Lolipop! Reviews

Lolipop! (often stylized as lolipop.jp) is a Japanese web hosting provider established in 2001 and part of the GMO Pepabo, Inc., a subsidiary of the prominent GMO Internet Group, a major player in Japan's domain registration and internet services market. The company primarily focuses on the Japanese domestic market, with its website and core support services offered exclusively in Japanese. Lolipop! is known for providing budget-friendly hosting solutions, particularly excelling in shared hosting with a strong emphasis on WordPress. They claim to host over 1.7 million websites, showcasing significant market penetration within Japan. Their infrastructure utilizes Linux OS, LiteSpeed web servers on higher-tier plans for enhanced performance (especially for WordPress sites using LiteSpeed Cache), SSD storage for faster load times, and servers located physically in Japan. Key offerings include various shared hosting tiers (Economy, Light, Standard, High-Speed, Enterprise), email hosting integrated into plans, and support for technologies like PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails. They also offer a unique 'Lolipop! for Gamers' service for easy setup of multiplayer game servers (Minecraft, ARK, Rust). While they offer a 10-day free trial, support is mainly Japanese, which can be a barrier for international users. Their target audience ranges from beginners seeking affordable hosting to businesses needing reliable WordPress or game server hosting within Japan.