Host Color E-Commerce Hosting, $ 16.18/mo. on Linux Shared


E-Commerce Hosting has been added on Sep 4, 2025, Aggregate Rating (9.4 out of 10 from 31 reviews)
hostcolor.com
Host Color
244 Fifth Ave
New York , NY 10001
US
☎ Phone (888) 222-1495
🔌 Hosted domains :7
🆓 free domains :1
📌 Dedicated IPs :1
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :CPanelCWP Control
🔧 Category :BackupE-Commerce
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :AT CA DK FR DE IT NL ES UK US
💰 Money-back guarantee :30 days
🚀 Uptime :100 %
screenshot of E-Commerce Hosting from hostcolor.com

See also initial E-Commerce Hosting plan location on their website!


*📜 Plan description

E-Commerce Hosting is a self-managed plan for online stores that need more resources and stronger defaults. It includes 40 GB SSD on a failover-protected SAN and 4000 GB monthly transfer along with capacity for 7 websites. Security and deliverability are helped by an included dedicated IPv4 and 7 DV SSL certificates. The control panel is cPanel or CWP with 1-click e-commerce CMS installers, WordPress backup with 1-click restore, and Cloudflare Free CDN to cache assets closer to buyers. Runtime supports PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby with a 1 GB PHP memory limit to mitigate timeouts on high-load product or checkout pages. A free SEO and code audit is included for this tier to help identify performance bottlenecks. Pricing shown as 16.18 per month represents the annual prepay equivalent under a promotion; month-to-month billing is available at a higher rate. A free domain registration plus renewal is bundled for one site at this level.

All Self-Managed Cloud Web Hosting plans are delivered from HC's enterprise cloud with failover-protected storage, purpose-built for write-intensive web apps. Each plan highlights SSD performance, a high peering network for fast routing, and a standard toolset that includes cPanel or CWP, 1-click installers, Cloudflare Free CDN, and backup and restore for WordPress or CMS data. Support is available 24x7 via tickets with additional access by phone, toll-free line, and live chat, and plans inherit HC's premium SLA framework with a 100 percent network uptime commitment. Annual billing yields the lowest per-month figure; promotional strike-through prices indicate standard rates versus the discounted annual equivalent.

📄 Editorial Review

Host Color is an infrastructure-first provider with roots in 2000 that has evolved from classic shared hosting into edge-located, semi-managed IaaS. They focus on placing compute close to users—across 100+ data centers worldwide—so apps see very low latency (often 1–5 ms to local markets) and predictable network performance. Their portfolio spans Shared Hosting (self-managed or managed), VPS (SATA or SSD on OpenVZ/KVM), Virtual Dedicated Servers, Bare-Metal/Dedicated, Cloud (Public, Hosted Private, Hybrid, Office), Colocation, and domain registration.

Technically, they lean on VMware-based HA clouds with fault-tolerant SAN storage and high-capacity links (1–100 Gbps), plus an edge footprint that includes Tier-III facilities (e.g., Southfield, MI) and access to major ecosystems like Equinix. Their semi-managed stance is practical: engineers handle OS installs/reinstalls, hardening, network tuning, panel setup (cPanel/DirectAdmin/Plesk or open-source panels), and troubleshooting—while customers retain full control of stack and architecture.

This makes them a strong fit for teams that need location choice + customization more than one-size-fits-all hosting: SaaS and e-commerce needing fast regional response, media/streaming and real-time APIs, EU/US split deployments, DR/BCP scenarios, or agencies/MSPs consolidating varied client workloads. Compared with hyperscale clouds, they emphasize transparent monthly fees (no nickel-and-diming for IOPS/DNS queries/egress add-ons) and human support. Trade-offs are mostly about complexity (lots of SKUs and tuning options), a few non-"unlimited" shared features, and the presence of legacy virtualization (OpenVZ) alongside KVM/VMware—so buyers should confirm the exact stack, SLA scope, and management boundaries per project.

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