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Overview
Started in 2000, Lunarpages has grown to include over 100,000 customers. With two datacenters, a large call center, and service technicians located in different parts of the US, the company has over 100 employees. Lunarpages has won several awards for their customer service over the years and provides many testimonials on their website that you can read.
Over the years, Lunarpages has expanded to include not only shared web hosting, but also dedicated hosting, windows hosting, business hosting, and reseller hosting. The company remains a privately owned company, which means that you will save money each month in low fees.
Lunarpages allows you to transfer your existing domain name and will even give you a credit for making the transfer.
SPECIAL OFFER: Get a free domain for life as long as you host with
Lunarpages.Also, when you move your website to Lunarpages annual plan from another web hosting , they will add the time
remaining from your existing pre-paid web hosting account to your new Lunarpage plan (up to 6 months) and provide you with a 90 day money back guarantee .
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Reliability & Performance
Lunarpages exclusively uses high-end Dell servers at their data center , accordingly , you will get above average web hosting performance and reliability without paying extra.
Lunarpages offers 99.9% uptime, a 30-day money back guarantee, and free domain registration when you sign up for a basic web hosting plan. With customer service support, you will always be able to take care of issues quickly and easily. Basic web hosting packages also come with password protection, backup systems, 24/7, 365 network monitoring, and media support.
Basic web hosting packages have 1500GB of disk storage and 15,000GB bandwidth per month.
Other hosting packages have similar reliability features. If you plan on selling items on your website, you may want to upgrade to a business hosting package that includes shopping carts, additional security, and unlimited disk storage.
If you want to host ASP (Active Server Pages) or ASP.net , you should consider a window hosting package that includes ASP.net web applications, 5,000MB disk storage and 400GB bandwidth per month.
Reseller web hosting packages feature 1000MB disk storage and 100GB bandwidth per month.
Pricing
Lunarpages has a very generous offer and do provide what they obligated.
Depending on the type of web hosting you are looking for, prices will vary.
Shared web hosting and business web hosting is comparable to other web hosting companies.
You can choose between one and two year contracts or pay monthly. If you sign a contract, you will not have to pay startup fees.
Coupon codes that you can use are Big50, 2xtramonths or 25OffHosting (not all work with all plans).
They also offers $700 in CoffeeCup.com Software FREE, free domain while you host with them, hosting transfers offer, domain registrations discounted etc.
Control panel
Lunarpages currently uses CPanelX control panel which is the latest version.
For web site administration it offers the user an easy and intuitive interface along with great packed functions.
On the Lunarpages website, you will find a complete control panel manual that you can use whenever you need it.
Some of the features you have include access to unlimited email accounts, shopping carts, pre-installed scripts,
MySQL databases, custom error messages, password- protected directories , shopping carts, chat rooms , search engine submission , setting up forums,
sub domains, MIME types, apache handlers,cron jobs, media support,free CGI scripts and many more when you sign up for basic or business web hosting packages.
If you decide to sign up for a windows hosting package, you will be able to receive more shopping cart options, website scripts, and media support.
Reseller hosting has many of the same options mentioned above.
Customer support
Customer support at Lunarpages is superior and they are very
responsive to your questions.
As with many other web hosting companies, Lunarpages offers customer service options including phone and email.
You can also submit and track tickets, look up issues in the article database, FAQ pages, and glossary.
You can also complete tutorials that will teach you how to use certain tools and other functions included in your web hosting package.
Take advantage of these tutorials so you can learn as much as possible about maintaining your website and watch your business grow
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