Why? If you’ve ever dealt with iPower as a multiple-site manager, you know. They were bought or merged with Endurance International Group in MA about a year ago? (I can’t remember, doesn’t matter).

In the process they had to manually edit things like server paths in php configure files without knowledge of the site owner or administrator. They wound up killing an osCommerce installation for one of my clients. I can only imagine how many others were lost by their inexperienced developers who were charged with editing thousands of files. The task itself is unimaginable to me, and of course they screwed up a few.

Anyway, that’s just a single example. I’m moving these sites for many more reasons, the most important one being cost. Companies like IXWebhosting offer unlimited domains (8 unique IP’s – unlimited shared IP’s) for the price of a single domian on most hosts. Check out IX here. Below is a list of known web hosts also owned by Endurance International Group. Do yourself a favor and consider someone else to host your site(s).

AccountSupport
BizLand
BlueDomino
Dot5 (Dot5 Hosting)
DomainHost
eHost
EntryHost
FatCow
FreeYellow
HostCentric
HostYourSite
HyperMart
ImOutDoors
iPowerWeb (iPower)
NetWorksHosting
PowWeb
PureHost
ReadyHosting
Startlogic
USAnetHosting
VirtualAve
Xeran

Who do you host with? Who do you recommend?