Arvixe was founded in California in 2003. Using data centers in Houston and Dallas, TX, Arvixe provides shared Linux and Windows-based personal and business hosting, reseller hosting, and VPS and dedicated servers.
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Sales
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There are a number of ways to get in touch with the Arvixe sales team, including email, live chat, a toll-free telephone number and an online forum. I jumped on live chat to ask a few basic questions and was greeted by a sales rep named Anoop Thomas 15-seconds later. Anoop quickly and politely answered my questions and had me on my way in just a few moments. Perfect!
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Setup
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Arvixe requires that you fill out a short online form to sign up for an account. Once that’s done, you’re taken to a payment screen. The whole process takes just under a minute. Within seconds of paying, I had a welcome letter in my email inbox and my account had been activated. Speedy service!
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Billing
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Arvixe accepts all major credit cards, PayPal, Google Checkout, money orders and checks. I paid with my PayPal account and had no billing issues during my one year stay with Arvixe or following the cancellation of my account.
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Pricing
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Arvixe offers shared hosting plans with an unlimited amount of space and bandwidth. The amount you pay is determined by how many domains you wish to host on that account and how long you wish your payment term to last. Pay month to month and the personal shared hosting plan costs $7 a month, but should you choose to pay two years in advance, the same plan is only $4/month. Arvixe’s pricing structure definitely has the thrifty consumer in mind. My only beef here is that you don’t learn that the advertised $4/month price is only good if you pay for a two year plan until you get to the checkout.
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Reliability
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I had no issues of any kind with Arvixe’s hardware. My hosting server performed as it should for a full year with no failures.
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Help & Support
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Arvixe offers a multitude of support channels, including email, a ticket system, toll-free telephone number, live chat and their well populated online forum. I found the support team to be exceptionally polite and well trained, always eager to help out. On two separate occasions, my cell phone lost its signal while speaking with a support rep, and Arvixe promptly called me back. Arvixe provides one of the highest levels of customer support I’ve seen in a long time.
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Uptime
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My premium uptime monitor indicated that Arvixe performed at 100% uptime during my one year stay.
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Guarantee
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99.9% uptime guarantee
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60-day money back guarantee.
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Terms of Service
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You can find the Terms of Service for Arvixe is online. Highlights include:
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A late fee of $10 will be assessed to all accounts past due.
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Abuse of system resources not permitted.
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Cron jobs limited to five minute intervals.
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No spamming, torrent sites, illegal files or IRC scripts/bots allowed.
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Bottom Line
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Advantages
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Phenomenal support.
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Excellent uptime.
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Free domain for life with all plans.
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Easy to use control panel (cPanel).
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Disadvantages
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Pricing somewhat misleading.
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Limited number of domains allowed on some plans.
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