Customer Success Story
Lac du Bonnet
Bill Campbell is a perfect example of a HostPapa customer making the most of his HostPapa experience. He originally chose HostPapa because he required more bandwidth and more MySQL databases, which his previous provider would not make available to him without significant extra cost. He also needed more add-on domains, as his provider only accommodated two domains per site and no sub-domains.
His site, www.lacdubonnet.info, is a non-profit website, promoting the area, events, organizations, and businesses of Lac du Bonnet. However, Campbell also hosts a whopping 12 other local websites in addition to a community events calendar, services directory, and classified section—all of which are now hosted with HostPapa.
Campbell admits he was at first reluctant to make the switch to HostPapa as he was “leery of web host promises.”
"Everything turned out to be cost plus with my previous provider once I wanted to expand,” Campbell explains. “My site, being free to the user, made this an impossible option. So I decided, what the heck, I’ll try HostPapa. At the price you were offering, what could I lose? Boy was I surprised! I now have everything I need. The transfer of files was smooth, and I now have more room and resources than I will need for a while. And I’m not yet finished exploring all the tools available!”
While his initial goal for the website was to promote his home town, once Campbell signed up with HostPapa, “I found that my opportunities were endless,” he says. He now has a total of 13 domains, all under one HostPapa account. The best part is that he’s only paying $5.95 a month—total!
Campbell, who has ten years of limited experience with FrontPage, considered himself a web “hobbyist”—prior to joining HostPapa, that is. “With the tools and templates HostPapa provides, I can now create professional looking content that is comparable to most professional sites.” He makes great use of HostPapa’s web templates, unlimited MySQL databases, Noah Classifieds, unlimited add-on domains and sub domains, and the free extra domain name.
When asked to pinpoint his favourite thing about HostPapa, Campbell can only reply, “Everything! The abilities, resources, cost, and support have taken my web experience to new heights.”
As for his uture plans, Campbell will be expanding into the world of web design, providing others with low cost alternatives and opportunities to promote themselves on the web—“a little guy’s alternative,” he likes to say.
Campbell has a hard time believing he’s only been a HostPapa customer since August of 2007. “HostPapa makes you feel so at home,” he says, “it feels like I’ve been here for years.”
— Bill Campbell, Lac du Bonnet
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