Hosting questions

[integrity]

New to Miva. Not happy with current host. Been checking out WebNet Hosting. Thoughts? Recommendations? I have noticed browsing through this forum that hostasaurus and wolfpaw are popular choices.

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

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Hands down Hostasaurus gets my vote. I highly recommend their services to all of my clients.

[Pamela Hazelton]

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New to Miva. Not happy with current host. Been checking out WebNet Hosting. Thoughts? Recommendations? I have noticed browsing through this forum that hostasaurus and wolfpaw are popular choices.

There are a handful of hosts that are considered ideal for MIVA Merchant. Another is http://www.dotcomhost.com - they also know MM very well and configure the servers ideally.

Most of the "big guys" configure for sites fine, but not for MM specifically.

[Vic - WolfPaw Computers]

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They also do not have the expertise in MIVA Merchant to offer the level of support we can...nor do they configure their servers to provide optimum performance for MIVA Merchant.

[d_host]

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I hope you were referring to the host mentioned in the original post, not to the message immediately above from Pamela! :-))) (if you read all responses it sort of flows into that - just wanted to clarify for anyone confused that we most certainly do support MIVA Merchant)

[Vic - WolfPaw Computers]

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Sorry, I was indeed referring to both the original post and Pamela's comment about the 'big guys'.

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

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I dealt with one of the "Big Guys" the other night that could not even handle a vBulletin upgrade. (had to switch servers to get the latest version of MySQL) I also asked them to get a MIVA Merchant 5 store up and running along side an existing MIVA Merchant 4 store... dead silence.

Needless to say my client switched hosts that night :)

[integrity]

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Thank you for the responses. I have another question. I see that Hostasaurus is listed on the premiere hosting but wolfpaw isn't. All over the Miva forum are testimonies of Wolfpaw's Miva hosting.

[Vic - WolfPaw Computers]

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The primary difference is money. We choose not to pay for a Premier Partnership.

You can see the designations here:
http://smallbusiness.miva.com/partne...en&xid=member1

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

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Vic is right... the "Premier Hosting" vs. "Standard Hosting" means absolutely nothing in the quality of services provided by the companies listed there. In my opinion, those two lists are completely useless. Some of those hosts should not even be allowed anywhere near MIVA Merchant.

[Vic - WolfPaw Computers]

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BTW - we opt not to pay for Premier Hosting Partner status since we also are Development partners.

We felt this was more beneficial to us since we also write custom modules and now offer several for sale as well.

[lickx]

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http://www.dotcomhost.com - is the Best

[nordicwolf]

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Well, i am sure most of the hosts in the prior posts are great miva hosts... regarding the big boys i was with hostway for 7 years and yes they can get miva running but for effeciency and other issues you had to have your support ticket submitted to so-called third level support team - very ineffecient..- things worked most of the time - but if i really needed some help with miva- its not a host i would chose.

I am at Cybrhost now - strong servers,fast fast. It feels nice to be able to talk to someone about miva for change and have them understand it. Also, support response is very quick. Also they do alot, that i usually woundn't expect a host to do. And yes they know miva well. They are one of the few MIVA hosting company that specialize exclusively in Miva ecommerce. Just wish they had a full featured host controller there though i think good support and miva knowledge is more important than this. And I love that they have opened a port for email - as i was never able to put out bulk email to my customers due to port 25 blocking - and i never need to change my mail settings when i am on the road.. :) dont know about others, but no other host i have been with does this..

I think you are ok so long as you use someone who is dedicated to Miva. But, any of the hosts recommended here - will probably be good - again try not to go by the miva site as to what is a hosting partner ....

[Red Flare]

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I had a horrible experience with WebNet Hosting. Response time was sometimes in the weeks. On one occasion they completely forgot to respond to my ticket, and only after a couple of weeks when I reminded them, they responded.
Anyway, any of the hosts active on this forum are great! :)

edit:
Oh yeah! And WebNet had no clue about MIVA.

[JustinBR]

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Does anyone have experience or feedback on Apollo Hosting or OLM? Those are the two I've been looking at since my host does not support MIVA. tia