Yes, EIG bought ASmallOrange (ASO), Site5, and Arvixe. All of the former companies are 100% gone now, and only exist in name only. Everything is different now. Pre-2014, Arvixe was a good suggestion for adult shared.
Do you need USA hosting?
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eUKHost allows adult content. It's one of the few quality hosts still allowing adult.
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Hawkhost, maybe. They're fallen on a rankings in the past 2 years.
- TMDHosting allows it, but we're still evaluating them.
- We've also not made a decision on 247-host quality. Right now, it's looking like a 'no', not suggested.
How "adult" is adult?
- sales of underwear/toys/novelties?
- photo studio portfolios?
- in/out/in/out images and videos?
- something else?
The first is ecommerce, the second is art, while the third is porn. It's usually porn that is shunned by networks and hosts, not merely "adult content" (not suitable for kids, but also not viewed as having no societal value).
More and more, hosts have offloaded porn to VPS. LiteSpeed, used on most shared hosts, forbids "adult content" when installed. The LiteSpeed issue, valid DMCA/copyright concerns, and being a DDoS magnet, most hosts are now refusing non-VPS/dedi. Some hosts are refusing adult altogether, as they're finding those types of customers are not worth their time.