101domain.com - Hosting overview

Overview

As a client, you are offered the services of shared, cloud, and dedicated server solutions. Aside from that, the company has a portion of side services like Secure web accelerator, AdultBlock, etc. The most basic plan, in this case, it's personal allows hosting 1 website on 50GB disk space and unlimited bandwidth.

Their site is neatly designed, although somewhat crowded with text blocks, and even after considering that there’s still not enough information listed about hosting details. The company has its own knowledge base, filled with over 100+ articles that touch various hosting topics.

As stated under the “contact” section, live support working hours are 12 AM to 5 PM PT. You can reach support by using a live chat/phone during working hours, opening a ticket, or by filling out a feedback form. The support system is tiered into many subcategories (ex, sales, transfer, legal, etc). I've asked a specialist a few technical questions, and after bouncing between departments all of my questions were answered in a detailed and helpful manner.

As mentioned above, there’s just not enough information presented about specifications or hosting features themselves, only vague descriptions and promises. From what I could find, WordPress is strongly optimized for it, but it doesn’t come in a separate plan, instead, it is an included feature. Linux-based OS is the only OS that 101Domains supports. Most of the security comes from additional services, like Secure Web Accelerator by Cloudflare. Although it’s a paid feature, It generally doesn’t cost much, as it is 0.99$ per month for a standard plan, and even it greatly boosts up your server load speeds.

The company also provides a custom firewall and DDoS protection, but they are reserved for Cloud and dedicated server solutions.

Sadly, there’s no mentioned uptime.

As usual, softaculous is provided allowing for an easy one-click installation of supported CMS platforms, addons n plugins. So installing WordPress is especially easy, as it comes with its own toolkit. You can view your server stats either from the control panel or from the client area. Additional IP addresses are available for purchase during configuration. Scalability is not an issue, as you can scale up your resources at any time as well as request to allocate resources on demand. The company also offers a variety of corporate services meant to help make the hosting and life of business owners more convenient. For example, Adultblock is a service that will prevent unwanted attention to your server, additionally blocking the ability to register an adult domain with the same name. 

It's not publicly stated if users are granted SSH or Root access, tech support treasures that it is indeed so and the company doesn't grant either.

The company has both an affiliate program and a reseller hosting, so users under those programs can benefit from selling or advertising 101Domains’ services elsewhere.

• Google workspace trial is available for every plan;
• Instead of the usual cPanel, 101domains uses only Plesk, and it is included in every plan;
• Unlimited bandwidth;
• Unlimited websites, storage, and subdomains for some plans;
• Free SSL.

The prices set by 101Domains can be considered slightly above market average, with the cheapest plan being 7.99$ for shared hosting. Although there is a discount if you buy hosting by yearly plans, it’s that big of a deal, with only 13% off.

Refunds are not available.