Monday, December 22, 2008

Dont go with Manashosting

Though (because) I am one of the user of Manashosting services, I DONT recommend this hosting service. I too was drawn away by its cheap package. But since I had not taken reviews from others, I bought their package. Also my website project was a bit experimental and so I didnt mind slow speed.

There are various reasons for my comments.
First and foremost, they are very slow in hearing you. Whatever means you use, online chatting, email tickets, etc your querry doesnt get prompt response.
Secondly their control panel is Doome panel. It takes ages to make changes. Also the HELM control panel itself is not fool-proof. Many a times it show me various packages which are not included in my package deal.
Also the server remains down for for a long time and even the ftp takes ages for uploading/downloadin on 1MB broadband connection.
Third, they dont provide any SEO tools and from control panel. It simply remains inactive icon. They provided me with 5000 web templates but even these templates are only about 100 or so. They gets repeated as you scroll deeper.
Fourth their own website is not completely developed. A lot of pages are still underconstruction or "comming soon".
So what can you expect from such hosting provider who cannot manage their own sites.

The moral of this is only in one line.
Dont go with Manashosting

Website owners - BEWARE!

A client recently got an email, apparently coming in from Manas Hosting asking for “…. all ur domain names, controlpanel url, login ID paswd of ur domains + secret key / authentication code ….“.

The client is in the process of transferring his domain name and hosting to my Website Solutions firm viz. CREAIMA (formerly mailnspace) and therefore called me up to inquire about this mail. Fortunately, he isn’t naive to fall for this trick. But this is just to warn all those who own domain names and/or websites. BEWARE! Do not fall for such tricks.

Here’s the full text of the mail - VERBATIM. Check out the spellings and grammer. :grin: I wanted to preserve the formatting (and colour combination) of the mail as well. But it was would spoil the decency of my blog. I therefore resisted the temptation. :)

From: Transfer [mailto:transfer@manashosting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:30 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Cc: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: Vinay: for Domain Transfer : easiest & correct steps…thanx :xxxxxx.xxx
Importance: High

Dear Client,

this is about ur domain transfer which is in other server

we need such co-operation from ur side, please kindly do the need ful

very fast: these status should b OK

Domain Status: pendingTransfer in whois look up

Please provide us all ur domain names, controlpanel url, login ID paswd of ur domains + secret key / authentication code for ur domain trasnfer to our server fast. thanx

& Please put ur email id in w[] hois look up

Thanx a lot for ur best support & more co-operation

Awaiting ur quick & positive response.

Thanx
Best Regards
Vinay
Manashosting

Buck up guys! People are getting more net-savvy! Such tricks no longer work.

There is one very objectionable thing that I noticed at a few forums. Whenever there is a thread with negative reviews of this hosting company, there is always some posts by newly registered users that praise their services! Do they think most people are idiots? I will not be surprised if I find such comments on this post as well! :roll:

While on the subject, here are some of the negative reviews/opinions on Manas Hosting that I could find in 15 minutes of googling.

Full Review: http://www.ashishmehta.com/blog/2008/12/website-owners-beware/

Thursday, December 11, 2008

It sucks !

A month back we had launched our site: http://donateyourpc.in, which was doing awesome. More than 12 volunteers and more than 10 donation in 15 days. And suddenly the site was done. It is still down because of the hosting company called manashosting. Initially we thought its a good place to host the site. Then after we got lot many problem with these guys, now site is down from last 10 days. And no action taken after 16 phone calls and from past 10 days. Bloody Money eaters !