I think Bluehost needs to update their website I use to pay 95.40 a year and that included the primary domain name. I’ve been with them for 4 years and never really had a problem till this year. I had it set for manual pay with a warning when it would be due, but for some unknown reason not only did they auto renew, but they raised the price to 107.40 without advance notice.

Usually the primary domain name and web hosting renewed at the same time, but this year the hosting was auto renewed and then I had to renew the domain later. Of course it was free, but it was still a pain in the butt. When I called the billing department I was disappointed with the lady I spoke with because she more or less called me a liar. I told her I had not received notice from them, but she insisted an e-mail had been sent to me.

It was a little late to transfer to a different hosting site, but next year I certainly will. I use my checking account to pay my bills and I always need to know when something is going to be deducted in advance so I can make sure I have the money in there to cover everything. I was very upset just thinking about it because what if I had paid other bills not expecting that deduction and everything had bounced? That really ticks me off the more I think about it.

So I am going to start getting everything in order for a move next year and I found a perfect place which is weird because it’s in my area. For those of you that are dis-satisfied have you checked your local areas to see if there is something around you that is cheaper? The place I’ll be switching to if you pay yearly you get a free month and it will only cost me 90 dollars a year with 10 add on domains instead of 5 even though Bluehost says unlimited now, I still only get 5.

When I switch these are the features I will get: Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth, CPanel and Fantastico, Free Blogs, Forums, Shopping carts,  Host Up to 10 Domains, and they promise up-time of 99.9% same as Bluehost plus many other features. They will also move everything for me at no extra charge of course the domain name isn’t included, but big deal. If I get upset with this company I’ll just go there in person and give them a small piece of my mind, can’t afford much more than that.