Freetures Discovered at Globat

In accordance with the freetures Search Guidelines set forth in our initial post, the following items found to be included in the Globat basic web hosting are considered to be freetures per the  freeture definition outlined earlier:

Although some features listed in our Basic Web Hosting Requirement Package (User-friendly Control Panel and Web based Mail) do not appear to be offered in Globat's Basic package, the Added-value items which are included are sufficient to offset the cost of those non-included items if purchased individually. Thus freetures offered in Globat's basic package are as follows:

Blogging Software
Domain Registration
Photo Album Software
MySql Databases
Site Builder & Templates
Unlimited Domain Hosting

Locating freetures on the internet is not an exact science, but can be a method which could be utilized by internet newcomers to determine good value for their investment dollars.


The next packagewe'll look at is Host Gator.

02/05/2009

Freetures Discovered at Host Gator

The most recent visit to Host Gator's website revealed a "Green Host Package" which is a new category of tools and services a new environmental-conscious website owner may want to explore and which is also the reason it is mentioned here; but actual freetures offered in Host Gator's basic package when compared to our Basic Web Hosting Requirement Package, are as follows:

E-Commerce Features
Latest cPanel Features
Site Builder
Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Domain Hosting
Unlimited MySql Databases


Next package we will look at IPower

02/10/2009

Freetures Discovered at IPower

The IPower Starter Plan will be equivalent to our Basic Web Hosting Requirement Package as described above and it consists of the tools, functions and services that would be adequate to the task of getting most websites up and running smoothly and effectively. One of the items which we expected to see in this Starter Plan but didn't find was 3 email accounts. Instead of 3 email accounts which our basic plan includes, they offer 1, but we must also point out the new of "Google Custom Search Engine"  to the starter plan which it can be argued is the equivalent if not more valuable. The actual freetures found are as follows:

Blogging Software
Bulletin Board; phpBB
Customizable MIME Types
Google Webmaster Tools
File Manager
Spam Filtering


The next Package we'll look at is Lunar Pages.

02/17/2009

Freetures Discovered at Lunar Pages

Based upon our most recent visit to the Lunar pages product page (02/17/09) we find that the products/services included in their basic package compares very favorably to the web hosting packages of the previously visited company's as well as our basic package, with the exception of the email accounts and web-based mail. This web host offers a separate email hosting package so that may explain their reluctance to include that service in a basic plan. We should point out that this web host is among the few who offers a free domain name with the purchase of a "NEW 12 to 24 month plan". When measured against our Basic Web Hosting Requirement Package, actual freetures found are as follows:

Domain Name
Free Set Up
Microsoft FrontPage Extensions*
Unlimited Add-on Domains
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Sub Domains


Think Host will be the next web host we'll visit in our search for freetures.

02/20/2009

Our most recent visit to Think Host was just four minutes before the writing of this freeture search comparison. Every attempt is being made to be as fair and impartial as possible, which is the reason for the last minute revisits. On the other hand, last minute visits tend to reveal new additions to some web hosts' basic packages as in this case, but it obviously would not be fair  to include them here since any new additions that may have been added to the previous packages will not be included either. When measured against our Basic Web Hosting Requirement Package, the freetures found at Think Host are as follows:

Bonus Software/Tools
Content Management Software
Forum Software
Host Unlimited Domains/Sites
Photo gallery
Site Builder


We have elected to add a sixth web host provider to our search for  freetures because they offer two specialty plans (professional and business) that may be of interest to many website owners. The new web host we've added and at which we'll do our final freeture search is Host Excellence


02/25/2009

On the date reflected above at 5:15pm we visited Host Excellence to take a final look at that web host provider's basic package before publishing. As we indicated earlier, there are two hosting packages offered by this provider, the Professional Plan and the "Unlimited Business Plan". We consider the professional plan as the basic one for the purpose of this freeture search and therefore will provide our findings based upon its contents. After a careful examination and subsequent comparison to our basic package, we have determine that the freetures offered with the Host Excellence basic plan are as follows:

Dedicated IP Addresses
Free Site Builder
Unlimited Multiple Domain Hosting
Unlimited MySql
Unlimited Sub-Domains
URL Masking


Conclusion:

We started the Freeture Search procedure with the intention of providing another method with which to identify certain items of value found in various sales promotion packages/plans that are offered by internet merchants and affiliate marketers.

There was always a clear understanding that this exercise was never intended to identify all such items (freetures) that would be unrealistic; but rather to initiate a process which we hope others would utilize to assist them in recognizing value and making good decisions in their purchases based on same.

We have identified six freetures in each of the packages offered by the above web hosts and provided them here, but there is no doubt that more exist and they are really not very difficult to find as long as one knows what to look for, so by all means, do your own freeture search and discover the wealth of freetured products and services the internet has to offer. Go ahead! Go! Goooooooo...




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