Stay away from 1and1. They will scam you. I paid for hosting there 5 months ago, then two weeks ago they told me that my hosting was locked because the card I had on file wasn't activated anymore.
1and1 charge a $6 dollar phantom fee, so they say, and when that phantom fee didn't go through, they ended up charging me some type fee because their security check as they like to call it, didn't go through. What the fee was for, is still a mystery.
I ended up cussing their support team out.
Couldn't believe they was locking my hosting, which I paid in full 5 months ago, because they was trying to steal money from my account and I didn't let them.
Stay away from 1and1 like the plaque....they are nothing but a bunch of crooks.