Host Unlimited Web Sites With GoDaddy Deluxe Plan, Plus Get $75 In Ad Credits

I host my sites at the same place as I get my domains. GoDaddy has a great hosting package that I recommend to anyone who asks...plus it's nice to keep my domains and web site hosting all under one roof.

The features with the GoDaddy deluxe plan are great. You can host unlimited web sites with just one account. I literally have dozens of web sites but only one hosting account that costs me less than $80 USD per year.

With the hosting package you get plenty of storage space, plenty of data transfer, plenty of email accounts and as mentioned, unlimited web sites.

You also get 25 MySQL databases (which is the database engine used for WordPress blogs for example). I personally only use up a few of them, yet I use a database on practically every single web site that I manage. That's because most of my sites are really WordPress blogs and with WordPress you are able to easily use the same database for multiple installations.

One thing though is that only your hosted domain has access to the, I think it's 1000, email accounts that they give you. But the extra domains that you purchase to setup your other web sites are given an email address and 100 email forwards. I have never needed anymore than that, but if you do, GoDaddy gives the option to buy extra email addresses.

Currently offered with a 12-month deluxe plan is $25 worth of Google AdWords credits and $50 worth of MSN adCenter credits. The AdWords credits are for new customers only. And make sure you claim the credits quickly otherwise they'll snatch them back. I think you get a week but I'm not positive. You don't have to use them immediately, you just have to claim them. I don't know the rules with MSN adCenter but I do know that the offer is good for only US residents.

So...if you are able to take advantage of both PPC credits you are really getting your hosting for like $5 for the first year and plus you can scoop up a domain name at the same time for $1.99. I believe all non-domain related purchases grant you a $1.99 domain. Not bad.

To get you started, here are the steps to get a hosting account and domain name at GoDaddy:

• Go to the GoDaddy hosting page (link will open in new window).
• Scroll down a bit and click the orange button on the left that says "Choose Your Web Site Hosting Plan".
• Scroll down a bit and click the small orange "Add" button in the middle of the screen. (This will add the 12-month deluxe hosting plan with the Linux Operating System to your cart. If you plan to use a WordPress blog, Linux will be what you need.)
• Scroll to the bottom and click the big orange button that says "Continue".

At this point your hosting package should be in the shopping cart and you should see a message saying "Wait: You qualify for a new domain name at just $1.99".

• Enter your desired domain name in the green box above the shopping cart and click the "Go" button.
• It'll tell you if it's available, then just click the orange "Continue" button.
• Change it to 1 year or leave it at 2 and click the next orange "Continue" button.

If you choose the 12 month deluxe hosting package and 1 year for the domain name your shopping cart total should be $81.87. Not too shabby for being able to host unlimited web sites and getting a domain name for one year.

Now go ahead and put checkmarks in the boxes if you accept the terms and the agreement and checkout.

Setup your hosting account with unlimited web sites now.