Eskimo.com Virtual Domains, $ 12.00/mo. on Linux Shared

Virtual Domains has been updated on November 18, 2020 (added December 1, 2014)

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

See also initial Virtual Domains plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Eskimo North is a long-running independent U.S. hosting and Internet service provider based in Shoreline, Washington. The company is closely associated with Robert Dinse, also known online as "Nanook," and its background reaches back to an early Seattle-area BBS that became Eskimo North in the early 1980s. Over time, the service evolved from BBS and Unix time-sharing roots into Internet access, Linux shell accounts, email, web hosting, virtual domains, and VPS services.

This is not a typical mass-market hosting brand. Eskimo North has a much more technical and old-school profile, built around Linux, shell access, email services, scripting, remote desktop access, and direct system administration. Customers who want a modern commercial hosting dashboard may find the environment too manual, but Linux users, developers, hobbyists, and technically experienced customers can benefit from the flexibility.

Their portfolio includes Linux Shell Accounts, Personal Hosting, Business Hosting, Virtual Private Servers, Virtual Domains, Email Hosting, UUCP / ETRN mail handling, Fediverse / Federated Services, webmail, phpMyAdmin, SSH access, FTP, scripting support, and remote desktop access. Personal and business hosting include PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl CGI, MySQL, FTP, email hosting, and domain-based email. Virtual Domains allow customers to connect their own domain to Eskimo-hosted web and mail services.

Their VPS service is also very Linux-oriented. VPS customers can use distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Mint, MX Linux, OpenSUSE, Zorin, and others. VPS plans include root access, and Eskimo North can install SSH, X2Go, and the requested operating system during setup. This gives the VPS line a more personal support style than many budget unmanaged VPS providers.

The website has an older, technical layout and a legacy Internet feel. It is usable and information-rich, but not visually modern compared with large commercial hosting companies. The site language is English, and product pricing is shown in U.S. dollars.