Posted on September 26, 2006 - by John

VIP Wordpress Hosting

I’ve noticed that the very creative folks over at wordpress.com have put together a unique hosting package that allow it’s users to have a personalized domain, but also have the backup of their powerful servers. The service offers,  the facility to handle a large amount of traffic with ease. While allowing the publisher to get on with their writing, without worrying about the back end side of things.

This service is obviously not intended for the general public though, as noted on their information page. It is more targeted at the high profile end of the market. However it does come with a price tag, which one would assume is well worth it. It is $500 to setup your site and then $250 a month. When you consider the amount of traffic these guys must get. They also ask for a "Powered by wordpress.com logo". Will this be a success, time will tell i guess?

Here’s how it works:

* You create WordPress.com accounts, import your content, and point your DNS at us.
* We load balance your site across our dozens of servers.
* You can have your own domain name.
* All of your administration will be over SSL, which means no one can sniff your password.
* People logged in to WordPress.com will also be logged in on your domain, which makes it easier for them to comment and link you. (Also gives you free integration with our My Comments, Tag Surfer, and avatar features.)
* Included Akismet spam protection.
* Inclusion in our top lists, which can drive a great deal of traffic.
* You will have the ability to edit your templates via Subversion (SVN).
* You can run most plugins (that don’t modify DB tables).
* There are no restrictions on ads, javascript, etc.
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