Dear web Gurus.. my uncle's friend who owns an upcomming private school talked to me about taking his school to another level. my having a website just to join the queue..

the problem is; he wants me to use hostgator or goddady cos a programmer friend of his once told him they are the most reliable on planet Earth
and the tougher problem is.. i've neva used any of'em before so today i did a little walk around in hostgator and realised that to pay for a plan ur gonno need a postal code.. which our blessed 9ja dont use. so please if ur reading this and and ur can help me out; i would appreciate it...

any suggestions; recommendations or advice is highly most welcome... thanks

postal code..? nigeria dnt have..?
maybe it requires a postal code while filling address..

Why won't nigeria has postal code, all countries have it in diff format.. nigeria's own is a 6 digit number, u can get ur location postal code from google..

Avoid godaddy like a plague and run away from hostgator like you would when the police are after you.

Godaddy hosting is a joke and hostgator is a nightmare.
Hostgator used to be good at one time but after EIG purchasing them,they are terribble like corruption in africa.
Those reviews you see online people recommending hostgator,Bluehost,Dreamhost etc are not legit...those are God damn affiliates just after your money....Ruuuun my friend ruuun from those two hosts!!!

Jose213:
Avoid godaddy like a plague and run away from hostgator like you would when the police are after you.

Godaddy hosting is a joke and hostgator is a nightmare.
Hostgator used to be good at one time but after EIG purchasing them,they are terribble like corruption in africa.
Those reviews you see online people recommending hostgator,Bluehost,Dreamhost etc are not legit...those are God *** affiliates just after your money....Ruuuun my friend ruuun from those two hosts!!!

so what do u recommend..

mokoshalb:
postal code..? nigeria dnt have..?
maybe it requires a postal code while filling address..

Why won't nigeria has postal code, all countries have it in diff format.. nigeria's own is a 6 digit number, u can get ur location postal code from google..

Nigeria uses zip code not postal.... if u input anything apart from postal it rejects it; if u've ever tried buying things from most of this foreign sites like ebay or amazon.. u would understand me berra

phililp:

so what do u recommend..

any non EIG hosting...siteground,stablehost etc etc

Jose213:

any non EIG hosting...siteground,stablehost etc etc

aiit.. but whats ur opinion on nigerian based. can i trust'em?

phililp:


Nigeria uses zip code not postal.... if u input anything apart from postal it rejects it; if u've ever tried buying things from most of this foreign sites like ebay or amazon.. u would understand me berra

maybe u should take a glance at this http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/844/~/whats-the-difference-between-zip-code-and-postal-code. we are only borrowing the term ZIP code, its postal not zip...

phililp:


aiit.. but whats ur opinion on nigerian based. can i trust'em?

one thing that is important before picking a host is your projection of how big it will be in a month or two.
Then after that you start evaluating wether it needs more bandwidth,Ram,entry processes,Cpu or any other resources.
If the site is projected to be small within a year then trying hostgator would not hurt because you pay monthly and can walk away anytime you get disatisfied.
If the site will grow rapidly,you need a host that can change according to your needs without being suspended for using all the resources frequently.

mokoshalb:
maybe u should take a glance at this http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/844/~/whats-the-difference-between-zip-code-and-postal-code. we are only borrowing the term ZIP code, its postal not zip...

so what brings about the "Invalid code" when ur buying from any UK based site.

phililp:


so what brings about the "Invalid code" when ur buying from any UK based site.

All countries have different format of postal code...e.g:
Number = N Letter = L

Nigeria is NNNNNN
USA is NNNNN
UK is somehow complicated, looks something like NLN (LNNL)..
Canda is LNL NLN

and so on... so that is what causes the error...