For some reason it wouldn't let me reply so here you go.

Sorry not sold at all by this one and the amount of bandwidth you allow for is a bit stingy. Sorry but $30 per 1Gb extra a month your having a laugh. As for Miva merchant, OSCommerce for me anyday. I pay £5/$8 a month for a much better featured host than yours.

These are the details of the hosting package I use. Go figure!

DISK SPACE 200 MB
DATA TRANSFER 5 GB
MAILBOXES/USERS 50
SUB DOMAINS Unmetered
SETUP FEE FREE

DOMAIN & SITE MANAGEMENT FEATURES

Web Control Panel
Easy to use web control panel (custom ensim)

FTP Access
24/7 fast FTP access to your files

SSH Access
SSH access to your site and files

Sub Domains
Create as many Sub Domains as you wish!

PHPMyAdmin
Web based MySQL management tool

File Manager
Easy to use web based file manager

Backup / Restore
Backup your website at the click of a button!

DIR Protection
Restrict access for certain users and groups

Miva Merchant
E-commerce shopping cart compatible!


OTHER INSTALLED TOOLS

Webalizer Stats
Web based statistics about your visitors

Raw Access Logs
You can view your sites log files

Custom Error Pages
Set your own custom error pages (404 etc..)

.htaccess
Use .htaccess files with your hosting


EMAIL MANAGEMENT AND FEATURES

Web based Mail
Check your email via your website!

POP3 & IMAP
Create your own users and mailboxes

SMTP
We allow you to send through our servers

Aliases
Alias email addresses to other addresses

Forwarding
Setup email addresses to forward elsewhere

Auto Responders
Create auto responder email addresses

Mailing Lists
Powerful Majordomo mailing list manager installed!


SUPPORTED SCRIPTING AND SOFTWARE

MySQL
As many MySQL databases as you need

PHP4
Full support for PHP4 scripting

Perl 5
Full support for Perl 5 scripting

CGI
Run CGI scripts from your own cgi-bin

SSI
Server Side Includes are supported

Frontpage 2002
Microsoft Frontpage 2002 extensions supported

Miva Merchant
E-commerce shopping cart compatible!


SERVER AND CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION

Latest Hardware
All servers are top spec boxes powered by Intel

Redhat 7.3 Platform
Linux simply offers superior performance

Multiple Providers
Your site is connected via 13+ Internet backbones

100mbit Speeds
Fully burstable speeds for your site to 100mbits!

Additional Services & Overage Charges

Price per month:

Additional 1GB Data transfer per month
$3 USD
£2 UKP

Additional 500MB Disk space
$5 USD
£3 UKP

Additional 50 Mailboxes
$3 USD
£2 UKP

Multi Domain Hosting Pack (Click HERE for details)
$5 USD
£3 UKP

Additional MySQL Databases
Free
Free

Dedicated IP Addresses
$3 USD
£2 UKP

GeoTrust SSL Certificate*
$99 USD
Yearly


Sorry I don't normally attack hosts like this, but I think it is a terrible offer.

Rob

There's more;

Additional Disk Space $7.00 per 5 MB Monthly
1 MySQL2 $12.95 Monthly
1 Additional FTP Account $2.50 Monthly
Referrer Logs $4.00 Monthly

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The forum where web hosts are allowed to post ads are there for them to do just that - post advertisements.

I don't think it's appropriate to comment on them (these ads) for the moment... perhaps things may change in the future but for now it has to be this way (in the grand scheme of things).

However, you seem to have stumbled on an acceptable way to 'critique' their offer.

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WOW - $14.95 for a Miva Merchant Shopping Cart and complete hosting and support for 3rd party modules. 100mg with 10 GB transfer is plenty of space for any store online. Add free setup and site statics plus a free chat room for your help center, bulletin boards, 10 e-mail boxes including auto-responders, alias email and many other perks. OH, all 100% guaranteed satisfaction money back with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

The guy who wrote the review needs to look at the correct URL and view towncommerce.net for a unmistakable best value.

owner of TCNET

Scott, I apologise for biting, but I think you should get the facts on your site consistent. I followed the link you originally gave us and there wasn't really any further information for the offer you told us about. So I investigated further into "compare eHosting" and had a look at the commerce on the chart. I get the feeling that this is really old data and was probably reasonable a couple years back, but that's not the point. I now look at the front page and the information for the commerce pack says 30GB bandwidth and 500mb storage for the same price. Which one am I supposed to believe? The web eBasics plus says its normally $39.95 but I can't find that value mentioned anywhere. Are you referring to when paying for Miva merchant?

I think you just chose the wrong page to post since people snoop before they purchase. I hope you understand my view.

Rob
p.s. Bit of advice from how I feel. The more information you give to me beforehand (what you posted just then is far clearer), the more likely I am to buy. I want to know the tiniest details like what PHP version you are using, do you support Mod_rewrite, what chat room/bulletin board are you referring to? Is it vB or one of the free ones?
I don't care if you promise the world I don't buy it. I want hard facts instead of just saying other perks. If I have the tiniest scent that I'm going to be charged for something extra, then I want to know about it in advance and hopefully not at the prices I saw on the bottom of that table.
In essence, the more upfront and detailed I feel you are, the less curious I am.
As a last point, have a look at this thread: http://www.desilva.biz/forum/viewtopic439.php?s=