Web Hosting

Shared web hosting is an affordable, quick, and easy way for you to get your site online.  Inexpensive, reliable, and feature-filled!

What is shared hosting?

Shared web hosting is what most people mean when they refer to “web hosting”.  It simply means that many customers’ websites reside on a single web server, and that the server’s resources (CPU and RAM) are shared among every customer account on the machine.  Customers who do not need the flexibility of a Virtual Private Server or the performance of a Dedicated Server greatly benefit from what shared web hosting has to offer.  Feature-rich web hosting starts at just ==monthly_price==$8.95/month.

Who uses shared?

Shared hosting is an ideal solution for bloggers, website designers, e-commerce stores and small businesses.

Shared Benefits


  • User Friendly

    Customers can easily manage their shared account from a web browser thanks to our intuitive control panel.


  • Limitless Possibilities

    Get unlimited data transfer bandwidth, website storage, email and hosted domains, and much more!


  • Blogging Made Easy

    Our One-Click software installer will automatically install and configure a new WordPress blog in minutes!


  • Advanced Functionality

    Write your own web apps with a wide variety of code languages including PHP5, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, and many more.


  • Satisfaction Guaranteed

    DreamHost is committed to customer satisfaction and every account is backed by a 97-day money-back guarantee.


  • Enterprise-Level Reliability

    Our expert technical support representatives are available 24/7 via email, live chat, and you’ve even got the option of reaching a human being over the phone.  Our 100% uptime guarantee means we take uptime seriously.


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Shared Web Hosting

Get on-board with our award winning web hosting for just ==monthly_price==$8.95 per month!

Non-Profit Web Hosting

DreamHost proudly offers free web hosting to non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable orgs registered in the US.

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Shared – All this for just ==monthly_price==$8.95 per month!

Core Resources

Disk Storage Unlimited TB
Monthly Bandwidth Unlimited TB
Domains Hosted Unlimited
Full Shell / SSH / FTP / SFTP Users Unlimited
E-Mail Accounts (POP/IMAP/Webmail) Unlimited
MySQL 5 Databases Unlimited
Operating System Debian Linux

Email

IMAP / POP / SMTP Access check
Web-Based Email Access check
Mail Filtering check
Spam Filtering – SpamAssassin check
Email Addresses (Aliases) Unlimited
Announcement Lists Unlimited
Discussion Lists Unlimited
Vacation Auto-Responders Unlimited

Domains

Free Domain Registration (A $9.95 Value!) check
Free Domain WHOIS Privacy check
Domains Hosted Unlimited
Subdomains Hosted Unlimited
Domains Forwarded/Mirrored Unlimited
Custom DNS check

Programming

PHP5 Support check
Perl Support check
Python Support check
Full Unix Shell check
Crontab Access check
Full CGI Access check
Ruby On Rails check
Canned CGI Scripts check
Server Side Includes (SSI) check
Subversion Repository (SVN) check

Advanced Features

IPv6 Address check
SSL Secure Server (req. Unique IP) check
Enhanced Web Security check
WebDAV check
Daily Access Statistics check
Access to raw log files check
Passworded Directories (.htaccess) check
Anonymous FTP Server (req. unique IP) check
Jabber TM Chat Server check
Up to $100 Google AdWords credit included! check
One-Click Automatic Software Installers: WordPress, Gallery, PhpGedView, Pligg, dotProject, Moodle, Joomla, phpBB, MediaWiki, WebCalendar, Advanced Poll, and Trac check

Technical Support

24/7 Los Angeles-based Email Technical Support check
100% uptime guarantee check
97-day money-back guarantee check
The Award-winning DreamHost Control Panel check
The DreamHost Wiki check
The DreamHost Forum check

Account Upgrades

Additional Domain Registration as low as $9.95/year
Unique IP Address $3.95/month
Premium Support (3 phone callbacks/mo + unlimited live chat) $9.95/month
SSL Secure Certificate (req. Unique IP) $15.00/year or bring yours
VPS (Virtual Private Server) $15.00/month
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97-Day Money Back Guarantee

DreamHost  has the longest trial period in the industry! PERIOD!
Sign up for a shared hosting account with us today and you’ll see why DreamHost has consistently garnered customer praise and a reputation for rock-solid reliability. If you decide within the first 97 days of your time with us that DreamHost isn’t for you, just close your account from our panel and you will automatically be refunded all your money!*
But wait, there’s more! If you cancel anytime after those 97 days, you will still get a refund to your credit card for all remaining time!
So, what are you waiting for? You literally have nothing to lose! (And great hosting to gain!)
* Credit card payments only. Excludes domain registration fees. Refunds not guaranteed for accounts found to be in violation of DreamHost’s Terms of Service or Anti-Spam policies.

The DreamHost 100% Uptime Guarantee

DreamHost has a solid commitment to providing you with the very best web hosting service we can – that’s why we can offer you a straightforward and rock-solid 100% Uptime Guarantee!

How it Works

If your web site, databases, email, FTP, SSH or webmail is unusable as a result of a failure in our systems and for reasons other than previously announced scheduled maintenance, coding or configuration errors on your part, we’ll credit your next invoice with 1 day hosting free for each 1 hour (or fraction thereof) of service interruption; up to 10% of your next pre-paid hosting renewal fee. We begin assessing credit from the time you open a support ticket to report the problem. That’s all there is to it – no arguments, no hassle, no pages of fine print – DreamHost’s 100% Uptime Guarantee – it just doesn’t get any better than that! So… sign up today!

Powerful Web-Based Account Control

DreamHost Web PanelA DreamHost Exclusive

The DreamHost control panel is unique to DreamHost! We wrote it ourselves from the ground up and you won’t find anything like it at any other hosting company.


Your Own Personal Hosting Valet

You can access your billing information, create or modify your MySQL databases, configure your account, create email aliases, and much more! Got a question? Get an answer! Our technical support staff is standing by 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer any questions that you may have. Your web admin panel is always available when you need it. Need another POP account at 3 in the morning? Done! Credit card about to expire? Don’t touch that phone! Just login to your web admin panel and make the change yourself in a matter of seconds. This degree of control is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.


A Homegrown Affair

Developed entirely in-house, our web panel can’t be found anywhere else. Having access to the nuts and bolts of the entire operation enables us to add features to the panel based on direct customer feedback. Our panel is the coolest thing ever, basically.

One-Click Software Installation

One-Click Installer Installation Popup windowEver felt completely overwhelmed as you’re trying to design a snazzy new website? Get envious of all the other sites that are jam-packed with tons of cool features? Well put your little envious heart to rest! With One-Click Installers from DreamHost, you too can have the coolest site on the web! Our One-Click Installer handles all of the technical work for you, so you can spend more of your valuable time doing other things.

What’s so great about the One-Click Installer?

One-Click Installer Apps Catalog from DreamHost!EVERYTHING! The One-Click Installer allows you to quickly install and upgrade some of the most popular applications, including WordPress, photo galleries, eCommerce, calendars and much more.

What can the One-Click Installer do?

One-Click Installer app management
  • Automatically setup some of the top web applications directly onto your hosting account.
  • Check your server to make sure it is compatible with the latest versions of the software we install.
  • Allow you to independently install popular plugins and themes to participating scripts after installation.
  • Makes updates easy with automatic updates for many of today’s top applications.
  • Upgrade ALL of your installed web apps at once with just one click.

What’s the cost?

DRUM ROLL PLEASE….It’s FREE! The One-Click Installer is standard with all DreamHost hosting accounts! So go ahead, sign up. You know you want to!

Developers

You too can reap the benefits of the One-Click Installer. Think you’ve got the next big app? Prove it. Submit your app for consideration in the DreamHost One-Click Installer Catalog today!
CafeCommerce™

Powerful, Affordable, and Limitless E-Commerce from CafeCommerce™!

CafeCommerce was developed to achieve what no other online store service has done – allow you to create a highly customized online store that you can expand without limitations for only $30 per month. Click on the button below and sign up for a free 14-day trial.

Customize Quickly and Easily

CafeCommerceCafeCommerce makes the customization process intuitive. You do not have to be a designer or programmer in order to create a professional and unique online store. Quickly start the design process by selecting a template and then customize the look and feel of the site to meet your branding goals.

Grow Your Store without Restrictions

CafeCommerceUnlike other similarly priced e-commerce solutions, CafeCommerce allows you to sell an unlimited number of products in your store, and allows you to display an unlimited number of images per product. Unlimited transactions and staff logins are also included.

Simple and Affordable Pricing

You get CafeCommerce and a DreamHost Shared Server hosting account for the low monthly price of $30. There are no transaction fees, no long-term contracts, no fees based on a percentage of your revenue, nor setup charges. With CafeCommerce, you get everything you need in one simply priced plan.

DreamHost Keeps Your Store Open for Business

Your online store takes advantage of DreamHost’s secure data centers and our reliable network infrastructure. DreamHost strives to maintain the highest level of customer service by providing expert technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

Try it FREE!

Free Hosting for Nonprofits

Non-profit organizations have dedicated themselves to making the world a better place. In recognition of their noble sacrifice and altruistic efforts, DreamHost is happy to provide hosting services free of charge to these groups!

This offer is limited to one shared hosting plan per nonprofit, and is only for US-based 501(c)(3) organizations. Domain registrations (other than any included with the plan) are not eligible for any discounts. Groups must be able to furnish DreamHost with an IRS-issued 501(c)(3) determination letter to qualify.

"I'm a non-profit!"

Great! Sign up for hosting with us, then fax your 501(c)(3) determination letter to 714-671-9098. Be sure to write your account number on the cover letter. We'll take it from there!

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All dedicated servers come with Unlimited Bandwidth, one dedicated IP address, and a 4-hour SLA.

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  • RAM included: 2 GB
  • Disk Space: 500 GB
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  • Unlimited Disk Storage
  • Unlimited Monthly Bandwidth*
  • Unlimited Domains Hosted
  • Unlimited MySQL Databases
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Get a quad-core Dedicated server at a dual-core price!

Our Blue Moon 4 server includes a server-grade, quad-core CPU, 4 GB of RAM and a RAID-1, 500GB hard drive configuration.

Sign up for a one-year plan and we'll also give you the 12th month of service for free! That's a value of $139. Reserve your high-performance Dedicated server today!

Note: A one-year prepaid subscription is required. After the first year, the monthly price will automatically reset from $139 per month to the regular retail price of $169 per month.

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Signing up is easy and will just take a few minutes! Cancel your shared web hosting account anytime during the first two weeks of service and you'll owe nothing but domain registration fees.

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