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Over 100,000 customers enjoy the benefits of running 50 domains with 1 web hosting account with StartLogic Reseller web hosting solutions. They've won numerous awards in recognition of their quality of service, customer support, and security systems. All StartLogic packages include Free Setup and Free Domain names with no other hidden costs or fees.
StartLogic offers something with their web hosting plans that very few web hosting companies do:
Google Webmaster Tools: A robust set of features to analyze and diagnose your Web site for Google indexing. It is a free and easy way to make your Web site Google-friendly. Google's suite of Webmaster Tools can show you Google's view of your site, help you diagnose issues, and let you share info with Google to help improve your site's visibility. With Google Webmaster Tools, you can get better insight, learn traffic-drivers, and understand search difficulties.
Additional Services: StartLogic's Web Concierge Program provides direct access (phone, tickets and e-mail) to a dedicated support person who will assist you with managing your account, expediting any support requests, and making the most of your account. iYogi Computer Support Services gives you unlimited desktop tech support tech support for your PC - everything from removing viruses, troubleshooting Windows, setting up your printer, and more. Note that a small fee applies for both services.
Price Value
Start Logic Reseller Hosting's budget package has one of the lowest prices around for the value. For $4.95 you get unlimited disk space and bandwidth for not 1 but 50 domains (check their T&C for the fine print on "unlimited"). Free bonuses like $50 Google AdWords credit and a $50 Yahoo! Search Marketing credit pump up the value even more.
This basic package (and all subsequent packages) come feature-packed. You'll get unlimited email accounts, a choice of secure shopping carts (including PayPal's), Frontpage extensions, browser-based email and a web hosting control panel, plus log files, site stats, and MySQL, PHP, PerlScripts and CGI-BIN support.
Your account comes with free multimedia features included, like real audio and video, streaming audio, Macromedia Shockwave, MIDI File Support and MIME types. You'll get a complete FTP manager with backup and password protection, a website builder loaded with templates, plus a publisher and a logo and slogan editor. You'll get unlimited POP3 emails, forwards and autoresponders.
The promotional tools that come with Start Logic Reseller hosting packages are among its greatest features. Get a 500+ page marketing manual, a search engine positioner and submitter, Meta Tags and Keywords Generators, a Link Checker, and $50 matching credit for advertising. In a way, it seems like StartLogic Reseller gives you everything but the computer.
Reliability
StartLogic Reseller has a no-questions-asked 30 day money back guarantee and stands behind a solid 99.9% uptime guarantee all the time. Their Los Angeles-based datacenter is a custom-designed facility that uses redundant optical fiber connections and multiple internet backbone providers.
Careful attention was paid to environmental controls, with HVAC temperature control systems, raised floors, redundant power, UPS backup and power conditioning systems and generators. They use state of the art video surveillance, motion sensors, biometric access controls, security breach alarms, and smoke detection and fire suppression methods.
Control Panel
Users will enjoy StartLogic Reseller's easy to use VDECK 3.0 control panel that, with large icon-based buttons, gives you versatility and control over all aspects of your account, from administrative to creative. All from its one crisp, clean, and powerful interface you can build, publish, and market your websites, set up shopping carts, install scripts, and manage your email account. Help information on all VDECK features are accessible directly from the control panel itself.
Customer Support
Start Logic Reseller Hosting has live web chat support, which is our hands-down favorite way to get help. Choose from 24/7 x 365 award-winning live chat, toll-free telephone, and email tech support. They run a comprehensive Support Center with a troubleshooting tour, an email query ticket system, a Getting Started guide, a Community Forum, an Announcement Board, and a categorized and searchable Knowledgebase/FAQ.
They also run a convenient Additional Services page from where you can change your account domain name, add sub domain names, order SSL certificates, add disk space, databases and/or bandwidth, park domains and otherwise manage your account.