Our web hosting platform has been designed to provide the quality, reliability, and speed you require
for your professional web presence. Hands-On Web Hosting has been the #1 provider of X-Cart E-Commerce hosting for over a decade. Our friendly, professional staff and robust network make the perfect combination
for your online shopping cart, WordPress blog, Drupal CMS or whatever else you have in mind!

We Don't Oversell

Tired of hosts that promise unlimited everything, only to find they can't deliver when you really need it? Our advanced server optimization and monitoring ensures you always get exactly what you pay for, without interference from other clients or overloaded hardware!

We'll Move Your Website

Looking to change hosts but afraid of losing important data, or even worse, your site going down completely? Worry no more! In most cases we can move your entire website to our network with a minimum of downtime and ZERO data loss... free of charge!

Satisfaction Guaranteed

As a new client we want your experience with us to be a pleasant one. If you're not fully satisfied with your new web hosting plan within the first 60 DAYS we'll give you a FULL REFUND!

Testimonials

  • "I've been very happy with Hands On Web Hosting for four years now. Their tech support is always there when I have needed help which has not been in a while..."
    - Darlene Almeda
  • "I have moved to hands-on mostly due the the PCI compliance issues. I selected their VPS dedicated server and am so happy I did..."
    - Rebecca Holt
  • "I wish all companies could react the same way as Hands On. We moved to them to run X Cart. From Day 1 when we moved to them the service has been excellant and has never crashed..."
    - Graham Stirling
  • Quick!! "Had a problem accessing my Control Panel, opened a ticket, and literally within minutes I had not one but TWO replies solving the problem! Amazing, in these days of phone recordings: "All of our humans are busy, waiting time is approximately..."
    - Dan Wilmes
  • "Mark (Hands-on Staff Member) made us feel like someone actually cared about my business and our technical issues getting setup..."
    - Corey Maddrix | http://www.idiotcycles.com
  • "I am a very happy Hands On Webhosting customer. I've had several service needs (PCI compliance and issues due to my own doing)..."
    - Laura Graham
  • Great Service "I have been with Hands-On Web Hosting for several years now and have a number of websites with this company..."
    - Marcia Hart
  • "I have been with Hands-On for over four years with no problems at all. They worked with me to become PCI compliant very quickly..."
    - Ken Laudadio
  • "This is a real "A+ Customer Service Hosting Company". All off them take care of your site as it was of them..."
    - Tulio Castellanos
  • "If you're in the market for a site host that offers great features and service, but won't bust the budget, have we got a solution for you! We're so glad we found Hands-On..."
    - Catherine | http://www.CreativeLatitude.com
  • "I've ran X-Cart for 9 years now and have several stores. I have also been through a few hosting companies and have seen all levels of service..."
    - Jonathan Hedden
  • "I've learned so much about e-commerce compliance and how your service can meet them. Chris has been wonderful to talk and work with!"
    - Elvin
  • "The move and launch of our website to the Hands-On servers went exceptionally well because of your customer support..."
    - D Winger - Client since 2009 | http://www.redwinggolf.com
  • "I am a client of Hands-on Web Hosting for about 5 years, reason ...best support i ever seen! Always online ( office time ) and prompt to react!"
    - Dario Gianni
  • "Wow, great pre-sales support with questions answered promptly they know x-cart. Got killed by another x-cart host with BIG fees to move from VPN to dedicated server..."
    - Jeff Buske | http://RockyFlatsGear.com
  • "I was afraid to switch hosting companies but these guys are great! They helped through everything. I'm so glad I did..."
    - Victoria Muzumara
  • "We've been using Hands On for a few years now, and can't fault their service. The hosting itself is very reliable, but the main thing is the quality of their customer & tech support..."
    - S. Bish
  • "Since 1996, with years of experience using various hosting companies, Hands-On is one of the top X-Cart knowledgeable, helpful, accomodating and reasonable hosting company's we've yet to used..."
    - Lori Bass
  • "Support here has been absolutely *fantastic* Replies are as fast as if you'd be talking to some guy in a store, but handson knows what they're talking about and details it..."
    - Judd Killam
  • "I have used Hands-On Web Hosting for about 3 years and would say I'm okay at running my web store, most of the time after hours and when the employees have gone home..."
    - Richard Ryan | http://www.gtostore.com
  • "A solid server is the foundation for the speed of any website. When one of our clients hired us for x-cart speed optimization, we found they were paying 100's of dollars a month for a dedicated serve that was underdelivering..."
    - Jon Peters | http://www.websitecm.com
  • "Hands-on are in my view the best Hosting Company ever. They're always on hand to help and resolve problems that sometimes stretch the boundry of their area of control and responsbility..."
    - Jonathan Lloyd
  • "I switched to Hands-on to get a more powerful but less expensive site. They do a great job. Especially terrific in resolving PCI vulnerabilities."
    - Mark Wiesel
  • "Hand's ON Hosting guys provided great support during transion, helped with new SSL and even suggested what else I had to change in X-Cart settings to switch from test domain to production domain..."
    - Yuri Katuntsev
  • Thank-you for your excellent service! "Going through the process of switching hosts can always be a challenge. Over the past 10 years, I've helped many friends and business to migrate their sites..."
    - Andrew Kraft | http://www.mattressinsider.com/sofa-bed-mattress.html
  • "We run 2 x-cart stores, we moved to Hands On Web Hosting in June 2009 after poor performance from our previous provider..."
    - Paul Hemmings
  • "Best webhost I've ever encountered. Great support, fast (and accurate) answers to problems. Don't 'nickel and dime' you..."
    - Timothy Noe
  • "Jake has been so wonderful. I am a very frustrating client because I am so technology-clueless and Jake has hung in there with me and really walked me through it all."
    - J. Alexenberg
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  • April 24, 2012 brought two new versions of Magento Commerce into the world;  Magento Enterprise version 1.12 and Magento Community version 1.7. The good folks at Magento have been working pretty darn hard in recent weeks to launch the latest version of Magento Commerce, an online shopping cart.  The Enterprise version is a paid version, [...]

  • The 4.5 release is another MAJOR release for the makers of X-Cart Gold Software.  Some of the items included in the new x-cart software release are the following: two new built in skins USPS module updated to latest USPS API requirements UTF-8 is now supported Updated shipping methods SQL Injection Protection Updated Payment Gateway integrations [...]

  • After months of planning, weeks of programming, and days of testing, we finally released the new look for our website.  The concept was developed in November 2011 and we spent several months in development to get everything 100% right before the launch. Now that the site is launched and looking sharp, we’ll be integrating the [...]

  • The world suffered a great loss today with the passing of Steve Jobs.  A creative visionary that broke the mold of technology, headed up a team that provided a superb evolving product and delivered consistent customer service. As an entrepreneur, business owner and a technology guru, Steve Jobs will be missed and his legacy will live on.  Every time I turn on [...]

  • Qualiteam, the makers of the popular shopping cart software X-Cart (http://www.x-cart.com), announced a new update for their shopping cart to address many bugs and security enhancements for their software. The new version, X-Cart 4.4.4, is now available for download from their website. Qualiteam has classed this upgrade in minor bug fix release with improved stability [...]