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Dotster (dotster.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.
Helio Host (heliohost.org) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.

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dotster.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
✓ 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

Things to do
✗ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are missing
86%


👉 Total Reviews: 40
🙌 Average Rating: 2 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 5
👎 Bad Reviews: 35
👈 Official Responses: 0 2 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

40 user reviews		heliohost.org 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
✓ 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

Things to do
✗ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are missing
86%




👉 Total Reviews: 41
🙌 Average Rating: 4.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 17
👎 Bad Reviews: 24
👈 Official Responses: 3 4.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

41 user reviews
 
Dotster
10 Corporate Drive Suite #300
Burlington, MA 98662
US
Part of Newfold Digital
dotster.com
Helio Host
7018 117th Pl NE
Kirkland, WA 98033
US

heliohost.org
📧 Emailinfo@d...ashoat@g...
☎ Phone800-401-5250+1 802-884-3546
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 141,438▲79,974 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 149,518▲28 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 46,749
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 68/57🔗 Links 127,079		🏆 Alexa Rating 189,882▼-51,090 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 545▼-5 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in MX 11,445
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 59/52🔗 Links 163,299
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoFounded in 1998, Dotster offers web services for individuals, small and medium-sized companies, hosting over 1.2 million websites worldwide.

The company specializes in the following web services: Shared Hosting;E-mail Hosting;Domain Registration;Website Builder;SSL Certificates;
All shared hosting plans have a free domain name included, free SSL and scalable bandwidth. Shared hosting services include the following unlimited features: Unlimited disk space;Unlimited subdomains;Unlimited [...] Read full review		With an experience in the industry for over 12 years, Helio Host offers free hosting services and services that are fully equipped.

They mainly specialize in providing shared hosting packages. You will find unlimited bandwidth and unlimited domains incorporated within them. Other features and services included in the plans are: MySQL/PostgreSQL, Softaculous or SQLite.

Heliohost is a nonprofit organization backed by a community.

Among the scripting languages they support, customers [...] Read full review
📡 Established1998March, 2005
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.9 seconds 28% sites are slower
SEO Links count 1,606		Very slow, load time 4.3 seconds 12% sites are slower
SEO Links count 257
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
dotster.com Icondotster
Started from: February, 2009
  • Tweets: 3,747
  • Followers: 2,016
  • Friends: 1,343
  • Last activity:
heliohost.org Iconheliohost
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 1,344
  • Followers: 846
  • Friends: 26
  • Last activity:
dotster.com IconDotster
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

heliohost.org IconHelioHost
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  • Last activity:

Dotster
  • Followers: 242
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2000
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Internet
Helio Networks
  • Followers: 3
  • Entity type: Non Profit
  • Employee Count: 1
  • Industry: Internet
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🔧 Shared Hosting - 3/4
💡 Plan NameBasic Hosting [Linux]Stevie [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price$ 3.75/mo.$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited500 MB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains1unlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel CPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Plan Features

Subdomains UNLIMITED
Email Addresses 100
FTP Logins 5
MySQL Databases 10
Drag and Drop Site Builder
DNS Management
Standard Forwarding
Web Analytics Tool
PHP 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1
Perl/Python		INFO (mouse over)99.8% Uptime Guarantee
24/7 Network Monitoring
Tech Support (forum, live chat) Unlimited
Full Battery (UPS) Backup
Unlimited Sub-domains
Unlimited Addon Domains
Unlimited Parked Domains
Softaculous Script Installer
Yourname@yourdomain Email
Number of Email Accounts
Roundcube Webmail
Squirrel [...]
📅 Date PlanJun 2020Sep 2020
💡 Plan NameDeluxe Hosting [Linux]Johnny [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price$ 6.75/mo.$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited500 MB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimitedunlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel CPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Plan Features

Subdomains UNLIMITED
Email Addresses 250
FTP Logins 25
MySQL Databases 25
Drag and Drop Site Builder
DNS Management
Standard Forwarding
Web Analytics Tool
PHP 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1
Perl/Python		INFO (mouse over)24/7 Network Monitoring
Tech Support (forum, live chat) Unlimited
Full Battery (UPS) Backup
Unlimited Sub-domains
Unlimited Addon Domains
Unlimited Parked Domains
Softaculous Script Installer
Yourname@yourdomain Email
Number of Email Accounts
Roundcube Webmail
Squirrel Webmail
Horde Webmail
SMTP [...]
📅 Date PlanJun 2020Sep 2020
💡 Plan NameUltra Hosting [Linux]Stevie SSL [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price$ 13.75/mo.$ 12.00/yr.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited500 MB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimitedunlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel CPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Plan Features

Subdomains UNLIMITED
Email Addresses UNLIMITED
FTP Logins UNLIMITED
MySQL Databases UNLIMITED
Drag and Drop Site Builder
DNS Management
Standard Forwarding
Web Analytics Tool
PHP 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1
Perl/Python		Same as previous plans
📅 Date PlanJun 2020Sep 2020
💡 Plan Name-Johnny SSL [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-$ 12.00/yr.
💿 Disk Space-500 MB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Sep 2020
🔧 Domains - 1/0
💡 Plan Name.com-
💰 Price$ 9.99/yr.-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over).NET $12.99

.ONLINE $5.99

.SITE $4.99

.ORG $8.99

.SPACE $2.99

.CLUB $14.99

.CO $10.99

.US $4.99		-
📅 Date PlanJun 2020-
🔧 SSL Certificates - 1/0
💡 Plan NameEnhanced E-commerce Protection-
💰 Price$ 22.50/yr.-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Protection & Google Rankings

FEATURES
Enhanced e-commerce conversion
Green "trust" visual bar
$1,750,000 warranty
Secure customer information
May help boost Google rankings
Seal of Trust Logo

Seal of Trust
Every SSL certificate includes a seal of trust graphic [...]		-
📅 Date PlanJun 2020-
🔧 Website Builder - 1/0
💡 Plan NameeCommerce-
💰 Price$ 12.99/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Sell products online
Inventory management and tracking
PayPal integration
Offer coupon codes and promotions
Priority telephone support		-
📅 Date PlanJun 2020-
🔧 Emails - 1/0
💡 Plan NameBusiness Pro [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 9.99/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Microsoft Office for desktop
Office 365 apps for tablets & smartphones
Automatic syncing across all devices
Book appointments online with Bookings
Additional tools like Invoicing and MileIQ

Your domain name email address will always be up and running when you need it, with our 99.9%
[...]		-
📅 Date PlanJun 2020-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Domains
  • SSL Certificates
  • Website Builder
  • Emails
  • Shared Hosting
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Forum
  • Live Chat
  • Online: Skype, Whatsapp ...
  • Available 24/7
  • 3 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Skrill (Moneybookers)
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
will (webhostreview@c...)
on 📆 Feb 14, 2012
Dotster good for the price
😃 Registered through 000domains which is part of Dotster. The only thing that makes me nervous about Dotster are all the bad reviews. But I've had no major issues with their service. Customer support has been fine for the few questions I've had and [...]

-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Aug 04, 2020
😠 I was with Dotster since the earliest days--like 2002 or 2003. In 2020, they became my least favorite company online.They lie. They screwed up my website by installing one of their own touted products to me, took months to attempt to fix it, [...]

-anonymous- (-no email-)
on 📆 Aug 14, 2020
😁 For a free web hosting, this is actually pretty good. Most of the users who complain are those that violate the TOS. Sure, it can get a little bit slow at times, but this is a free hosting service. It has provided me with a lot of opportunities to [...]

-anonymous- (litrainsteam@g...)
on 📆 Feb 13, 2021
😠 Horribly unserious company!They screenshotted my complaint and sent it to the reported person, multiple times, so he began threatening me. You cannot be anonymous with these guys.

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