We recommend Godaddy.com to host your penny auction site on. We know their servers well and can help diagnose things quickly, versus other hosting company servers. We recommend that you use no less than a Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) also know as a Virtual Private Server (VPS).
Godaddy.com's Value $39.99 per month Linux Centos Virtual Dedicated Server
With PLESK control panel for additional $4.99 per month.
If you are locating the penny auction site in a foreign country, outside of North America, it would be better to get VDS in your home country. Internet latency from the USA to international site will not allow the script to function properly.
It is absolutely not recommended that you use a shared hosting account at all for deploying a penny auction site.
Problems With Using A Shared Hosting Account:
Reason #1) CPU Throttling - Do a Google search on it.
Reason #2) Cannot setup or run Cronjobs / Scheduled Tasks at all.
Reason #3) Cannot setup or run Cronjobs / Scheduled Tasks every minute.
Reason #4) Database is not hosted locally (localhost) on same server.
Reason #5) Not able to correctly configure server to run optimally.
Reason #6) Limited RAM Resources
Reason #7) Limited Server Connections
Hosting Requirements:
Linux (Centos) Operating System – Do NOT Use Windows
Apache Webserver – Do NOT Use Internet Information Server (IIS)
2GB RAM Minimum
500 MB Transfer Bandwidth = Half-Billion Page Refreshes
CPU – Any Speed or Make
Diskspace / Hardrive – Any Size – You will only need 1GB Max.
Ability To Setup and Run Cronjobs / Scheduled Tasks Every Minute
MySQL 4.xx or 5.xx
PHP 4.xx or 5.xx
Yearly Cron Job Service: ( $49 Per Year ) Just in case you decided to try and Shared Hosting Account and found out they do not have a cron job server capability. I will gladly activate your cron commands from my web server for $49 Per Year. Email For more Info.
Godaddy.com's Value $39.99 per month Linux Centos Virtual Dedicated Server
With PLESK control panel for additional $4.99 per month.
If you are locating the penny auction site in a foreign country, outside of North America, it would be better to get VDS in your home country. Internet latency from the USA to international site will not allow the script to function properly.
It is absolutely not recommended that you use a shared hosting account at all for deploying a penny auction site.
Problems With Using A Shared Hosting Account:
Reason #1) CPU Throttling - Do a Google search on it.
Reason #2) Cannot setup or run Cronjobs / Scheduled Tasks at all.
Reason #3) Cannot setup or run Cronjobs / Scheduled Tasks every minute.
Reason #4) Database is not hosted locally (localhost) on same server.
Reason #5) Not able to correctly configure server to run optimally.
Reason #6) Limited RAM Resources
Reason #7) Limited Server Connections
Hosting Requirements:
Yearly Cron Job Service: ( $49 Per Year ) Just in case you decided to try and Shared Hosting Account and found out they do not have a cron job server capability. I will gladly activate your cron commands from my web server for $49 Per Year. Email For more Info.
