I had not heard of DotEasy.com Hosting services before, but came across this review of their Free hosting service.  It would appear that they provide banner free(ergo they do not advertise on your website) hosting service to people and businesses.  The primary drawback of their service per the review is their uptime reliability.

They do offer a paid version as well, which comparatively speaking, looks like last years rates. 

The Free hosting plan is definitely the better buy!  (Go figure  )

Here is what they come with in their service offerings:

Doteasy is providing Linux and Windows web hosting services, has been founded in 1999 and now it’s eigth years in business.

Comes with:
100MB disk storage
1000MB monthly traffic
10 email accounts, with domain registration

Web Hosting Review – Doteasy at Online Business Resources

More information on DotEasy Hosting. 

The free service is supposed to be for business as wells as people.  There is a fee however if you donot register your domain through DotEasy.  If you have your own domain registered already, they charge $35 as a domain transfer fee (I suppose that is for repointing or something, which a typical person can do themselves for free.) 

Domain transfer fee can be waived if you refer 2 people.

 

So as I see it, if you already own a domain, this is probably not the service for you if you can not find hosting that costs less than $35 per year.  ($50 is about the average so this may be a good deal regardless for simple websites).

If you do not have a domain name yet, then this can be a good buy.

New Domain Registrations cost $18/year, which is about 3 times what I pay to register a domain through iPower ($6.50).  But iPower does not provide free hosting either.

 

So the important thing here is to look at the total package.  I suspect that this is a great deal for people looking to build websites that are just a landing page or maybe 5-6 page sites covering simple products or services like say plasma lift accessories for TV’s, or affiliate specials or something. 

Its probably also good for people that are looking to create a simple site, say for the kids soccer team, or a teacher creating a simple class page or something, but this probably would not be terribly great for running a dynamic site or a site with lots of images (of course images can be hosted through flikr or something for free.)

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