As well as providing new customers normal shared hosting (Unix) at standard rates, Extmedia provides them with specialized hosting for Windows, Bitrix, and Drupal via its new hosting portal hoster.by. Should their hosting needs increase, they’ll gladly scale them up to either Cloud Hosting or dedicated servers based on their needs.
Features and Ease of Use
If you’re an existing customer, you will be able to log into your control panel directly from Extmedia, but if you’re a new customer looking to buy a hosting package, go to hoster.by. Registration is fast and free.
Under your cPanel in Russian, you will find numerous features. Here is a snippet.
- Domain registration
- CGI, Ruby, Node.js and PHP scripts
- One-click app installer
- Mailboxes
- FTP access
- MySQL support
- Free advertising credit
Many a time, customers struggle with the limitation and inconvenience of a shared hosting account when they can easily scale up to Cloud hosting with remote KVM access or get rental servers that could ease up their resource needs. Extmedia.by has a range of dedicated servers with full root access. Set up is free, on top of that, you get free SSL, a dedicated IP address and 2-4 weeks to test drive any package. Also, its system admins can lend a helping a hand if you’re desperately in need.
If you’re looking to cut down or avoid CAPEX for local IT infrastructure, consider its SaaS hosting for your VPS or dedicated servers. It will give you access to the latest software from top vendors and guarantee you 24/7 professional support. Select your OS (Windows or Clou Linux), SQL server app, and a convenient hosting panel between cPanel or ISPManager. You’ll only pay for the duration you’ll use the panel and not a long-term license.
With Optima TP or higher unix hosting plans, you get a free website builder to kickstart your website. It’s handy for newbies or amateurs who want to create simple but powerful websites without the intervention of designers and programmers. You can deploy it directly from your control panel. It comes with over 170 beautiful templates and a drag-and-drop interface. All templates are mobile-friendly and designed with SEO in mind.
Just recently, a gale swept across my neighborhood and knocked down a couple of trees. One fell on the powerline as I was customizing a client’s website. Three hours of coding went down the drain as my charger was disconnected. You have access to JetBackup with an easy restore option. Ensure you create backup copies of your websites and files so you won’t to have a sorry tale to tell support, who’ll do nothing but console you.
Pricing and Support
Just like many hosting services in Eastern Europe, Extmedia’s hosting packages are cheap. You will benefit from its low-cost plans with a decent set of features and stable hosting platform. To order a hosting service or register a domain, select the hosting package of your choice then register and pay for it. There’s a sliding panel that shows you the cost of a rental server for each month. Also, you have the option to throw in SSLs, get Windows 365, antivirus, hosted email, and web promotion services into your shopping basket before you place an order.
Self-help isn’t possible from Extmedia website, but it is from its hoster.by, which carries many useful tutorials and even FAQs. If you’re unable to resolve your problem, you may call its friendly Minsk-based support team for assistance or start live chat (Skype, Viber, online, chat, messenger), which I found to be fast and responsive.
