Web.com Essential, $ 5.95/mo. on Linux Shared


Essential has been discontinued (added ), Aggregate Rating (3.5 out of 10 from 4 reviews)
web.com
Web.com
5335 Gate Pkwy
Jacksonville , FL 32256
US
☎ Phone (904) 680-6600
📠 Fax (904) 880-0350

web.com is inactive, but is redirected to networksolutions.com
  • 💡 Plan Name: Essential (sku #p3159)
  • 🔧 Category: Shared Hosting / Linux
  • 💰 Price:$ 5.95/mo.($ 14.95 after 1 mo.)Discontinued
  • 💿 Disk Space: 300 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
🔌 Hosted domains :unlimited
🆓 free domains :1
📌 Dedicated IPs :0
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔨 Control Panel :[In-house]
🔧 Category :WordpressWebsite Builder
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :US
screenshot of Essential from web.com

Original plan URL was https://www.web.com/hosting/web-hosting

📜 Plan description

For small business owners who want websites that have basic content with limited multimedia.

FTP Accounts 25
Emailboxes 100 Multi user

📄 Editorial Review

Web.com was never only a web hosting company. They operated as a broader small-business web services brand, combining shared hosting, domain registration, SSL certificates, WordPress hosting, SEO services, and a website builder in one ecosystem. That wider approach was the main reason the brand stayed visible for so long. Instead of targeting developers or large infrastructure clients, they focused on small businesses that wanted a practical way to launch a website, secure a domain, add email or SSL, and manage everything from one provider.

As a hosting brand, they were best known for Shared Hosting and WordPress Hosting. Their hosting plans were built for simplicity rather than technical depth, with the usual essentials such as FTP access, email accounts, and often a free first-year domain depending on the package. They also sold domains, SSL certificates, SEO services, and a drag-and-drop website builder, so the whole platform was clearly shaped for beginners and business owners who preferred convenience over advanced server control.

That was also their limitation. Web.com worked better for standard business websites, brochure sites, and first online projects than for demanding users who needed deeper infrastructure options. They never stood out as a strong provider for VPS hosting, dedicated servers, or reseller hosting, because that was not really the market they were built for.

Their standalone identity effectively came to an end in June 2025, when the Web.com brand was consolidated into Network Solutions. After that point, they no longer remained a separate hosting destination in the way they once were, and the business moved under the Network Solutions structure.

Web.com was long positioned as the landing point for numerous acquired domain-related brands that were gradually absorbed and eventually discontinued. In the end, however, Web.com itself followed a similar path: the brand was redirected to Network Solutions and ultimately retired.

👪 Most Recent Customer Reviews

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budd2id (budd2id@y...) / balitourinfo.com
⏳ Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
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😠 Fraud... horrible
Three months ago I hired hosting at web.com and I must pay $12.55 for hiring it a year. But right after that every month they charge me $12.55 and deduct it right from my credit card. When I complained they didn't give any response up to now. It's Fraud. Never use this web.com. It is just another way to trap customer by promoting a cheap web hosting service. Be careful they will steal your money every month buy trapping customer. They don’t care about the complain of customer all over the world. They might just simply gives respond on public forum by saying that web.com is best and doing good service. Never believe in review that web.com is good. They might pay people to write any thing good about this company. Or the employees themselves write something good and pretend to be their customer. Never ever use web.com. They are thief and will steal your money every month. The best way to stop it just block your credit card, and they will not be able to deduct your money any more. This the only way because they don’t give respond when I complain.
my web www.balitourinfo.com
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ITPro (datasyssmchu@h...)
⏳ Time Hosted: over 3 years
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😠 Just took three weeks to cancel one domain. Liars and half truths to keep your account through the “end-of-life” department.

Just use your common sense why they would have to create a department to try to hail-mary you into staying…their products and services suck.

Two more domains to go and we too will be free. We use to have over 25 active domains with Interland. Soon there was none.
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matt gilmore (mattexkgil@g...) / google.com
⏳ Time Hosted: over 3 years
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😞 This service is ok if everything is working. But God help you if you need to speak with anyone is support or billing. The support hours are joke and often no one will even answer the phone, there is no support que, just a message saying" no one is available to take your call".

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