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Business Starter Plan

Not planning on doing e-commerce hosting yet? Want to simply get information about your business online? This plan has all the features you will need at the right price.

Core Features

15,000 MB Disk Space
- Disk space refers to the amount of storage your account is allocated within its WestHost Virtual Private Server. This space is used to store HTML files, graphics, audio/video, e-mail messages, and any other files that are part of your Web site. Learn More
350 GB Bandwidth
- Bandwidth refers to the amount of files that can be transferred to and from your Web site each month. This data includes html files, graphics, audio/video, e-mail messages, and any other files that are a part of your Web site. Learn More
50 E-mail / FTP Accounts
- E-mail accounts are mailboxes for you and anyone else whom you want to give e-mail at your domain name. Once a user mailbox/account is set up, you can create as many forwarding addresses (aliases) as you want to go to that address. Learn More
1 Included Web sites
- This is the default Web site limit for your hosting account. Some plans allow for an unlimited number of Web sites while others allow multiple Web sites with a default limit. For limited accounts capable of supporting multiple Web sites, you can add an additional at any time for a $10 one-time fee (per Web site). Learn More
WestHost VPS Hosting Technology
- Most Web Hosting companies offer "VIRTUAL" or "SHARED" hosting. This means you literally share your resources, applications and environment with potentially hundreds of other users in the same directory. With WestHost Virtual Private Server (VPS Hosting) technology, a web server is divided into multiple isolated environments, offering independent server software, increased security, and much more control over your Web site. Learn More
Dedicated IP (Optional)
- With most web hosts, one IP address is assigned to several domains and access to a domain is available only by its domain name. With WestHost, your Web site can have a unique and dedicated IP address. It is required for Anonymous FTP, private SSL certificates and certain applications. Learn More

Domain Management

Multiple Web site Support
- With a WestHost Virtual Private Server (VPS) you have the ability to host multiple Web sites within your hosting account. You can point multiple domains to the same Web site or point domains to separate Web sites within your web space. Learn More
1 Included Web sites
- This is the default web site limit for your hosting account. If your plan supports Multiple Web sites, you can increase the web site limit of your account at any time for a $10 one-time fee (per web site). Learn More
Unlimited Subdomains
- With Subdomain support, you can place a word or phrase in place of the standard "www" (subdomain.domain.com) and redirect all requests for that URL to a different directory within your Web site. Learn More
DNS Records & Web Aliases
- All WestHost clients can take advantage of WestHost's powerful domain management services for web aliases, DNS headers, DNS records, and more. Learn More

Site Management

Statistics

AWStats
- AWStats is a powerful, feature-rich statistical tool that generates advanced reports on visitor traffic and web server statistics. Learn More
Counter
- The Counter Site Application keeps track of the number of 'hits' to your web pages and displays them to visitors. You can choose from a few different display types.

Site Promotion

Search Engine Tools
- Dominate the web's leading search engines with our tools. Optimize and submit your site instantly. Track your results, make modifications and control top keyword positions. Learn More
$50 Yahoo Search Marketing Credit
- All WestHost clients now receive $50 credit with Yahoo Search Marketing. If you want to get your site listed instantly with leading search engines like Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, Infospace and CNN.com, the only way is with Yahoo Search Marketing.
$25 Google AdWords Credit
- There is only one way to get a guaranteed top position in the search result pages of Google, and it's with Google AdWords. Use this $25 credit to start receiving traffic to your Web site within hours of signing up. Learn More

E-commerce Services

Practical E-commerce Magazine
- Sign up for any of our Business Hosting plans today and receive 6 Months of Practical eCommerce Magazine for FREE! Learn More

E-mail / FTP Management

Security

Shared SSL
- Those that do not wish to purchase their own SSL Certificate for 128bit SSL data encryption, server authentication and message integrity, can share ours for free by installing this application. Learn More
OpenSSL
- OpenSSL is a required application for those that wish to use their own SSL certificate issued from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
Password Protect Directories
- With WebPassword you can create and manage shared web directories with password protection.

Development

CGI-BIN
- The CGI-BIN is a directory on the server where the executable CGI scripts reside. You have complete control over your CGI-BIN and can install any custom or 3rd party CGI scripts that you would like.
Perl
- Perl is a server-side scripting language which is commonly used to write CGI programs. If installing your own applications, it is often a required that your server supports Perl. Learn More
PHP
- PHP is a server-side scripting language where the PHP commands are embedded in the webpage's HTML. Many web applications require PHP. Learn More
eAccelerator
- eAccelerator increases performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated.
Python
- A popular server side scripting language, Python is used in many situations where a great deal of dynamism, ease of use, power, and flexibility are required. Learn More
GNU Compiler Collection (C, C++)
- A set of development tools that allow users to compile, link and install programs and utilities. Learn More
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is the minimum standard Java Platform for running Java programs. Learn More
Macromedia Flash/Shockwave Support
- Flash and Shockwave are multimedia technologies developed by Adobe/Macromedia to allow a lot of Web site interactivity (graphics, animation, video) to fit in a relatively small file size. Learn More
Server Side Includes (SSI)
- SSI (abbreviation for "Server-Side Includes") is a server-side scripting language. Common uses of SSI are to include or populate common areas of your Web site (e.g. a header or footer) from a single file. This way, you make the change to one file, and your entire site changes. Learn More

Database

Unlimited MySQL Databases
- MySQL is a popular Open Source Software relational database management system which uses a subset of ANSI SQL (Structured Query Language). Learn More
phpMyAdmin
- phpMyAdmin is an application written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases directly from a web browser. Learn More

Support

24/7 REAL Support
- At WestHost, we know that web hosting is much more than price, space, and bandwidth. This is why we offer a level of 24/7 support and response times via toll-free phone, live chat, and e-mail that are unmatched in this industry. Learn More

Server Specs

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- - 4 Gigabytes of RAM
  - Red Hat ES Linux 4 OS w/Apache 2
  - Gigabit Ethernet
  - RAID
  - Daily Backups

RAID

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- All WestHost servers are configured with RAID functionality for data redundancy.

Pricing

Hosting Fees
- $7.95 x 24 Months + $19.95 Setup
  $8.95 x 12 Months + $19.95 Setup
  $9.95 x 3 Months + $19.95 Setup