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Beatrice Otero virtualista.com

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It's so great to work with a Host company that can solve ANY issue I have but the icing on the cake is that you guys respond to my support requests soooo quickly. And the cherry on top of the icing is that your'e all polite, professional and helpful beyond what's necessary.

I'm glad you were referred to me and I've never had to experience any of those crazy stories I hear from friends about other Host companies.

Thank you a million times over!
Beatrice Otero | Virtualista.com

Helen efforts.ca

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As a customer of GreenGeeks, we are very satisfied with theirs technical support, when our website have issues, they always response us ASAP.
The other important reason I select GreenGeeks is that in their control panel they have a install function, (include almost all program), so we don't need download and upload, and install.(maybe meet some issues, waster lots of time in installation, I have such exprience with our old webhost, they don't provide any support, because they thought It's not their business, they only provide space)

Tom Rockwell devospice.com

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I signed up for a VPS account based on the reviews on this web site. After getting everything set up I switched the DNS for the domain name and nothing worked. I verified with their support staff that everything was set up properly and they kept assuring me that the problem was simply "DNS propagation" and I just had to wait it out. DNS used to take 48-72 hours to propagate but I haven't had to wait that long in many years. These days it typically takes a couple hours. After multiple calls and chats with support over a span of 4 days I finally gave up because my client was furious. I switched the DNS to another server and it propagated in exactly 1 hour, as expected. The site was up and my client was finally happy. Then I canceled my account with GreenGeeks. Their support staff was friendly and but never took the time to investigate what might be wrong. They just kept writing me off as a newbie who didn't understand DNS and kept telling me I had to wait. As a result they lost a customer who was planning to migrate 20+ web sites to their service.

Tom Salzer tomsalzer.com

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GreenGeeks is always responsive to my requests. You still need to know what you're doing, but they will (and do!) help you on your web hosting journey!

jessica ultimatewebdesigncompany.com

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I absolutely LOVE greengeeks! I use them for all of my clients and they have the best customer support ever. Sometimes I know I must probably drive them nuts but they are always helpful and courteous no matter how big my problem is! Thank you Greengeeks for nearly 3 years of awesome service!

Tom Servo website.website.net

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Green Geeks features competitive prices and a great back end system, but they've been down on our server for the past two weeks. We're a reseller and we cannot afford to have any of our websites knocked off the web. This is insane. They're very prompt when we call, but have failed to resolve anything in _two weeks_.
We're now planning on switching hosts.

Barbara Ann Holmes lintelsandlallies.com

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Green Geeks was easy to set up speaking from someone who is very "green" at creating websites. They have automatic bill pay options so your site never has down time and issues are quickly resolved with support team!

Jessica Lopez jessicalopezrn.com

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The support is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!! I cannot say enough about how incredible the staff is, how quickly they respond and always with a solution and for FREE! I have needed the 24/7 live chat quite a few times as I am a beginner with all of the technical stuff, and they have been incredible!

Deni Crosetti denicrosetti.com

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GreenGeeks are always 100% available, and that is what anyone needs in a web site hosting service. I have been using them for a few years now, and can't say enough good things about all the tech people. I am changing all my clients to Greengeeks as the time comes up.

Phil Needham cornishclothing.com

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I have been with Greengeeks for several years and the best thing is there customer support, live chat 24hrs a day and fast response to higher level support when needed. I highly recommend greengeeks, as whenever I have a problem they quickly resolve the issue and have no complaints, Great Hosting!

Steve Marshall imagenews.com.au

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I've been with GreenGeeks for over a year and the supporty has been excellent from day one. As a 'drupal newby' I started out with many issues and they never failed to get to the root of the issue, every time. Great work by the team at GreenGeeks

Andrey Grishin opendoorscv.com

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Awful service, worst I've ever dealt with. Site is down all the time because they come up with reasons to suspend it. Takes days to bring it back up. Stay away from it! GreenGeeks sucks big time!

Siraj techclinic.co.uk

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Been with them now for over a year switching from WebHostingBuzz and its probably the best move I made for me and my business customers. We have both VPS accounts and a reseller package and thus far, its been great.

Thank You.
Tech Clinic .co.uk

tamara parker greenxsmusic.com

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The tech support is easy to reach and helpful, they deal quickly with the issues, in an efficient way. I was satisfied with their interventions.

Sam Hayman fernando.tulledo

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GG failed to complete the migration and restore the site which was down for 5 days and then cancelled access to cPanel and WHM.

GG's Josh Dargie continued to blame the web developer for not having access to the old cPanel but the full backup was already uploaded to GG's server.

They could have simply restored the site.

The biggest problem was that they cancelled access to the account so we couldn't move it to another host.

"Hello

Perfect, I was able to login. I will prepare the migration of ##### and directory.#####.org shortly.

Thank you and have a great day,

Josh Dargie
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support@greengeeks.com

They never did this in 5 days.

They then sent the client emails trying to blame the web developer and closed access to cPanel so the site couldn't be moved to another host even though it wasn't live because they refused to change the DNS or allow it to be changed.

Hank Rooney applianceinhome.com

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I would suggest friends, businesses and everyone who wants a reliable host. Helpful, friendly, technical knowledge and the price is above average. The do what they say and I am a dummy with VPS techniques. But at GreenGeeks they dont mind better even they teach also! Where do you find such a host?
GreenGeeks.com is where to go and never look back.
And they are all GREEN and you know what that means!
Today we need green webhosting. At GreenGeeks they provide greenhosting and we all should use that. Better for your wallet and the environment!
Read all about it at greengeeks.com how they stay green and keeping it green.
regards,
Hank Rooney

shopicardia.net shopicardia.net

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I have some of my websites at greengeeks because they have the best customer support. Tehy usually answer an email in just some minutes to give you the details of what is happening when you have any kind of trouble with your domains, hosting o websites.

The hosting is fine quite faster than others and you can manage everything under the cPanel.

The best is the customer support. That is the most valuable thing I look for.

Capt. Mike discoverthejames.com

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Green Geeks has been wonderful to work with as a small business owner that has limited web experience. Their customer service department has been extremely helpful, and the wait times are very short.

With their help, I have been able to completely take over my website from the developer, as well as open an online store. Thank you GG.

--Capt. Mike

Vince Pham digicastnetworks.com

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We have hosted a variety of our internal corporate sites with Green Geeks for the last couple of years and they have been great.

We have limited technical backend server knowledge and Green Geeks has consistently assisted us in resolving our issues.

The first level of support is typically pointing us to the correct instructions that walk you through how to resolve the issue. If we were unable to resolve the issue on our own their support team would always step in and help until the issue is resolved.

They have assisted us with migrating our site from our local dev server to our live site. We have also setup different configurations with subdomains running different versions of Drupal as well as having our domains hosted with a separate domain host which can be quite confusing!!!

In the end we have our sites up and running smoothly.

My advice is to setup your domain and web hosting all with Green Geeks under one roof, so it's easy for you to manage as well as their support team to help you manage.

You won't be disappointed especially if you are using Drupal as your CMS with GreenGeeks

FaceBox Media Photo Booth faceboxmedia.com

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Every time I have an issue, support@greengeeks.com is there to help - no ifs, and's or buts. Their replies are generally quick and lightening fast during the day time.

Anna Harris diseasefreeroses.com

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Today I had a problem with my site that a technician worked on almost the entire day to resolve. He was patient. When someone is learning something new, that is a very important customer service quality. Thank you, Vance.

Marylene Brunelle escensdesign.com

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I love their service, their support team are amazing and YES you can talk with REAL people ;) I wish I had know about them way before ;) A very happy customer!!!

David Camargo box-hosting.net

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GreenGeeks reseller hosting service is GREAT! The price of the packages is excelent along with their 24/7 support team.

I'm very happy with their service.

Muhammad Zubair networkplatoon.net

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As a client of GreenGeeks, I am too happy with their prompt support, availability, pricing and full featured services.

David G gladwinput.com

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Honestly, these guys are great. They're always quick to respond to my issues, I never have anything to complain about. Even when I'm doing something stupid and berate them for a mistake on my part they'll still be pleasant as hell and correct it for me.

Which is terrific. Plus, I love the green aspect of their business - that's just plain nice. Their CEO is always doing something for a cause or another - and that's the kind of business I like to support. Keep up the good work guys :) There are so many cowboys in this industry as anyone with a pc and a net connection can host a site, but these guys definitely aren't cowboys.

Plus they're cheap! I got a 3 year deal for like $145 on some deal they were doing. Awesome

Drew Robertson drewrobertson.ca

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The support staff at GreenGeeks have been very helpful and extremely quick when it comes to answering any support tickets or questions that I have had.

I've had issues with hosting companies beforehand that have taken sometimes up to 18 hours to respond to a support ticket issue, but with GreenGeeks, I've never had to wait longer than an hour for a response to any of my queries.

The only issue I have is with their reseller accounts. In order to purchase domains to resell from their website: "GreenGeeksDomains.com" you need to have a credit card. Though not an issue with the majority of their clients, I'm unable to use a credit card at the moment and therefor rely solely on paypal for my online transactions.

It was not a complete disappointment though, I sent a support ticket asking for the domain to be registered under my account and within the hour I had the receipt and domain up and running.

Leo documentstoragedigest.com

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Greengeeks got my website up and running really quickly their support team help me through a process in which I had no idea on what I was doing....thanks guys

LiteSites litesites.co.il

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We are very happy with GreenGeeks Support. In particular, Josh and Chris have gone the extra mile for us in times of trouble. GreenGeeks Support has been patient as we learned the ropes in moving from VPS to Dedicated. In addition, GreenGeeks Support has been responsive and empathetic when we've run into problems. It is very reassuring to know we can depend on server support when needed, as the reliability of hosting services for both sites and emails has a great impact on our clients trust in us as a website business.

Tanya Eldert toplocalhosting.com

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I started out just using them as hosts for a few of my sites. When I got to 100 domains I decided it would be better to have my own VPS server, so they helped me with that. Then I was doing sites for so many other companies, their Clientexe - Enom - RV Site Builder helped me move to the next level. The surprise. I have never taken a computer course. I am not 'tech' but that is ok, they are. I send a support ticket in and it is usually minutes and someone has answered me (even in the middle of the night!). RV Site Builder 'upgraded' and I was suppose to do something to my root server and SSH. I was clueless. 1 support ticket later they upgraded it for me AND did Cpanel upgrades I didn't even know was needed. The cost for techie guys doing my server stuff for me...nothing besides the low monthly fee. I am sticking w/Green Geeks! The Green aspect is cool, but their tech support is the best.

Shelly Peacock spinbirdgroup.com

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GreenGeeks ROCK because of their unfailing support. When all other rely on a lengthy ticket process, or worse...ugh... Forums, these guys are in the trenches 24/7 to fix it. Even if it is not their job... With a little love, they fix it. And, they don't stop following up until it is resolved in your mind, not theirs. #incomparable.

Luc dzinelabs.com

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As a Drupal user i'm disapointed because Greengeeks does not allow you to use Drush, something that is a must have tool with Drupal. They only allow it if you upgrade to a more expensive package. They claim to have several Drupal awards and to be expert in Drupal, the reason why i signed up with Greengeeks. But i was surprised that they don't let you use Drush unless you pay for it.

Yaniv Levy vouch2go.com

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We are with Greengeeks over a year.
the customer service and the technical service are excellent.
THe team can handle any technical issue what so ever!
We are surely Appreciate and recommend GreenGeeks.com

Olena Fomina svglobalgroup.com

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1. Easy to get back on the phone.
2. Friendly, fast and efficient at resolving any issues I encountered.

Barry Walsh meditateinireland.com

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Service from live chat was disappointing. Felt like I was a chore for service person.

Service from GreenGeeks support was completely different, extremely fast and resolved my issue immediately. Felt I was a valued customer.

Andry Ratsimandresy ratsimandresy.org

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I really appreciate the very quick answer when contacting the support service. I also think the online communication with somebody at greengeeks (again fast answer) is very much appreciated

Otto Brinkmeier plebware.com

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Green Geeks Absolutely Rock

Green Geeks
Is the best hosting service I have used yet!

I have been using various services
since my first appearance online (1999)
Green Geeks beats them All

The Proof is in the eating of the Pudding!
Don't take my word - Try them!

Jay Lacher jaylach.com

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I've had sites up for over ten years and consider support one of the most critical aspects of a host. Green Geeks support is absolutely excellent.

saad qasim mustakbal.net

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very good support whith me .. im happy for greengeeks ...The company's support department to resolve my problem when my stops working and the reply was quickly by technical support, not solve the problem only takes a few minutes

William R Williamson shopsavenearn.com

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I have never seen the level of service provided that I see and experience at Green Geeks. Their support is always understanding and helpful; no matter how noobish or embarrassing my question is, which makes my life easier as I can count on almost all issues to be resolved fast and effectively as well as rely on the many features and packages they offer. A truly great hosting company.

Aleksander Skwara thaiyoga.biz

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Greengeeks rocks because it is:
1. Green - they protect the environment!
2. Esay to activate and to use!
3. The support is always helpful, on time and nice!

Kyle Hedlund myroiwellness.com

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Green Geeks has been a pleasure to work with. Their platform is easy to use and the customer service is top notch. I'm moving all my domain's and hosting from GoDaddy to Green Geeks. Not only do I feel better about my hosting carbon footprint, I have better features and service too!

Jacques Auguste Jr dontworkbehappy.com

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I am a newbie in so many ways. From hosting to WordPress to just about anything that has to do with website building. I have called, emailed, setup support tickets and chatted with the GreenGeeks team more than I should admit. They have always been very patient with me explaining and helping out beyond their promise of support. So long as I need web hosting, I will always be a GreenGeeks customer.

GO GREENGEEKS!

Rebecca Ellison heartenone.com

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I had a problem with an update I made using Wordpress and it apparently didn't take completely which caused my website to display incorrectly and to malfunction. Customer support went above and beyond to reload the update which restored my site. The Rep was friendly and professional and worked in a timely manner. I could not have figured this was the problem and sincerely appreciated the support.

Marco Garibay carol.mx

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They have great prices and great support. Additionally you contribute to a green planet at the same time!

David R blueseamediadesign.com

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Support queries always handled quickly; problems solved so I can get back to serving my clients - highly recommend!

Edwin Ochoa papooh.com

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I'm type of person that do all research and check all reviews, I have never heard of greengeeks before and I'm somewhat speculating about their service and support. I'm so happy that i sign up on their reseller account. I must they they're STN (Second To None), from email, to phone call or their live person chat I always get REAL PERSON and REAL TECH that knows what they're doing about all they're super nice! kudos to GREENGEEKS.com...

Thanks,

Edwin
papooh.com

Deni Crosetti denicrosetti.com

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They are ALWAYS responsive quickly. As a web designer and developer I need a great, not just good, but GREAT support team, and GreenGeeks are it.

Also they have the tools to easliy set up your DRUPAL and JOOMLA sites. I have used many hosting company in the 10+ years that I have been doing web sites, and I must say that GREENGEEKS rank among the top!

Hilary Penner travelingsea.com

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I am proud to have Green Geeks as my web host provider. I love that they are wind powered and use energy efficient servers to achieve a very environmentally friendly workplace. The value of the service is comparable to any other service. So why wouldn't you choose a company that respects the environment. It is a perfect company for me, someone who doesn't know a lot about web site building. I just use the live chat anytime I need too!

Marco Almeida c3point.com

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Everything that I needed until now, I got... When I had any issue it was solved fast by the team.

I hope they will keep this way!

Thank you all...

RADU PPOP-VINTELLER plug-u.net

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Just started with GreenGeeks - thought I'd give them a try in the light that I have been with other virtual (VPS) hosting services for a number of years and there were always problems which made me move on.. Well, GreenGeeks (as opposed to other services I have used) seem to take what they say they can do for customers very seriously and more importantly, they have delivered on their promises as advertised... Nice surprise for a change to get the level of server performance and support one is told to expect but I seldom got from other hosts.

Kelsang Tsoglam meditateinolympia.org

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The GreenGeeks don't sleep. They have answered everything almost literally the blink of an eye, including fixing the issue. I am NOT technical, not an issue, they are, and are kind and helpful. I don't know what their hosting limitations might be, but I will recommend them to everyone happily.

Vyacheslav Trotsak pen4pals.com

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1. Price, support, memory, drupal support.

2. Very fast, with great quality.

3. I usually use 2 level.

4. Very fast, with great quality.

5. For all.

6. Yes.

ComputerSteve computersteve.ca

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I never put any thought into my initial domain registrars/hosters. I've learned that: being 'Green'; choice of CDN or US servers; 'in-house' domain registrar; and real live help (not multitasking chat robots (NameCheap)) are all important to me. It's only been a day and I'm already glad to have chosen GreenGeeks for the quick, clear and friendly help I've had.

Priscilla Mary Wilkes enjoyisback.com

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I WANT TO THANK GREEN GEEKS FOR WATCHING MY BACK.
Green geeks went ahead and suspended my web page because it was super infected with a huge number of virus's which nor I or my web page designer knew of.
After my graphic designer corrected the mistakes and followed the advice & support of the Green geeks support staff, My Page was set up and thus magically got rolling again and all of this was very fast indeed !
THANKS TO THE GREEN GEEKS support staff and "not my bloody web page designer" at all who was totally clueless as to how to solve the problems.
I wrote numerous times asking for step by step help and the folks at green geeks were available for me all the way and I am very thankful for that.
GREEN GEEKS IS AWESOME !!!
THANKS PEEPS!
I Think that Green geeks are probabily suitable for just about everyone who needs a host.
I would recommend it and have to everyone of my friends.

Eric Nims 5sstudio.com

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I was a die hard Bluehost fan with tons of accounts for all my customers. I ran into an issue in which I realized unlimited does not mean unlimited!! I had then gone to 1and1 that assured me they were. Turns out, no, they were not. Not to mention the horrible customer service there(1and1). Bluehost was always pretty good until this. I then came across GreenGeeks. They are truly unlimited and their customer service was great AND US based! They have the right price and features and are UNLIMITED. I am slowly moving all my accounts over to them.

Thanks GreenGeeks

Kunderi Kuus kunderikuus.net

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Great support, fast, kind and efficient.
A great cPanel to mangae ftp, mails, domains and a bunch of services.
It's quite economic and above all it's very green. The best balance i found between ethic, services and cost.
Raccomended it

Ali Rafiaie mig2000.com

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I have been doing reseller hosting for over 10 years. I have changed few ISP till I found Greekgeeks. The infrastructure is great and on top the support is out of this world.

David McKee daevski.info

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GreenGeeks are amazing with freedom. Unlimited everything! You pay the least that is required for your amount of activity and if you start to cross over into needing a dedicated server, or something more, they let you know!

They support is fast and very very efficient. Whether it be an issue I know how to solve, or even if I'm completely in the dark, they never fail to impress me.

Han Yang naturalrhythmtcm.com

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They are fast. They are professional. I love their services. I never use other web-hosting company before. So far I am glad that I chose Greengeeks as my first step.

Mark Miller alimargroup.org.uk

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I had been with my previous hosting company for over 10 years and they were going to take some matching let alone beating: When i came here I was so impressed with the customer service and support and in fact commented on it; i had not been here long enough to comment on the business end of things.
I have been truly impressed and continue to be: The support here is second to none, the combination of this and the resources and hosting available is just fantastic. Just look at whats on offer regards resources, space, bandwidth and the hardware its run on; then add all the above; It really is a no brainer.
I am very happy indeed, I hope that this will continue for a long time to come. Congratulations to everyone who put GreenGeeks together and work behind the scenes to make it what it is.

Improvia hostivert.com

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Quick and efficient support reply , I'm so happy :)
Thanks Greengeeks, My web site hostivert.com was up quickly

Kevin Hicks snr.chcpact.org

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When I present them with a problem about my site they are quick and helpful. If they can resolve it they do so immediately.

Luca Colonnese childofglass.ca

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Always had great service and the site runs perfectly at near 100% uptime. Price is good too and they assist with setting up the site itself. Also: Free domain name...

Molly Owens truity.com

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Great selection of resources to help you handle things yourself, and friendly support staff when you need questions answered.

I have tried several companies for VPS hosting of Drupal sites and they are my favorite.

Tim Reed bikervalley.com

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I've used a bunch of hosting companies and all I can say about Greengeeks.com is best support I've had from any hosting company, hands down!

http://www.bikervalley.com

Steve Funell canberrawebsolutions.com.au

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Green Geeks are simply awesome! Their support team are very very very FAST to respond to all support tickets. I have submitted a various tickets over the years I have been with them and I don't think I have waited longer than 5mins to have a real response from one of their knowledgeable support staff.

I have used 4-5 different web hosts over last 10 years and Green Geeks are a winner by many miles.

You will not be disappointed.

Bryan Agoncillo kitakits.com

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GreenGeeks Rocks!!!

Amazing customer service & love the word UNLIMITED on each of their package.. :)
Greet work & more power to the team..

Tim Morton bsastech.com

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I have been with GreenGeeks for over a year now and have had nothing but excellent service from them! I live 16 hours ahead of the server but get immediate email support....they must be getting fed up with me thanking them all the time!

Jose joserocks.com

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Green Geeks satisfied all of the criteria I was looking for: Low price, bandwidth availability, and uptime. Add in their dedication to Green technology, and this is a no brainer. I have been with Green Geeks for several years and plan on being with them for the long haul.

Jorge Cruz digitaldomus.com.pt

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The best web hosting for the client and nature. It's reliable and secure.
Whenever I needed help got it almost immediately.

Shane Robinson barefeetstudios.com

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We've developed and hosted client websites since 1996 and have constantly been in search of a reliable hosting provider that also has attentive and professional customer service. We found Green Geeks a few years ago when they were just getting started and decided to take a chance on them because of their dedication to carbon neutral hosting. We've been delighted with their prompt and professional customer support, attention to server upgrades and security patches, and their reliability and system uptimes. We recommend Green Geeks to all our clients and colleagues looking for a quality hosting provider.

Dr. Jim Robinson ecefolks.com

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As a non-coding neophyte to setting up a Drupal 7 website (forum/blogsite) for our community, GreenGeeks has been most helpful. On the several occasions it was necessary to request assistance (including an inadvertent wipe of my SQL database) tech support saved the day , and did so without delay and without so much as an evil snicker in the background (which I probably deserved). I would recommend GreenGeeks without reservation to all levels of expertise - from newbies to those with a wealth of experience.

Josh Coast joshcoast.com

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These guys are great, great price, great customer service, and great backend programs. Easy to use and understand. I also really like that they are almost always available via live chat. Good work.

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After attempting to establish an account with this host I found it to be terrible. The process for beginning service does not have a checkout cart, you select a plan from a drop down menu, enter your card information, and your card is charged before you see the total.

Furthermore, working with the support staff is an absolute nightmare. They are slow, rude, and apparently don't read your ticket because the responses don't address your questions or arguments.

Upon requesting a cancellation they hold imaginary "setup fees" that are not on your post-purchase invoice (the only summation of charges you are likely to see ever post or pre-purchase.)

Their "commitment" to service is an absolute joke, and I wouldn't be surprised if they took their commitment to the environment as seriously.

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GreenGeeks : Our Expert Opinion

GreenGeeks Introduction

GreenGeeks specialises in shared web hosting and claims to be the world’s number one green energy web hosting company. The company was founded in 2006 with a goal to become the best green energy web hosting company in the industry.

Whilst GreenGeeks is relatively new, founder and CEO, Trey Gardner, has worked in the industry for nearly 15 years with companies such as iPowerWeb and Lunarpages. After discovering that the web hosting industry is on track to become one of the world’s biggest contributors to pollution, he decided to form GreenGeeks.

GreenGeeks started by offering shared web hosting services with a goal to attract small and medium sized businesses. It has since introduced reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting for larger businesses.

Interestingly, GreenGeeks also advertises an acquisitions programme for hosting companies who are looking to exit the business.

GreenGeeks Hosting Plans

All of GreenGeeks servers run on Linux/Unix. The company does not support Windows hosting that would require ASP or .NET support.

● GreenGeeks has one simple and competitively priced plan for shared web hosting. This includes unlimited disk storage space, bandwidth and allows for unlimited domains.
● For potential resellers, GreenGeeks offer s5 different plans. The plans all come with unlimited disk space and bandwidth, but are priced based on the number of resold accounts you have. The accounts begin with the Seed account, which allows for 10 resold accounts, Sprout allows for 25, Plant 50, Tree 100 and Forest 250.
● There are 5 different VPS hosting plans, which range from 25 GB of RAID-10 storage space, 500 GB of bandwidth and 512 MB of memory, up to 125 GB storage 1,500 GB bandwidth and 2,048 MB of memory.
● The GreenGeeks website does indicate that they offer dedicated server hosting, but they only offer this on a case-by-case basis and you need to email them for a quote.

GreenGeeks Uptime/Downtime

GreenGeeks has a 99.9% uptime guarantee, but like most other web hosting companies, it has not published any uptime statistics on their site to back it up. There is a 99.9% uptime service level agreement in its terms and conditions, but there is no indication of any refund should this be breached.

The GreenGeeks data centre is located in Chicago, IL in the US. The servers are based on Supermicro rack-mountable servers with the latest power-efficient Intel quad-core processors, and they are are monitored 24/7 and backed up on a nightly basis. The data centre also has 24/7 onsite security and utilises a UPS system.

GreenGeeks Support

GreenGeeks provides 24/7/365 live chat and email support, with technicians spread across North America and employed directly by GreenGeeks. The support departments are based in Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles and staff also provide telephone support, although this isn’t 24/7.

The Help Centre on the GreenGeeks website provides a huge amount of video tutorials, covering many aspects of cPanel, Drupal, Wordpress and more. There is also a knowledge base and FAQs which provide additional information.

There is also an Education Centre which provides regular articles and ‘how to’ information. GreenGeeks has a blog which features regular articles and offers. The company also has an active Twitter account and Facebook page, both of which are used for support and proactive engagement with customers.

GreenGeeks in the News

GreenGeeks is relatively new in the web hosting industry, being only 6 years old at the time of writing this article. As such, there has been little news publicity, either good or bad.

However, an article on the Zdnet site refers to GreenGeeks in a positive way. The writer was searching for a hosting company that do not host pornography sites.

GreenGeeks Control Panel

Every GreenGeeks hosting plan comes with the latest version cPanel rather than a custom control panel of their own design. The majority of people with website management experience will be familiar with it, so in this respect, there’s nothing new to learn if you’re used to Cpanel already.

GreenGeeks Extras

One of GreenGeeks biggest selling points is, obviously, the eco-friendly stance. The company purchases 300% wind energy credits to offset its energy use three times over, and employs a variety of green policies in its offices to ensure a minimum carbon footprint for the entire company.

It also regularly supports causes tsuch as the World Vision organisation who provide clean drinking water to Africa and Haiti. It matches 10% of customers’ donations.

GreenGeeks supports ecommerce features such as SSL secure server, OS Commerce Shopping Cart and Zen Cart. It also provides Fantastico and Softaculous script installers, supporting ‘one-click’ installs of PHP 5, Perl, Joomla, Python, Wordpress, Joomla and more.

GreenGeeks offers a free domain name for the duration of your GreenGeeks account, free website builder and offer a free website migration service. It also gives customers free marketing credits when they sign up.

GreenGeeks provides an affiliate programme which gives rewards for any successful referrals. The programme is based on how many referrals customers make per month.

GreenGeeks Money Back Guarantee / Cancellation Policy

GreenGeeks offers a 30 day money-back guarantee for their hosting services, although this does not include the cost of registering a domain name. Customers just need to contact the customer services team if they wish to cancel their plan.

GreenGeeks Summary

GreenGeeks offer a competitive shared web hosting service with a unique eco-friendly slant. With the option to purchase reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting, the list of services is very comprehensive (although cloud hosting is not yet available).

The green credentials of the company give it an edge over many other companies and will appeal to businesses and individuals who are keen to support green initiatives. Community programmes and drives to support charitable organisations are also another big selling point.

GreenGeeks’ interaction with its customers through social media tools also suggest that they are a very modern and forward-thinking hosting company in terms of customer support.

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Hosting plans start at $4.95 / month

GreenGeeks Hosting Plans

Hosting PlanDisk SpaceBandwidthPrice 
Eco Site Web HostingUnlimitedUnlimited$4.95/monthView Plan
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