If you are new to website hosting or just starting to blog and want to host your own domain name, cheap web hosting is the one we usually look for our first web host. This is the same in my case where I subscribed to 3ix cheap web hosting services.
When I had decided to take blogging seriously late September 2007, One major concern that I had dealt with was choosing which web hosting company to host my blog. Of course as a beginner back then, I looked for companies that offer reliable Cheap Web hosting.
3ix Cheap Web hosting experience
- Offers Cheap Web Hosting! As a newbie in the blogosphere, I don’t want to spend much on my hosting plan as of that time. So with a $1 per month , I can’t help but sign up to their plan.
- They offer a 30day money back guarantee, no questions ask.
- LIVE customer support, real person, not a robot lol
- Fast activation. Upon payment, my account is activated instantly. Even the upgrade takes no waiting time after my payment has been made.
I was initially subscribed to the EXCITE plan and just today, upgraded to EXTRA plan. Based on my experience with them, though considered short, you can consider 3ix as a starter cheap web hosting service for your blog.
As for reliability, up and downtimes, all I can say is, you’ll get what you pay for. 
There are several companies out there that offers cheap web hosting, will update this blog if ever I get a reliable feedback.
Peter, there is nothing free or cheap.
If it is free or cheap then there is always a reason:
Today I found out that they have messed up my entire “ticketing” system.
So, problems reported to 3ix are all in a mess.
Just now some messages of mine appeared nearly 2 month late.
Old answers of mine are now mixed with new informations and everyone thinks my old requests are new ones.
Until now they dint solve that software cannot be installed without asking host-care for help
and “pathinfo” also doesnt work.
No, 3ix cannot be recommended for a serious web page.
I thought I would get an uber-cheap host while developing the beginnings of a game development company.
Unfortunately, my research led me to 3ix. In the months since beginning my account in May, I have had the pleasure of dealing with the following frustrating problems:
- Invoking traffurl.ru before page loading, which caused a delay on any page loaded. Solution: Support “did something”, and it worked.
- MySQL database wipe, and support’s inability to restore from a backup. Solution: I had to redo part of my website. I implemented my own custom backup system “just in case” it happened again.
- Inability to send email to my Mailman mailing list. Solution: Tech support “did something” and it worked.
- Inability to send email with a mail client configured on standard SMTP port 25. Solution: Support suggested I reconfigure the mail client to use port 26. Still fighting on this one.
All I can say is, you get what you pay for. I will not renew my account with 3ix, and I am in the process of finding a new host.
Best regards,
- Peter
Peter I know what you mean.
That chat thing at 3ix never works because too many “cooks” are involved there and everyone is dragging his feet at good as possible in order not to understand whats going on.
On the other hand, I know one with a 5$/month account at 3ix.
That page works smoothly without any problems installing software.
I think they think: “Its only a 1$/month page, so, we dont really want people to use it with a purpose”
Caireann
Hello,
I have to review my comments from above.
In the meantime I found that if I download software packages (e.g. XOOPS) and install them on one of those cheap accounts hosted by 3ix.org then they are .htaccess blocked by the server.
Then the only thing you get out of it is a misconfiguration error.
Then You write in to host-care (3ix) explain everything and after loads of dragging of feet problems are sometimes solved.
I have installed XOOPS.
Got a misconfiguration error..
after long discussions 3ix adjusted it.
Then I installed some modules, because XOOPS without modules is basically useless.
Until today I am still talking to 3ix to get the settings fixed so that I can use the modules.
At 3ix too many people are involved and everything has to be explained to everyone from scratch.
So, I dont know when I will get my usually easy to install software running.
Caireann
I used to have this URL until something went wrong and now trying to do the ‘chat’ thing with their ‘techinical’ (read really unhelpful) people who read it off a script like most ‘sevice providers’ these days
I am seeking another provider and I really don’t care if it is cheap or not – I have found cheap is nasty – especially when it comes to 3ix
I just hosted my blog http://www.imablogger.net with 3ix, and I am in a downtime right now…I guess that is what it is. They say they are working hard to fix it, but it has been 3 hours.
I have tried
http://www.marblehost.com
they are really cheap and the service is great.
3ix are the worst webhosting service you will ever find… i’d advise everyone to steer clear of them.. unless you like the sound of a server that loses your database and tech support staff that have no idea how to fix things
A friend of mine here in Singapore got one webspace on 3ix.org and asked me to take care of it.
We has minour glitches which were very fast fixed by 3ix.org although my friend only got a 1$ plan.
Until now no complaints about that hosting, althoungh the website at times can open slightly slowly.
Hosting features have in the meantime been upgraded now 10Gb and 20Gb bandwidth can be obtained for 1$/month.
What I find a bit meagre is the only 20 email accounts and 2!! only MySQL databases you get for that money.
Cant do much with only two MySQL databases.
Other blogs also report about the negative side of having a 3ix account which is that unusually many viruses are being scripted into webpages at 3ix.
I cant say anything yet about that.
Caireann,
Singapore
Hi Amy,
For the first time, I have came against a good review of 3ix company. I too read many bad reviews about them but after buying hosting from them. I experienced downtime of 15hours yesterday. In 10 days of hosting experience, they had downtime of 15-20 minutes on alternate days.
I am thinking of getting money back.