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GreenGeeks is a web hosting company based in California. GreenGeeks's servers and hardware are energy-efficient. The company buys wind credits to counteract the carbon footprint of their servers.
It was founded in 2006 by Trey Gardner, who is also an environmental activist. He realised that the web host industry has grown into one of the biggest polluters in the world, so he wanted to establish a web hosting company that will set an example in the green movement. And he succeeded. How does that work? They purchase 3 credits of wind energy for every power unit they take from the grid and they send it back to the grid to reduce their carbon footprint. So be pleased to know that you can manage an online business or blog without feeling that you too are contributing to the degradation of our environment. On the contrary, with a 300% carbon offsetting, your impact will be a positive one.
GreekGeeks offers shared hosting services, VPS and reseller. The shared hosting currently starts at only $2,95/month and includes unlimited domains on one account, unlimited web space, free domain name registration or transfer, a free website migration, 24/7 US based customer support, free site building tools, 30 day money back guarantee and many other 'goodies'.
The reseller hosting is scalable and has five plans to choose from: SEED ($19,95/month), SPROUT (the most popular one, for $24,95/month), PLANT ($39,95/month), TREE ($59,95/month) and FOREST ($99,95/month). SEED comes with 50 GB SSD web space, 500 GB premium bandwidth and unlimited cPanel accounts, while FOREST gives you 200 GB SSD web space, 2,000 GB premium bandwidth and unlimited cPanel accounts.
VPS hosting starts from $39,95/month, with 1 GB Ram, 1,000 GB premium bandwidth and goes up to $159,95/month, with 8 GB RAM and 3,000 GB premium bandwidth.
For detailed information regarding the GreenGeeks packages, follow this link: https://www.greengeeks.com/
While most web hosting providers aim to have as many customers and websites as possible on a single server, because that's good for business, GreenGeeks knows that crowdness is a no-no for speed and performance. Servers aren't full beyond their capacity and GreenGeeks also makes nightly backups so that you won't lose your data, in case of any unforeseen crashes.
Among the many features GreenGeeks offers we can mention the fast web space, which is unlimited and it's powered by RAID-10 SSD, free website migration, free starter site and drag and drop site builder, POP3/POP3 Secure E-mail Support, unlimited MySQL databases, FTP access, SSH (Shell) Access, Fantastico & Softaculous Script Installer, Spam Assassin Protection and many others.
GreenGeeks offers 30 day money back guarantee for all their services. Customers do have to pay the cost of the domain name though, but other than that, the cancellation process is quick and easy.
Their web hosting services support Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Moodle, Guestbook and others. The free site builder offers over 600 templates that are easy to implement even if you are a beginner.
GreenGeeks offers e-commerce solutions, such as OSCommerce, CubeCart or Zen Cart and $25 worth of free advertising credits to Yahoo.
The web host provider is 100% compatible with Drupal. Drupal.com even recommends it as the number one shared web host. Thanks to the Fantastico app that GreenGeeks uses, which is integrated with the cPanel, customers can install the latest version of Drupal with just one click.
The shared hosting currently starts at only $2,95/month.
The reseller hosting is scalable and has five plans to choose from: SEED ($19,95/month), SPROUT (the most popular one, for $24,95/month), PLANT ($39,95/month), TREE ($59,95/month) and FOREST ($99,95/month).
VPS hosting starts from $39,95/month, with 1 GB Ram, 1,000 GB premium bandwidth and goes up to $159,95/month, with 8 GB RAM and 3,000 GB premium bandwidth.
GreenGeeks is not just a 'green' hosting provider suited only for environmentalists. Their hardware is solid, reliable and up to date. They are using Intel Dual Quad Core servers with RAID-10 SSD storage technology, ensuring a high performance service. As we explained above, they don't overload their servers, keeping a low number of websites/server.
Tests show a 99,98% uptime in 30 days and an average of 99,9%, which is the standard in this industry.
But should the worst happen, GreenGeeks is prepared to keep you data safe. They perform nightly backups of all their servers.
GreenGeeks offers 24/7, North American based customer support. They boast about their tech staff, which is never outsourced and always friendly and ready to meet your needs. They have extended phone service hours, well trained reps who are friendly, involved and devoted. In addition to phone support, you also get email support, live chat, access to their knowledge base, where you can find plenty of useful, help articles, How-to's and FAQ and video tutorials on hundreds of topics.
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By: Kelly | Last updated April 12, 2017 
