I'm owner of a NZ based web shop. Most of our customers are from New Zealand, but sometimes we get overseas customers. Site is using Prestashop (PHP).
Currently we're hosting with Openhost, but the performance is sometimes absolutely terrible. Load times of >20 seconds are happening throughout the day.
And it's getting worse, and the only reply I got is "yes it's shared hosting" or "ask your developer to add SQL indices or look at the code". Just bull, as on Azure the site performs great.
I'm giving them their last chance. I'm quite happy with their other support, e.g. when I migrated from Windows to Linux they were very helpful.
I've been googling a lot, and drilled down to two choices: GoDaddy ($8.99 / month) or Kiwi Web host ($50 / year for starter pack or $15 / month for more expensive package).
I think Kiwi Web host is the better choice, and likely the $50 pack is suitable. However, I need to pay $50 for one full year, I'd rather try it first.
Or should I go for GoDaddy? Or probably something else?
Also looked at Webdrive for $15 / month, but that's owner by Openhost as well (or the other way around) and it's more expensive.
Please your advise.