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[alemcherry]

Right, but only for small forums. I used to admin a large forum with lots of users and content added every day. Since the audience was teen and even my mods were teens and the nature of the site made...

[alemcherry]

Bluehost is good, even though not the best shared host around. Initially you will not have any problem and if you out grow shared hosting, you can easily move to a VPS / dedicated server. In fact I would...

[alemcherry]

I understand your situation. Since you have 12 wordpress sites, WP Engine is an awesome option, which you do not want to miss.

The simplest solution will be to create sub domain(s) and use...

[alemcherry]

Bluehost is okay if you are looking for a cheap shared host. Just like other oversellers at that price range, they have their positives and negatives. If you want a better uptime, support and VB managed...

[alemcherry]

Donald1234 is right about hosting close to your visitors, that helps in SEO more than speed of the site. URLjet is a very popular and highly rated host, based in US. Two of the most popular hosts in this...

[alemcherry]

First of all, this is Vbulletin forum and your post doesn't indicate that you own a license or even plan to start a forum.

Anyway, sounds like you want to have a CMS of some sort, may be...

[alemcherry]

Forum software, VB or otherwise will work very well on shared hosting. There is no need for a VPS at all, in fact hosts like Hostgator recommend you to go from shared hosting to high end VPS or dedicated...

[alemcherry]

I assume you have registered only a domain name and not yet purchased web hosting. You need to buy hosting, either from Godaddy or any other host of your choice. A normal shared hosting will be enough,...

[alemcherry]

I understand how Mountainwxman feels about it, but that need not be common experience. I have been with them for 6 years now and have 2 baby accounts. I also recommend them to my web developement / design...

[alemcherry]

Your traffic is low, the smallest package should be good enough. If you do not mind the price, URLJet is a great option, no question about that. A specialist VB host is way too better for webmasters with...

[alemcherry]

Average 8 members online at a time is pretty low. Actually what matters is the number of people online at the peak hours, but I assume even that would be less than 100 or so. Defnitely you should be okay...

[alemcherry]

When you are on a cPanel VPS, what you get is a standard configuration for most purpose and additionally you have root access. So there is nothing specific to your host that should limit you.
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[alemcherry]

Around 200 visitors at the peak is good enough traffic for a mid level VPS. You could have problems with shared hosting, especially if you have lots of plugins etc. Most shared hosts oversell, but you...

[alemcherry]

Hosting near to your visitors would definitely make it faster, and probably rank you higher on local searches. (google.com / google.co.uk)

While Nimbus hosting has got many fans and testimonials...

[alemcherry]

Most users ever online was 210, 02-10-2013 at 11:56 PM.

That is good traffic and I am not surprised to see that you have problems with the shared host. If the host is throttling your site,...

[alemcherry]

This is the problem with hosting with small companies. Next time make sure that you select a company that offer 24/7/365 phone support and not those who close their office and go on vacation.
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[alemcherry]

Contrasting reviews, which is very much normal in hosting Industry. Looking objectively, comparing a shared hosting service to a VPS which would probably cost 10 times more, is not fair.

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[alemcherry]

Looks like you have heavy traffic and the server is under powered. What is the no users online at peak? Is there too much activity of any bot / spider?

[alemcherry]

I would suggest importing your existing database to VB (write a small script for that) and then using VB database for user management, without using your existing table any more. That would be easy to...

[alemcherry]

Tim seems to have a lot of fans here!

To answer your first question, I think a shared hosting is more than enough. VPS is advised only if you need complete control of the server, with root...