Web Hosting FAQ

Most small business websites run perfectly on <a href="/web/hosting/virtual-hosting-server/">virtual (shared or VPS) hosting</a>. Busy e-commerce stores and applications with heavy traffic benefit from a <a href="/web/hosting/dedicated-hosting-server/">dedicated server</a>. We will recommend the right plan based on your traffic and software.

Choose <a href="/web/hosting/linux-hosting-server/">Linux hosting</a> for PHP, WordPress, MySQL and most open-source software. Choose <a href="/web/hosting/windows-hosting-server/">Windows hosting</a> if your site uses ASP.NET or Microsoft SQL Server.

Yes. All hosting plans include a free SSL certificate so your site loads over HTTPS, shows the padlock in browsers and avoids "Not secure" warnings. Extended validation certificates are available for e-commerce.

Yes. We take automatic daily backups stored off-site and can restore files, databases or a full account on request.

Yes. Professional email such as you@yourcompany.com is available with spam and virus filtering, webmail and phone sync. See <a href="/web/hosting/email-hosting-solutions/">email hosting</a> and <a href="/web/hosting/corporate-mailing-solutions/">corporate mailing solutions</a>.

Yes, free of charge for most sites. We copy your files, databases and email, test everything on our servers and then switch your domain with little or no downtime.

Our hosting runs in secure data centers with redundant power and network connections, and we monitor servers 24/7. Our target uptime is 99.9%.

Yes. Designers and agencies can host their clients under their own brand with our <a href="/web/hosting/reseller-hosting-services/">reseller hosting</a> plans.

Contact us immediately. We will take the site offline if necessary, clean the infection, restore from a clean backup, patch the vulnerability and help you change passwords.