HostMonster Web Hosting Package

Unlike most other hosting companies, HostMonster offers only one single hosting plan. You will get all the necessary features for basic web hosting, ecommerce website hosting, blog hosting, shopping cart software, simple scripts, SSL services… EVERYTHING, in just one single web hosting plan, in just one single price.

Why only one single hosting plan?

What’s good about this is that once you’ve decided to go with HostMonster, your shopping review work are done. You do not need to worry about hosting plan upgrades in the future, you do not need to worry about bandwidth upgrades when your website grew popular – none of those problems bothers you.

Sounds good?

Hosting with HostMonster cost $6.95/mo if you pay 24 months in advance; $7.95/mo if you go for the 12 months term. No other cancellation fees, setup fees, customer support fees, hidden fees… blah blah blah. The offer is clear and direct – pay $6.95 (or $7.95) per month and you’ll get unlimited domain hosting, unlimited file transfer bandwidth, unlimited disk storage space, along with all the necessary web features. Full stop.

Highlights of HostMonster features

Here’s what makes HostMonster’s deal look attractive:

Features	Details
Unlimited Disk Storage	Yes
Host Unlimited Domains	Yes
Free Domain Name	Yes
Unlimited Gigs of Site Transfer	Yes
Unlimited Add-on Domains	Yes
Override .htaccess Support	Yes
$50 Yahoo Advertising Credit	FREE!
$50 Google Adwords Credit	FREE!
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The answer is a direct YES.

In fact you’ll get more than just SSL secure server when you signup with HostMonster services. Generally, HostMonster customers get all the necessary ecommerce hosting features, including SSL Secure Server, OS Commerce Shopping Cart, Agora Shopping Cart, Free Generated Certificate, Password Protected Directories, as well as Open PGP/GPG Encryption.

All these are available with just $6.95/mo for a 24-months signup. Comparing its price and features, I would say HostMonster is one of the best choices when you’re looking for an affordable ecommerce hosting.

On top of that, HostMonster’s offering $50 free credit each for Yahoo Web Marketing and Google Adwords. You can startup your ecommerce website and start promoting it, as soon as you setup your hosting account with HostMonster.

Cool? You bet.

What is Simple Scripts?

In short, SimpleScripts is an automated script installer just like Fantastico. The purpose of Simple Scripts is simple and direct – to provide an ultra-easy way to install web applications in your web host.

At the time of writing,  Simple Scripts include one-click web application for about 30 web applications. Not as much as you can get with Fantastico but it’s definately not bad for new comer in the industry.

A print screen of Simple Scripts on HostMonster looks something like this:

Featured Web Applications on Simple Scripts:

Where to get into Simple Scripts control panel from Host Monster?

Simple. There’s a list of software and services available with HostMonster at your cPanel main page. Look for the particular row and you’ll see the ‘Simple Scripts’ icon there. It should be grouped along with RubyGems, PHP Config, Fantastico De Luxe, as well as Agora Shopping Cart.

What’s good about Simple Scripts?

Honestly, I am happy with what I can do in Simple Scripts as an end users. However, I failed to notice any differences between Simple Scripts with Fantastico – thus it makes no sense for me to switch.

Nonetheless, from the web host’s point of view, Simple Scripts claims that they are much better than Fantastico as their system is better in term of maintenance, future expansions, price, branding options, as well as rapid updates.

Is this true? Well, I can’t be sure as I’m just a web hosting customers but not a owner of web hosting company. But what I do know is that many web hosting companies are already upgrading their services with Simple Scripts, including HostMonster.