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Black Lotus (blacklotus.net) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 .
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blacklotus.net
Profile completion status:
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✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
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✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
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👉 Total Reviews: 4
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 4
👈 Official Responses: 0 1 / 10

4 user reviews		ipage.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ 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
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

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👉 Total Reviews: 50
🙌 Average Rating: 2.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 8
👎 Bad Reviews: 42
👈 Official Responses: 0 2.5 / 10

50 user reviews
 Black Lotus
PO BOX 265
San Francisco, CA 94104
US

blacklotus.net is inactive, but is redirected to lumen.com
blacklotus.net		IPage
10 Corporate Drive, Suite #300
Burlington, MA 01803
US

ipage.com is inactive, but is redirected to bluehost.comPart of Newfold Digital
ipage.com
📧 Emailsales@b...sales@i...
☎ Phone(866) 477-55541-877-472-4399
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 4,885▲44 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 942		🏆 Alexa Rating 9,848▲3,124 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 342,722▼-695 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 9,993
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 58/61🔗 Links 114,113
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoBlack Lotus delivers award winning DDoS protection ranging from full network defense to website and server protection, 24/7/365. If you have an emergency, reach out to us immediately as solutions advisors are standing by to assist.Black Lotus Communications's premium hosting network guarantees 99.99% availability and has consistently met 100% uptime goals. Black Lotus Communications keeps an excess staff of mature and experienced college educated support representatives and network engineers [...] Read full reviewiPage is a hosting company founded in 1998. They use world class technology and they are currently hosting over 1 million websites.

They have been acquired by Endurance International Group ( / Newfold ) and since then their services has increased by offering a wider range of products. Is one of the brands EIG is promoting (considering how others got closed after being acquired)

They come with the following hosting options: Web Hosting;VPS Hosting;WordPress Hosting;Dedicated [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedFebruary, 19991998
🏁 Site speedSlow, load time 3.2 seconds 19% sites are slower
SEO Links count 120		Very slow, load time 4.3 seconds 13% sites are slower
SEO Links count 27,327
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/ddosprotection
Started from: December, 2015
  • Tweets: 0
  • Followers: 5
  • Friends: 0
  • Last activity:
https://twitter.com/ipage
Started from: August, 2009
  • Tweets: 9,991
  • Followers: 7,865
  • Friends: 2,708
  • Last activity:
https://www.facebook.com/level3/
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  • Last activity:

https://www.facebook.com/iPage/
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-lotus-communications/
  • Followers: 434
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 1999
  • Employee Count: 11-50
  • Industry: Telecommunications
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipage-web-hosting/
http://blog.blacklotus.net/
  • Blog Posts: 51
  • Blog added on: Nov, 2012
  • Last written post:

https://ipage.com/blog/
  • Blog Posts: 236
  • Blog added on: Apr, 2013
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Shared Hosting - 3/1
💡 Plan NameBlack Lotus Communications Basic Lotus Plan
[Linux]		Web hosting [Linux]
💰 Price$ 8.00/mo.$ 0.00/mo.
($ 8.35 after 12 mo.)
💿 Disk Space5 GBunlimited
📶 Data Transfer100 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains unlimited
🆓 Free Domain 1
🔨 Control Panel vDeck
🌏 Server Location United States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Black Lotus Communications Basic Lotus Plan is a complete web hosting solution which is appropriate for most every consumer. It is low cost and all inclusive with most common features such as PHP4 and mySQL databases. The transfer limitations are quite generous and are more than enough for the [...]INFO (mouse over)Our one-size-fits-all hosting plan will meet your online needs at an amazing value.

iPage provides you with the tools to create the online presence you always wanted with the help of our award-winning support team. With every account, you get:
Selling online

Scalable bandwidth
Unlimited [...]
📅 Date PlanOct 2008Apr 2020
💡 Plan NameBlack Lotus Communications Forum Lotus Plan
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 16.67/mo.-
💿 Disk Space5 GB-
📶 Data Transfer100 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Black Lotus Communications Forum Lotus Plan is a hosted solution for those who wish to have their own vBulletin forum but do not have the experience in purchasing a vBulletin license and installing the product. Black Lotus Communications staff will provide the license, hosting, installation, and [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameBlack Lotus Communications Shielded Lotus Plan
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 39.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space5 GB-
📶 Data Transfer100 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Black Lotus Communications Shielded Lotus Plan is an enhanced hosting package which does not come with content restrictions and provides the added benefit of DDoS attack prevention. They do not require you to provide them with any personal information and do not have a verification process for [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 1/0
💡 Plan NameBlack Lotus Communications Reseller Lotus Plan
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 49.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Black Lotus Communications Reseller Lotus Plan is a complete solution for companies wishing to resell web hosting services but do not own their own web server. This is a privately branded solution, your customers will never know that you do not own the server. A cPanel/WHM control panel is [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 0/3
💡 Plan Name-Startup [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-500 GB
📶 Data Transfer-5 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-2 Cores CPU
🔋 RAM-4 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-3
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Managed support
We're here to assist if you need us

Pre-installed scripts
Including PHP5/Perl/Python and more

FREE domain
Free domain registration for one year

+ The introductory prices are for the first term of service only and automatically renew at the regular rate. Note: Qualified plans [...]
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💡 Plan Name-Professional [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-10 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-4 Cores CPU
🔋 RAM-8 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-4
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💡 Plan Name-Enterprise [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-15 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-4 Cores CPU
🔋 RAM-16 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-5
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
🔧 VPS - 0/3
💡 Plan Name-Basic [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-40 GB
📶 Data Transfer-1 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-1 Core CPU
🔋 RAM-1 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-1
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)FREE domain
Free domain registration for one year

Pre-installed scripts
Including PHP5/Perl/Python and more

Managed support
We're here to assist if you need us

+ The introductory prices are for the first term of service only and automatically renew at the regular rate. Note: Qualified plans [...]
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💡 Plan Name-Business [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-90 GB
📶 Data Transfer-3 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-2 Cores CPU
🔋 RAM-4 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-2
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💡 Plan Name-Optimum [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-120 GB
📶 Data Transfer-4 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-1
💪 CPU-4 Cores CPU
🔋 RAM-8 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-2
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel, CentOS Web Panel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
🔧 Domains - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-.com
💰 Price-$ 10.99/yr.
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Add Domain Privacy to selected domains for $9.99 per year.

Choose the right domain
We offer over 300 domain extensions, from .best to .blog and beyond! You're not limited to just .com or .net anymore.

Protect your privacy
With Domain Privacy, which we offer on select domains, you can keep your [...]
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
🔧 SSL Certificates - 0/2
💡 Plan Name-Domain Validated SSL
💰 Price-$ 35.99/yr.
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Protection & Help Google Rankings

$10,000 warranty
Secure customer information
May help boost Google rankings

Seal of Trust Logo

NOTE: Free SSL for Domains Registered with iPage !
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💡 Plan Name-Wildcard SSL Certificate
💰 Price-$ 107.99/yr.
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Protect Multiple Subdomains

$250,000 warranty
Secure customer information
May help boost Google rankings
Protect multiple subdomains
Seal of Trust Logo

NOTE: Free SSL for Domains Registered with iPage !
📅 Date Plan-Apr 2020
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
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👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
-anonymous- (-no email-)
on 📆 May 14, 2014
Black Lotus supports spammers
😠 For several months now I've been receiving 10-20 messages per day that bypass all spam filters. The mail is clearly spam and clearly in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. The headers contain false information, and the "unsubscribe" addresses [...]

JT (arrbc@h...)
on 📆 Apr 15, 2012
ipage sucks
😉 Ipage just billed me $128 even though I canceled account 1 year ago and on just contacting them, I have had to cancel the account today and informed must pay $15 cancellation fee even though renewal date is in 3 weeks. Have never used this account [...]

-anonymous- (dmdd6864@g...)
on 📆 Mar 20, 2019
Stay Away!
😞 The Tech Support weekend staff don't know if they are coming or going. You take a chance to fix problems during weekdays, but not able to be fixed... I had to call 5 times for a small problem. The price is good but you get what you paid for... I [...]

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