An Insight into the History of Webhost

An Insight into the History of Illusionfxnet

It all started in 2001, when Evan T. started a small free hosting provider that provided hosting for sites about the game SubSpace/Continuum. Later down the road, people wanted their personal and miscellaneous sites hosted too. Seven hundred miles away, Evan W. founded a web design company under the name Illusionfxnet. He helped Evan T. run the servers for SubSpace Xtreme Hosting.

One day, they started a simple conversation, and Evan W. asked what Evan T. thought about starting a free website hosting company under the name of Illusionfxnet. Evan T. instantly agreed. Everything was set-up at Evan T.'s place of employment with a simple dedicated T1 line. All applications were sent to an e-mail account in which Evan T., Evan W., and a former administrator by the name of EpidemiK reviewed manually.

Evan W. made a post advertising Illusionfxnet in the FreeWebSpace.net Forums, and there was a large string of applications pouring into the mailbox. This started forming a community. With the large amount of people joining in everyday, the administrators found a great designer by the name of Freeloader who generously donated a design for Illusionfxnet. Evan T. programmed a PHP script to review applications, and Illusionfxnet purchased a non-profit cPanel license.

Things seemed to be perfect when tragedy struck. Evan T.'s place of employment's ISP went out of business, and the administrators searched frantically for another place for the server. Illusionfxnet's services were down for three months.

In September 2003, the services returned, and not a whole lot had changed. EpidemiK had left, and Chris K. stepped up to fill in for his position. Chris proved that he could be counted on, and had been a big help to all Illusionfxnet members and administrators.

In October 2003, Illusionfxnet added Google Ads to the Illusionfxnet site in an attempt to reimburse the money that came out of their own pockets. To everyone's surprise, the Google Ads were a massive success, which allowed Illusionfxnet to increase the quality of hosting.

Recently we have gotten a more professional feel, with a more desirable site design and better management. We have made many updates and added many new features, and everyday we strive to reach new heights in the hosting industry, and in the pleasure of our customers.