online store

[macca-uk]

All,

not sure if posted incorrect forum.

I am planning on setting up an online store selling electronics which included computers and home appliances. I have already got supplier and listing a few items on eBay but want own website to go withit.

Could anyone recommend any decent UK based web host currently looked at ezpz hosting.

What would be ideal disk space and bandwith for a new store that will be expanding products in a few weeks/months

Thanks

 

[altwebdesign]

Are you looking for a webhost that offer an ecommerce 'plugin' ready to go option?

 

[Alan]

I like http://www.eukhost.com/ as they have always been very accommodating, helpful and flexible. You can start on a small package and then upgrade 'in contract' as required.

Disk space will depend on the software you are using, the number of products, and the number of images of products. If you are under 1,000 products and 1,500 images then 500MB should be plenty.

Bandwidth will depend on the number of visitors, the number of visitors will depend on how much time and money you put into promoting your business.

 

[lynxus]

I personally use fasthosts.co.uk .. Not had any major problems.

Pretty sure you also get the whole script installs and stuff to help you on your way as well.

 

[evocart]

If you use an opensource cart and dependant on the amount of products and visitors, any shared hosting account should be fine, just upgrade as you need to.

 

[LewisIngram]

Hello guys,

I'm agree with roibot about "euk host".

Cheers,
Lewis

 

[DiannePell]

I am using Hostmonster webhost , it is good .

 

[Alan]

As far as I understand Hostmonster is a reseller of BlueHost.

One of the problems is there are so mant resellers, its difficult to know who you really are being hosted on.

Whilst global networks are pretty fast, there still is a speed advantage and also support advantage using a UK host for a UK business. The price difference is neglibile, compared to most business costs.

If you really want the detailed info on a host then http://www.webhostingtalk.com is an active (although US dominated) forum

 

[WebMSUk]

I have recently moved all my websites to Vida Host. Prices & Service have been excellent and they are UK based.

 

[macca-uk]

thanks all will check out the suggestions

 

[Clarkjackson]

most of eCommerce websites have lots of traffic and contents means it needs a good speed hosting + great space

you should choose a dedicated or vps server provider, it would be better option

 

[evocart]

most of eCommerce websites have lots of traffic and contents means it needs a good speed hosting + great space

you should choose a dedicated or vps server provider, it would be better option

I personally think a dedicated server or VPS would be overkill this early on, unless they have products that run into the tens of thousends or are expecting incredibly high visitor numbers then a shared hosting account or possibly a reseller account (tops) would be more than fine. They could always upgrade later should they need to.

 

[kulture]

most of eCommerce websites have lots of traffic and contents means it needs a good speed hosting + great space

you should choose a dedicated or vps server provider, it would be better option

I suspect the opposite. Most ecommerce sites have little or no traffic. The vast majority created because the shop wants an online presence and knows little or nothing about SEO.

 

[Holbi]

All,

not sure if posted incorrect forum.

I am planning on setting up an online store selling electronics which included computers and home appliances. I have already got supplier and listing a few items on eBay but want own website to go withit.

Could anyone recommend any decent UK based web host currently looked at ezpz hosting.

What would be ideal disk space and bandwith for a new store that will be expanding products in a few weeks/months

Thanks

Hello!

We could be of help as we provide web hosting services, in line with many others, and are based in London and Gloucestershire.

About the ideal disk space: that would depend on the number of products we are talking about. Say you have 500 products with 10000 visits per month. Each will take at least 2mb. That would be 20gb of traffic. Size wise 20mb may be enough but it also depends on picture sizes.

Kind regards,
Holbi.

 

[Faevilangel]

are based Gloucestershire.

Hello Neighbour

 

[Jon_B]

vidahost or tsohost

I'd avoid 123 and fasthosts personally

 

[Webpreneurph]

You can use eBay to post your electronic items.

 

[That Guy]

As said above Vidahost gets my vote, always had great support and reliability.

Also if your looking for E-Commerce Software I have used OpenCart and PrestaShop and both seem to work very well.

Good Luck

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Interested in why you think you can beet the big established names in computing and electronics when companies like Maplin and the others have massive buying power, you are not taking the easiest route into business

 

[Holbi]

Hello Neighbour

hi there

 

[Davef]

Another thumbs up for Vidahost. Excellent prices, Fantastic support and without a doubt the best hosting company we have ever used.

 

[macca-uk]

thanks all have gone with vidahost and opencart

 

[That Guy]

thanks all have gone with vidahost and opencart

Great choice Vidahost have amazing support

 

[CS-Cart]

We can also recommend one of our partners - www.eukhost.com with their 24x7 support.

 

[nuwav]

I currently use justhostme.co.uk

 

[JakeBhatt]

All,

not sure if posted incorrect forum.

I am planning on setting up an online store selling electronics which included computers and home appliances. I have already got supplier and listing a few items on eBay but want own website to go withit.

Could anyone recommend any decent UK based web host currently looked at ezpz hosting.

What would be ideal disk space and bandwith for a new store that will be expanding products in a few weeks/months

Thanks

Hey there,

If you dont mind me asking, who is setting up your online store for you and how much r u paying?

Jake.

 

[davidmichaelkeenan]

I think you need to focus more on how the shop is going to be built and marketed rather than which hosting company to use. To be honest, there are thousands you could use and most would cost the same and offer a similar package. Disk space an bandwidth are unlikely to be an issue until your store is well underway. Your main issues are getting visitors in the first place.

So my advice is to build a minimum viable product. Get something working, and worry about bandwidth nearer to a time when it may possibly be an issue. You're not suddenly going to have to deal with 100,000 orders from nowhere. If you're really paranoid then there are scalable solutions such as Amazon Web Services that let you scale up your capacity with increases in traffic. To be honest, even that is a bit of overkill at this stage.

 

[Harry Smith]

Home appliances used for the house makers that provides benefits and services which makes their work easy and time consuming. Through this services only everyone wants to go with these homegoods services.

 

[antropy]

What would be ideal disk space and bandwith for a new store that will be expanding products in a few weeks/months

Usually product images take up the most space. So if you know how big, on average, the images are for just 1 product, multiply that by the number of products and add maybe 50% extra contingency, you'll have an idea of disk space required.

As a side note, watch out for the "inode" limit as some hosts are starting to limit not just the disk space, but the number of inodes which means the number of files you can have. It's easy to hit this limit with some platforms because Magento itself contains 30,000 files compared to OpenCart's 3000 and that's before you've even added any products: http://www.antropy.co.uk/blog/the-lure-of-magento/

 

[antropy]

thanks all have gone with vidahost and opencart

And great choice OpenCart

 

[MarekBober]

most of eCommerce websites have lots of traffic and contents means it needs a good speed hosting + great space

you should choose a dedicated or vps server provider, it would be better option

Cloud is flexible- you pay for what you use + no admin fee with good providers.

 

[jojo16]

if you've got the money for dedicated servers, definitely go with Hstgator.well, the only need for dedicated servers is when you've got a huge amount of traffic.their servers are secure, and the hosting is fantastic

 

[Jeff Nev]

You could potentially take care of both your eCommerce and hosting needs at once? A good company I've worked with previously supplies their Drupal services alongside UK based web hosting: https://www.isos.com/services/web-development/e-commerce-websites

Aside from that, I'd say Vidahost are a good very choice.