Pros and Cons
Here are the pros and cons of using GigaPros as your hosting platform.
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GigaPros claims to be the first provider in the hosting industry to publicly publish exact shared hosting resource limits as part of a written Zero Overselling Policy.
PayPal users outside the US must submit a government-issued ID. A customer who paid via PayPal while living outside the US reported being required to send in their ID card as proof of payment before the account was activated — a process they described as excessive, but ultimately completed within a few hours.
Personal plan runs on HDD, not SSD. This is not prominently disclosed in headline plan comparisons. Only the Business Hosting plan uses SSD storage and carries the higher 99.99% uptime SLA; Personal Hosting runs on standard drives with a 99.9% SLA.
After-30-day refunds are account credit only — no cash returned. Pro-rated refunds after the 30-day window are issued as non-expiring account credit only. No cash refund will be processed after 30 days of signup or renewal. Baxtel If you cancel and do not intend to continue using, that credit has no practical value.
Free domain registration requires 12 or 24-month prepayment. Free domain registration (valued at $15/year) and free private nameservers are only bundled with 12-month or 24-month prepaid plans.
Monthly or 3-month billing cycles do not qualify — and cancelling before the plan renewal date means the domain value is deducted from the refund.
