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Band Zoogle (bandzoogle.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.
Host Metro (hostmetro.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2015.

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✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
✓ Promotions are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years

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👉 Total Reviews: 9
🙌 Average Rating: 8 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 7
👎 Bad Reviews: 2
👈 Official Responses: 2 8 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

9 user reviews
 
Band Zoogle
2045 W Grand Ave Ste B, PMB #92842
Chicago, IL 60612-1577
US

bandzoogle.com
Host Metro
415 W Golf Rd #5
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
US

hostmetro.com
📧 Emailsupport@b...support@h...
☎ Phone 800-485-9730, +1 (310) 693-6200
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 39,597▼-4,614 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 9,031
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 67/71🔗 Links 381,650		🏆 Alexa Rating 926,049▼-289,838 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 7,553▼-26 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 300,051
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 23/52🔗 Links 133,297
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoFounded in 2003, Bandzoogle specializes in offering musicians the best environment to create their own website as well as store their music. They host over 25,000 websites.

The company specializes in website building services. All plans include a great series of features and tools.

In unlimited amounts, customers will benefit from the following features: Unlimited data traffic;Unlimited support;Unlimited pages/photos/tracks (only for the PRO plan);Unlimited mailing list (unlimited fan [...] Read full review		HostMetro started its activity in 2003. It might appear as a smaller hosting company, but nevertheless, this does not stop the company to compete with other popular companies in the field.

HostMetro has been certified and awarded over the years and thus, earning a good reputation in hosting services.

HostMetro claims great services and freebies right when accessing their homepage: Maximum hosting space;Maximum bandwidth;Free script installer;Free domain name;Free website [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedFebruary, 20032003
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.5 seconds 35% sites are slower
SEO Links count 1,059		Average, load time 2.8 seconds 28% sites are slower
SEO Links count 470
📣 Social Media
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Started from: November, 2008
  • Tweets: 17,883
  • Followers: 16,003
  • Friends: 5,630
  • Last activity:
hostmetro.com Iconhostmetro
Started from: December, 2012
  • Tweets: 1,251
  • Followers: 582
  • Friends: 46
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Band Zoogle Blog
  • Blog Posts: 797
  • Blog added on: Jun, 2016
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

http://blog.hostmetro.com/
  • Blog Posts: 12
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2015
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Website Builder - 3/0
💡 Plan NameLite-
💰 Price$ 8.29/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)30 day no-risk free trial. No hidden costs. Change plans any time.

For bands starting out
The basics
10 pages, 10 tracks, 100 photos
SSL security
Fan data
Ecommerce
0% commission fees
Sell music downloads
Promotion features
Mailing list (100 fan subscribers)
[...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2020-
💡 Plan NameStandard-
💰 Price$ 12.46/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)20 pages, 50 tracks, 500 photos
SSL security
Fan data
Design
All themes
Custom design tools
Selling tools
0% commission fees
Crowdfunding
Subscriptions
Sell music downloads
Sell merch
Promotion features
Mailing list (1000 fan subscribers)
Electronic press kits (EPK)
SEO tools
Tour calendar		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2020-
💡 Plan NamePro-
💰 Price$ 16.63/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited pages, tracks, and photos
SSL security
Fan data
Design
All themes
Custom design tools
Custom fonts
Video headers
Selling tools
0% commission fees
Crowdfunding
Subscriptions
Sell music downloads
Sell merch
Sell tickets
Sell video and media files
Download codes
Inventory tracking
Album [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2020-
🔧 Shared Hosting - 0/2
💡 Plan Name-Mega Max Plan [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 2.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-NetherlandsUnited States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)START YOUR WEBSITE WITH HOSTMETRO TODAY!

HostMetro provides you with tools that make it simple to get your website up and running. Whether you plan on making a personal blog or a business website, you'll get everything you need to have a great web presence.

MOVING FROM ANOTHER HOST? TRANSFERRING [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Super Max Plan [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 6.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-NetherlandsUnited States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
🔧 Domains - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-.COM
💰 Price-$ 14.49/yr.
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Start Building Your Website Today!
Starting At Only $2.95/mo
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
🔧 Emails - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-METROMAIL SECURE EMAIL [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-$ 2.50/mo.
💿 Disk Space-10 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-NetherlandsUnited States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Have a more Personal Image
MetroMail allows you to have an email address using your domain name. Stand out from the Gmail and Yahoo crowd by giving yourself a unique, memorable email address. For example, John@JohnDoe.com.

Protect your personal information
MetroMail protects your credit card [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💻 Supported Operating Systems
    • Linux
    • Linux/Windows
    📤 List of products
    • Website Builder
    • Shared Hosting
    • Domains
    • Emails
    ✍️ Support Options
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • Live Chat
    • Available 24/7
    • 0 WHTop support responses
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • Live Chat
    • Available 24/7
    • 2 WHTop support responses
    💰 Payment Options
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • PayPal
    👪 Last positive / negative customers review
     -
    Matt (kcvmail@c...)
    on 📆 Sep 11, 2013
    Business hosting
    😁 I opted for the business plan with hostmetro because of the added seo and security features. It's a bit more expensive but I need to be able to do credit card transactions through my site. they got my ssl set up within a few hours and showed me [...]

    Jean-Paul (jpfarell@h...)
    on 📆 Aug 11, 2013
    Avoid them
    😠 I signed up for a 3 year plan because of a published offer on their site. They charged my credit card but never activated my account. For days, all I got from their "support" was that my account was cancelled due to lack of payment. No attempts to [...]

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