Summary
Gossimer Web Hosting Company offers a wide variety of reliable and affordable services. They support both Linux and Windows hosting and some great programming languages such as PHP5, Perl, Python, Ruby, .NET and ASP. Each web hosting plan comes with unlimited features like unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer and unlimited e-mail accounts with 1000MB of storage. These unlimited features eliminates the need for upgrading into another plan which enables you to save money. They also did a fantastic job protecting their server and their clients by performing different kinds of security processes. What I like the most about Gossimer is their 24/7 Server Monitoring Service that is really important since websites need to be up and running 24/7.
Gossimer also offers Domain Services, E-mail Hosting Plan, Digital Certificates, Site Builder Hosting Plan, Reseller Plan, and more, with an affordable and reasonable price. Although Gossimer offers a lot of standout features, there are still few glitches that are in need for improvement such as Live Chat Service – which is Offline most of the time and Links for Customer Support- which needs more visibility. All in all, Gossimer is a one of the best Web Hosting Company with outstanding features.If you’re an individual looking for a fantastic web hosting company with lots of free and reliable services, then Gossimer is the best one for you!
Best Features :
- Lots of Free Features and Services
- 24/7 Server Monitoring
- Unlimited Features
- Free Privacy Protection and Domain Theft Protection
- No Pop-ups and annoying advertisements
- 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
- Review According to Categories
Legend : *** – needs improvement
Hosting Features
– Gossimer offers two different kinds of hosting plans : Windows Hosting and Linux Hosting. Both of these plans comes with a FREE $50 Yahoo Ad Credit, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer,Unlimited E-mail accounts and no Set-up Free with an affordable and reasonable price. With this kind of plans being offered, upgrading isn’t necessary anymore because you now have unlimited features where you will be able to host all of your files perfectly. Nothing gets more unstoppable than that! Their server is also equipped with different kinds of security to ensure the safety of their clients and products. Each Hosting Plan comes also with Domain Aliases, Private Folder for Storing Sensitive Data, and a Web Traffic Reporting all for free. Gossimer’s Linux plan is capable of supporting programming languages such as PHP5, Perl, Python and Ruby, while their Windows Hosting supports .NET and ASP. Each plan also comes with a 1-Click Install Scripts that you can use to easily set-up your website with no programming experience needed. Gossimer offers a 30-day money back guarantee.
Pricing
– The pricing for Web Hosting is based on annual charging with a duration of 1 to 10 years. The price itself for each plan is very affordable compared to other Web Hosting Companies.
- Linux Hosting Plan for 1 Year – USD 63.87
- Windows Hosting Plan for 1 Year – USD 63.87
Space
– Gossimer offers Unlimited Disk Space only. This is very helpful because it eliminates the need for upgrading again into another plan in case you are out of space.
***It would also be great if there are other plans with limited Disk Space for customers who doesn’t need that much space and to those who only wants to use their server for small websites like blogs, writing, and much more.
Software / Scripts
– Gossimer offers 1-click Install Scripts that can be easily installed into your server for free such as Image Gallery Management System, Content Management Systems, Shopping cart Solution, Bulletin board System, News Publishing System, Blog Tools, and Website Management Tools.
***Site scripts (1-Click Scripts) offers only 7 different kinds of scripts for Linux Hosting and only 1 for Windows Hosting. It will be better if customers has a wide variety of scripts & 1-Click Scripts to choose from.
Domains
– Gossimer has a wide variety of Domain tools and services. Services are : New Domain Registration, Domain transfer, Bulk Registration , Bulk Transfer and a free DNS Service. Tools that you can use for free to help you for your needs are : WHOis Lookup and Name Suggestion Tool which is really helpful especially when you are having a hard time thinking for that perfect domain name that will fits you perfectly. What I personally love about Gossimer is that each Domain comes with an outstanding Free Services such as Privacy Protection, Domain Theft Protection, Bulk tools and a Control Panel. In some hosting sites, you need to pay additional fees in order to have those services attached into your domains.**Privacy Protection is not available on some domain extensions.
Ecommerce Hosting
– If you’re an individual who would like to start his own business online and looking for a great E-Commerce Hosting Company that will meet all of your needs, then you came into the right place! Gossimer offers a wide variety of services to help you build your own business.
Gossimer offers unlimited E-mail Accounts, provides SMTP/POP3/IMAP email, webmail, and 1000MB of space for each account. Additional features include forwarding, auto responders, calendar and advanced Spam/Virus Protection for free.
Support
– Gossimer has a Support Knowledge Base and a Support Center. The support they’re providing for everyone is fantastic! They provided a complete and detailed information regarding all of their services and products being offered as well as Step-by-Step instructions for logging in to your control panel and more. There is also a Demo page which enables visitors to try all of the products and services on their own. While the Support Knowledge Base provides you detailed information about the services and products, the Support Center enables customers to interact with Gossimer’s Support Team. Customers will be able to send any inquiries or report any issues they are experiencing by submitting a through the Support Center. There are also Live Chat Support, Announcements, and some articles that are available for download.
***Live Chat Service is offline most of the time.
Services
– Besides of Domain Registration and Web Hosting Plans, Gossimer offers also a wide variety of services that you will surely find reliable and affordable, whether it is for personal use or even for starting your own – business. Some of these services are :
- Email Hosting Plan – This plan allows you to host Unlimited E-mail accounts for a very affordable price. Features included are : Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Protection, Mailing Lists, DNS Manager and much more.This is great for those who wants to start their own online business.
- Live Chat Services Plan – Allows you to interact and monitor with your visitors in real-time. Gossimer divided the Live Chat Services Plans into 4 different categories (Basic, Small Business, Corporate, Enterprise) that will perfectly fit your needs.
- SSL Certificates – Gossimer also offers SSL Certificates to help you secure your website.
These are just some of their great products.
Content and Appearance
– The neat and professional look of the site itself gives the customers the confidence and ease to browse around. Their products and services being offered were supplied with complete information that can be easily read and find. And unlike any other Web Hosting sites, Gossimer has no pop-ups and annoying advertisements all around which makes it safer and more appealing to the public.
*** Links for Support Knowledge Base (Documentation), Support Center (Main Support), and Contact Page are not well emphasized which makes them a little hard to find, especially for new visitors. There is also no Feedback page where customers can tell something about the service that has been given to them which will be helpful for the new customers.
