FatCow Shared Website Hosting Review - Good or Bad?
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FatCow Review

FatCow FeaturesFatCow is a web host that is loaded in features but not in the price. Currently, you can sign up for just $49 per year and you can opt to take advantage of this pricing for one, two or three years before the rate goes up to their normal rates.

What most don’t realize is FatCow now offers a hidden upgrade path from shared hosting all the way to VPS Hosting and even Dedicated Servers for your site as it grows. This is essential for your website so that you can upgrade when your website starts using a lot of resources and needs to move up.

WordPress Hosting

Besides the standard shared hosting plan, there’s also the WordPress hosting which offers you enhanced features specific to WordPress including pre-installed WordPress Plugins. Your WordPress plan would also include a set of hand-picked WordPress themes or you could choose a premium theme from resources like the Genesis Framework.

WP Essential

If you’d like to take your WordPress to the next level, choose the WP Essential plan and you’ll get what they call “The Best Value in Town.” This will include:

  • SSD-based hard disks for super speed delivery.
  • Enhanced security with SiteLock.
  • Personalized customer support specific to your plan.

FatCow WordPress Hosting

FatCow Pros

The introductory rate of just $49 per year that you can take advantage of for 3 years puts FatCow amongst the cheapest web hosting providers available. Considering $200 in advertising and a free domain name, it’s truly an irresistible offer.

FatCow Problems

Some users have complained about their customer support and reliability at times. As with any host that offers ultra-discounted web hosting, there can be issues with the service when considering how many clients they need on a server to be profitable.

How has your experience with FatCow been? If you’ve used their service or are currently hosting with them, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Jane - July 7, 2015

I’ve been attempting to get a stable installation of FengOffice in place on FatCow for MONTHS now. Hosting meets necessary technical specifications. I’ve installed it plenty of times in the past with no difficulties. Cannot get it running on FatCow and they offer no assistance. #FedUp with #FatCow

Alvalyn Lundgren - August 18, 2015

FatCow was my go-to host for myself and my client sites for a long time. But I’m finding the support – lack of even the ability to understand the problem or what I am asking – is not at all what it used to be. I use the live chat for support mostly, and it takes longer and longer to get picked up, and more than half the time the tech person does not actually answer my question. I’m sad about the denigrated quality, because they used to be so good.

I’m in the process of migrating all my sites to another host. I’m that frustrated.

Thanks for posting the review.

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