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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
bici wrote #314459:
Why do you like GoDaddy?
I’m going out on a limb and I’m going to say they’re a spammer.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
More disturbing news about webfaction.
A user on dec.11 wrote:
Just tried to log in to my account and was welcomed with a Webfaction to Godaddy migration screen? There was also mention that Webfaction is deprecated and if we do not have our accounts migrated to Godaddy we will lose access? This is insane!! Is there more information about this?
Given this, i think i have to now plan seriously for a move. A couple of hosting choices mentioned in the discussion on webfaction are Cloudways.com and Hostiso.com
anyone have experience with either? any other good recommendations ?
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
While it seems that thread was the result of a deployment error on the part of webfaction and godaddy and for the moment has gone away, it does show how they are likely to play their hand. Given that it was an error, the lack of accompanying information is understandable but altogether it does not bode well.
My client’s site with webfaction is not too hard to deploy elsewhere if the need arises but they have a long list of vital email accounts that would need transferring were I to switch hosts. Are there simple ways of migrating email accounts (all IMAP) without me having to ask each person to archive and transfer emails over?
One of my other hosts has an import facility as part of the webmail interface, though it’s not perfect but maybe there’s a good tool out there?
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
jakob wrote #315757:
.. but they have a long list of vital email accounts that would need transferring were I to switch hosts. Are there simple ways of migrating email accounts (all IMAP) without me having to ask each person to archive and transfer emails over?
you raise a good point! I too have a couple of users who would require email migration.
something to think about.
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#20 2018-12-27 08:26:44
- jpdupont
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
Hello everyone, and a great new year!
This news about Webfaction distresses me, because their concept Domains / Applications / Websites and their excellent documentation and support were perfect for me. For e-mails I remained faithful to the email hosting Infomaniak, which for me was also great. Just a few DNS settings to get the best of both.
How to find such service at an equivalent price?
On other forums, I was put on the trail of https://www.o2switch.fr/ which on paper is very good. A list of accommodations with the same quality / price ratio as Webfaction is interesting.
Jean-Pol
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
jpdupont wrote #315759:
Hello everyone, and a great new year!
This news about Webfaction distresses me, because their concept Domains / Applications / Websites and their excellent documentation and support were perfect for me. For e-mails I remained faithful to the email hosting Infomaniak, which for me was also great. Just a few DNS settings to get the best of both.
How to find such service at an equivalent price?
On other forums, I was put on the trail of https://www.o2switch.fr/ which on paper is very good. A list of accommodations with the same quality / price ratio as Webfaction is interesting.Jean-Pol
Hi and Happy New Year. I am curious why you wouldn’t use Infomaniak for both email and domain hosting?
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
bici wrote #315774:
Hi and Happy New Year. I am curious why you wouldn’t use Infomaniak for both email and domain hosting?
You’re right. If all you need is a LAMP stack, then that service appears to tick a lot of boxes at a reasonable price. Thanks for the pointer.
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#23 2018-12-27 18:04:02
- jpdupont
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
bici wrote #315774:
Hi and Happy New Year. I am curious why you wouldn’t use Infomaniak for both email and domain hosting?
Historically, Infomaniak was much more restrained for the creation of subdomains, the number of domains on a hosting, SSH access etc. Web prices were also higher, given the reduced number of domains per hosting. But their support is excellent, and fast, in French, by phone, chat or email. I am currently migrating all my domains from Gandi to Infomaniak, it is much cheaper.
Their offer has changed a lot, and I’ll do a comparison soon … I have already tried many things and for me currently, the top of the cart is the current version of Webfaction, and Infomaniak.
I have a large client with almost 10 sites, 3 of which are very important. They are all together on a single webfaction hosting. I will compare with Infomaniak, to see if the features are identical and for what price.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
What is the overarching rationale for moving from WebFaction?
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
jstubbs wrote #315793:
What is the overarching rationale for moving from WebFaction?
I don’t think we know one yet until we see what GoDaddy plans to do with Webfaction. Their glitch with the account migration screen may just have been for the billing side of things and the webfaction service may be maintained as-is, in which case moving may be unnecessary. If they were to migrate webfaction’s wide-ranging service to different service plans in Godaddy’s existing tiers of services, then one would need to see how they compare… and how smooth the transfer might be.
I’ve no prior experience of GoDaddy but plenty of people seem less than enamoured with them.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
jakob wrote #315795:
I’ve no prior experience of GoDaddy but plenty of people seem less than enamoured with them.
i have had some limited experience with them as i was helping my son who had used them to register a domain. It took some doing to get him out from their clasps. I also helped a friend with his domain on GoDaddy. Not pleasant. Not something i would want. Their UI is Butt Ugly. And i am being kind.
I’ll be keeping my eye on the webfaction situation. But at this stage, in the new year, I will be moving at least one site to a new service so that i can get experience with the other service. Of course one major challenge is how to get archived emails transferred to a new hosting provider. P.S. Seems Webfaction has not been upfront with developments re Godaddy with current customers.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
Webfaction officially announced the GoDaddy acquisition.
Dear WebFaction customer, As you know, WebFaction has joined forces with GoDaddy to bring you a hosting company with even more brawn.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
On the good side
… to use alongside your existing WebFaction services, which you can still manage through your control panel as normal.
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
yes that was a relief to read.
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#30 2019-01-08 09:15:48
- jpdupont
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Re: WebFaction joins GoDaddy
If I have to leave WebFaction, my choice will most likely be Infomaniak Cloud Server
I test it free for a month and I find the essential elements of WebFaction.
The interface is nice, centered on the essential (not cPanel). As a customer, I get a discount. For one year: € 239 instead of € 299. It’s more expensive than my $ 200 at Webfaction, for 2 hostings.
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