History repeats it self . Cheap hosts can only get you in lot of trouble and are totally unreliable . After the previous incident that left my site down for over a month , I played cautious and kept 2 hosting accounts . One onshore , One offshore.

The onshore account ( Where this site is hosted ) is kind of gay. I have never heard from the support group what so ever. Submitted tickets but no reply whatsoever. The issues were nothing major ( fortunately ) . The up time has been pretty good though. I bought it for 5$ for 6 months .  Not bad for what I paid .

Here is where its get tricky. Because of zero support from my onshore host I decided to buy another hosting . The offer was , I could get an offshore reseller account for 10 $ / year plus IM support . I was like cool , I ll take it . I was getting an offshore reseller account for the same amount of an onshore shared package. I bought it .

The guy was a pakistani , He seemed to be a nice guy . We soon became good friends . The problem was Paypal does not support Pakistan and like you know  paypal is the most popular payment method on the net. He had his account limited over 5 times and total funds of around 500 $ were freezed .

He had problems paying for the server fees , I helped him financially once too.  When I thought It was all fine ,  He sent an email saying he sold the company  ( here comes the twist )  for 150 $ via western Union . I was kind of upset because this guy was a good friend . All of a sudden I stopped seeing him online on MSN ( I should’ve understood then… ) .After 2 weeks , I was not able to sign in my cpanel , it said my license expired ( I should’ve understood then too ) . I was like , fine it should be fixed soon . 2 days after that , Boom , Server down .

So lets break it down . He first tells he sold the company , that means he is no longer responsible . Cpanel License expired , He doesn’t care any more . Server boom down indicates he ran away . So basically i got Pawned big time .

I had no major backup of my files and I had one of my major projects on that server plus my friend’s site . I don’t know what I am going to tell her ( Yes , a female , that is where it even gets more complicated ).

I have to get my site together soon or my SERPS are gonna get fucked . I am switching my hosting completely now , all my sites will be hosted on my new hostgator account . They are reliable and have top notch support. But they are strict with their policies and shit . But come on , Its fine .

Moral of the story

• Be vigilant
• Always go for quality hosting
• Keep a hosting account in spare
• Keep regular backups
• Trust no one

PS : Its a very webmaster-ish post . Don’t feel stupid if you don’t get stuff .