ICDSoft positive review #2001 by -anonymous- on Feb 2008
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There are 2 reasons why this is just an excellent web hoster and not 100% perfect.
1) If you want shared SSL upon going onto the secure order form a dialog box shows that one has to manually check off that they are willing to trust to go onto the form. I believe this can be done away with, but it is not. To get rid of this box purchasing a private SSL certificate is needed. ICD Soft does not sell this. But they do receive a yearly $30 fee to apply it to your site after you have purchased the certificate elsewhere.
2) As time goes on in the web hosting business there are some good web hosting companies offering unlimited add on domains, sub-domains which can be typed in as www.yourdomainname.com. ICD allows 15 subdomains in one package and 30 in another. This is great, but you will have to type www.subdomain.yourdomain.com. I believe they can program such that you could just type in the more professional look of www.yourdomainanme.com.
Economically this is a plus for them. But, if the customer wants to have the more professional look www.yourdomainname.com you have to purchase more individual accounts, which do come with great discounts. You end up paying 50% less when purchasing 7 accounts. This comes to $210 USD yearly opposed to a web host provider that may charge under $100 yearly for unlimited add on domains.
ICD Soft's support is so good and their stability in regard to hassle free uptime is so excellent, loyal customers half to make a choice whether to pay the extra money or to leave.
For me I have my most popular sites with ICD Soft. I cannot have all my 15 + websites with them because of the expense. I wish they could provide a package for more complicated issues. I realize economics and efficiency is a primary factor, which makes ICD Soft successful.
1) If you want shared SSL upon going onto the secure order form a dialog box shows that one has to manually check off that they are willing to trust to go onto the form. I believe this can be done away with, but it is not. To get rid of this box purchasing a private SSL certificate is needed. ICD Soft does not sell this. But they do receive a yearly $30 fee to apply it to your site after you have purchased the certificate elsewhere.
2) As time goes on in the web hosting business there are some good web hosting companies offering unlimited add on domains, sub-domains which can be typed in as www.yourdomainname.com. ICD allows 15 subdomains in one package and 30 in another. This is great, but you will have to type www.subdomain.yourdomain.com. I believe they can program such that you could just type in the more professional look of www.yourdomainanme.com.
Economically this is a plus for them. But, if the customer wants to have the more professional look www.yourdomainname.com you have to purchase more individual accounts, which do come with great discounts. You end up paying 50% less when purchasing 7 accounts. This comes to $210 USD yearly opposed to a web host provider that may charge under $100 yearly for unlimited add on domains.
ICD Soft's support is so good and their stability in regard to hassle free uptime is so excellent, loyal customers half to make a choice whether to pay the extra money or to leave.
For me I have my most popular sites with ICD Soft. I cannot have all my 15 + websites with them because of the expense. I wish they could provide a package for more complicated issues. I realize economics and efficiency is a primary factor, which makes ICD Soft successful.
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