I called origin3.net and talked to one of their salesmen. It sounded like they were a great deal at first until I did some research. A fellow named Russ told me that they would host me for $15 dollars a month and that their hosting was top notch. At first they would put me on a shared server that at most had only 100 other clients on the server and that if I started to get more traffic they would move me to a server with less websites. I found out that they actually one have 1 server and everyone is on the same server. Even the process intensive websites that do get traffic.
So then I did some more research on a client level. What I realized is that they only put satisfied clients on the clients page and portfolio. My biggest concern is this, if you look at their portfolio you will notice don't do many site that require programming. This is exactly what I need is experienced software developers to create my idea, not a graphic designer to do a pretty picture and then put text on it. That's something you can outsource to india for $100 dollars, just check out elancer.com.
The next clue is that they require only 1 to 2 years of experience to employ a programmer. And then they sell you on quality. I'm sorry but from most of the reviews I've read you don't want a programmer with less than 5 years of professional experience touching your site, especially if you are paying the price they are asking for. Anyway I'm skeptical for good reason. This is just a lesson to do your home work and not to trust salesmen who will tell you anything to make a commission.
This is an industry where you can seriously lose a lot of money if you don't do your homework.
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