram. The fol­low­ing Cer­ti­fied Hosts have met our rig­or­ous stan­dards and are ready to help you get up and running.

Choos­ing a Cer­ti­fied Host will help to keep the Zen Cart™ Project mov­ing for­ward too as they have pledged finan­cial sup­port. You win with great host­ing — we win with more resources.

Blue Host

Blue Host — Our pro­fes­sional Web Host­ing plans include all the fea­tures you are look­ing for at the best pos­si­ble price. 99% Uptime Guar­an­tee, Mir­rored Stor­age Back­ups, No hid­den fees, Voted Best Sup­port in 2004, 2005, and 2006!

Camelot Host­ing

Camelot Host­ing pro­vides unpar­al­leled sup­port to those that want a com­plete and pow­er­ful e-commerce solu­tion. Camelot Host­ing will install Zen-Cart™ for free (by request) and migrate your Zen-Cart™ site from your old host for free.

Host Mon­ster

  • Help set­ting up your domain with us!
  • Free Site Promotion
  • 99.9% Net­work Uptime Guarantee
  • Pro­fes­sional Cour­te­ous Support
Terra Net­work

Zen Cart Certified Hosting

Our host­ing pack­ages are designed for E-Commerce and include all the ele­ments needed to run a secure online shop.

Geek Host

Geek Tested, Geek Approved! GeekHost.ca

  • Man­aged Zen­Cart Hosting
  • Secu­rity Oriented
  • PCI Com­pli­ant Servers
  • One Stop Shop (Domains, SSL & PCI Scanning)
  • Ded­i­cated IP Address Included (by request)
  • Tele­phone and Ticket Support
  • Instant Setup
  • Free Migra­tion or Basic Install
JSWeb

It’s our aim to make the whole process of set­ting up a Zen Cart eCom­merce store — let­ting you get on with sell­ing your prod­ucts — as pain­less and hassle-free as possible!

  • We install Zen Cart out-of-the-box for FREE
  • We offer a range of pack­ages to allow you to get started straight away
  • We can build an eCom­merce store spe­cific to your needs (e.g. pro­fes­sional look’n’feel design)
  • Need a mod­ule installed or built to your require­ments? We’re here to help!
  • ..Already host­ing a Zen Cart site but look­ing for a new reli­able home? We’ll sup­port you all the way with the migration!
  • All from a Friendly team who Eat, Drink and Live Zen Cart.
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  • I used Bluehost for two yrs for my zen cart fashions store. It's good for zen cart.
  • Gabriella Mckee
    This is great info. So good in fact that i'll have to do a write up about it for
    http://www.hostreviewsource.com
  • Thanks Gabriella, Glad you enjoyed it.
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