I have a small website in Astro that i reciently created and i was wondering, since i was taking this so seriously i should buy a domain instead of using Vercel, Github or any other free alternative. I searched a little bit and found a bundle of 3 years of hosting and 2 years with a custom mail for around 60 USD. But since im new to this i want to deep dive into this and find more options. I was hoping that you people could give some options, cheaper or not so, it doesnt matter.

I am beyond furious right now. I created 2 OVH accounts a while back. I literally NEVER used them. No resources added, no projects created, nothing. Zero usage.

I decided to just close them to keep things clean, but guess what? You CANNOT close your account on OVH.

Apparently, OVH automatically assigned random services/projects to my unused accounts (like vRacks and Public Cloud projects) without notifying me, and now their broken system blocks account deletion because of "active services."

I’ve been stuck in support ticket hell for OVER TWO WEEKS trying to get these accounts wiped under GDPR.

Here is the circus I've been dealing with:

• Canceling a basic service takes 7 DAYS?? Support told me a vRack service had to be canceled first and that it takes a full week just to delete. What year is this?!
• Their UI is completely broken. The GDPR deletion page threw errors, and the system kept telling me to manual-delete things that I couldn't even delete through their manager interface.
• Their support agents give conflicting advice. One tells me to click links to delete Public Cloud projects, another says they'll delete it manually, another tells me to wait a couple of weeks for a "specialized team" to step in.
• THE ULTIMATE JOKE: Today I finally get an automated message saying: "Unfortunately, despite our efforts, we are unable to delete your account at this time. It looks like some actions are still in progress and blocking its deletion..."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The actual owners and developers of the platform cannot delete an unused account from their OWN system due to "technical issues"?! They literally built the system and claim they are powerless to delete user data!

They clearly don't give a damn about GDPR or basic customer support. I have deleted every possible service, settled $0 invoices, answered every ticket, and I am still stuck in a loop of copy-pasted support templates and automated rejection emails.

Has anyone actually managed to force OVH to close an account, or do I need to go straight to a Data Protection Authority (DPA) complaint at this point?

I'm working with a company who is using Skyline Domains as their registrar. It looks to be one of many companies owned by Dreamscape that will be merged with Crazy Domains eventually (even the SSL on their site is broken - skylinedomains dot com dot au).

We bought a domain for them in our Route 53 and transferred it to their Skyline account on July 10, and AWS says the transfer was successful. Whois says the registrar is Dreamscape and straight up says the registrar URL is crazydomains dot com. But twelve days later the domain is still saying "Transfer In" and cannot be edited in any way - we need to update the name servers before the 31st.

I filled out their website's contact form on Monday and didn't hear back, and I think I just worked out why - sending an email to their listed contact email bounces because their MX record has been deleted. And their phone number is gone too. Google's barely heard of them. I tried in vain to login to Crazy Domains with their login details hoping it was a shared shopfront situation but no luck.

So... who do I contact and how? Do I try Dreamscape/NewFold, or whoever owns their owners now?

EDIT: I've sent an email to Dreamscape General Support asking for Skyline contact/help, I'll let you know if I hear anything.

EDIT2: Apparently they don't offer email support at all - "Please note any emails or replies to this email address are not monitored and will not be responded to. To get the fastest response and streamline the process, we recommend using our "Contact Us" page, live chat, or phone support options through Crazy Domains"

I'm on the lookout for UK hosting that has Patchstack protection included with it.

I know Krystal do offer this with their managed WP hosting, and I'm sure Zume do too with their managed WP hosting.

I was wondering if anyone has come across any other provider that offers it?

Monthly Budget: not an issue

Sites: Wordpress

Location: UK

How do I find out who is hosting her website so we can cancel the services?

I’m an artist (not a coder) and I’ve done web design via Wix for friends and family (actually won an international award for best music website for the band I was in). My mom is a doctor and wants me to take over her website. She’s been paying some company $300/month and she has just a simple website with no services or e-commerce so this is way overpriced. She is a boomer and is not computer literate and has no idea how or where it was set up. She has no idea who she is paying, just knows that it keeps being charged to her card. All I know is it says 2023 on the bottom of the site. And we think that the registration is with godaddy but we’re having a hard time getting access to her account.

Wordpress is extremely insecure and requires constant maintenance, whereas you can get pretty much the same site with Blogger or with similar platforms if you know XML. The only difference is that you have to build your own widgets. Sure every platform has slightly different markup but it's not that different.

Some sites don't even need all that and should just be static HTML.

Hello! I’m not sure if this is the best page for this but I need help on figuring out the best email hosting for a client. It is a super small business, they have a custom domain and need like max 5 emails (each for someone else with their own login).

I have seen Zoho Mail and Purelymail.

Purelymail looks honestly pretty good but want some help from others who might know more.

They use GHL and want to make their website within GHL (not sure if that is honestly the best/possible)

i’ve been trying to make my online presence look more professional, and email is the one thing i keep getting stuck on. right now i’m using a basic gmail with my name and some random numbers. it works, but it doesn’t feel very professional when sending proposals or invoices.
i understand you usually need a domain and then connect email to it, but every time i look into it i get lost in different platforms, plans, and technical setup steps. some say keep it simple, others warn about deliverability and spam issues. for those who’ve done this already, what’s the simplest way to set up a proper business email just trying to avoid overcomplicating it while still doing it the right way.

I've got five small WordPress sites sitting under one account and it was fine until the last few months. Now one site getting a traffic bump seems to make the others drag. Nothing huge, mostly local service businesses, but waiting 4 or 5 seconds for a basic page is getting old.

I'm looking at Web Host Pro's cPanel plan since it allows several sites and uses LiteSpeed. The other option is splitting everything between separate cheap accounts, which sounds cleaner but also more annoying to maintain.

Mostly trying to avoid turning this into a VPS project when these sites really don't justify one yet.

I'm kinda new so apologies.

I Nievlely bought a domain (for the year) as a test. Then returned it as I realised hosting was monthly.

So I just wanted to ask a hypothetical: is it possible to buy a domain AND hosting but with a 1 off payment for the year? Or instead of paying month by month, paying for the full 12 months upfront?

Thank you!

I've had huge issues with my reseller hosting with Hoststar since about a couple of weeks. Whole server hacked, websites shut down by Hoststar, today DDoS. Terrible support: slow, incompetent, no information on what's happening, not taking any responsibility.
Anyone else seeing this with their hosting?

I am writing this article to document my personal experience with NKTelecom so that anyone considering their services can make an informed decision.

Everything described below is based on my own experience and is supported by screenshots of emails, invoices, payment attempts, and support conversations.

The Beginning

I had been using NKTelecom VPS services for some time.

Eventually, I received abuse reports related to my servers. The company informed me that they no longer wished to continue providing services to me and advised me to move all of my services to another provider.

I respected their decision.

I migrated all of my services elsewhere and configured my servers to **terminate automatically at the end of the billing period**. I never requested any renewal.

Their Written Promise

Support later sent me the following message:

"Cancel all subscriptions in payment systems and delete all your payment methods from us. We will not charge you."

This statement was very clear.

I understood that once my current billing period ended, there would be no more invoices and no further payment attempts.

What Actually Happened

Unfortunately, that is not what happened.

After our cooperation had already ended:

• New invoices were generated.
• My PayPal billing agreement attempted to charge my payment methods multiple times.
• More than one payment method previously linked to my account was targeted.

Fortunately, I never keep money on my bank cards. I only add funds when I need to make a purchase.

If I had kept money on those cards, these payment attempts could have successfully withdrawn money from my account despite the company's written assurance that **"We will not charge you."**

Financial Loss

Even though the payment attempts failed, they still cost me money.

Every failed billing attempt resulted in bank and transaction fees, causing me to lose approximately **$2** for absolutely no valid reason.

These losses happened only because NKTelecom's billing system continued attempting to charge my payment methods after promising that no further charges would be made.

Servers Suspended Before the End of the Paid Period

Another issue was that my servers were suspended before the end of the billing period.

I still had paid days remaining on my services.

This unexpected suspension interrupted my services and caused additional financial losses.

Contacting Support

I contacted support and asked several simple questions:

• Why were new invoices generated?
• Why did your billing system attempt to charge me after telling me "We will not charge you"?
• Why were multiple payment methods charged?
• Why were my servers suspended before the end of the paid period?

Instead of answering these questions, support replied by calling me a spammer and telling me to stop writing to them.

Whether they wanted to terminate our cooperation is not the issue.

Every hosting provider has the right to refuse service.

The real issue is what happened **after** that decision.

If the company had already decided to terminate my services, then there should have been:

• No new invoices.
• No payment attempts.
• No charges against previously linked payment methods.
• No financial losses caused by their billing system.

Why I Am Sharing This Experience

I am not publishing this article because my account was terminated.

I am publishing it because of everything that happened afterward.

I believe other customers deserve to know exactly what happened before deciding whether to trust this provider with their services and payment methods.

Final Thoughts

Based on my personal experience, I cannot recommend NKTelecom.

If you decide to use their services, I strongly recommend:

• Remove every payment method immediately after canceling your services.
• Cancel any PayPal Billing Agreement linked to your account.
• Keep screenshots of every conversation with support.
• Monitor your bank cards and PayPal account even after your services have ended.

I have screenshots supporting everything described in this article, including:

• Emails from support.
• Billing invoices.
• Repeated PayPal payment attempts.
• Bank transaction fees.
• Support responses.

I encourage everyone to review the evidence and make their own informed decision before using NKTelecom.

I'm moving a small site to WordPress after Wix raised their prices again ($300 USD). The domain is already going to Namecheap, (not my first choice, but Cloudflare is complicated for them and I hate GoDaddy) so I'm considering hosting there too.

It's just a few informational pages and a contact form. 150 monthly visitors max, mostly from Canada and the US. It currently uses under 10 GB of storage and only a few essential plugins.

Would Namecheap's Shared Hosting be enough for this? The 2-year price of $102.88 USD is appealing, and I'll use Cloudflare for CDN and SSL, but before I commit to it, I thought I should see what other people think of it. Or is there a better alternative around the same price that would work well for a non-technical client? Site is already built locally and confirmed so we just need a host. We're also in Canada if that matters.

I'm familiar with hosting and servers, and don't usually prefer shared hosting, but most plans I looked into were either too expensive or overkill for my client's (non-profit) website. I'm not looking for the cheapest option though.

Update: Thank you for your suggestions! The site was ultimately moved to Namecheap and it's running smoothly for now. As some mentioned, something like Cloudflare Pages would be good, but we already built it all on WordPress.

I don't know how? I had an older version but not too old.

FTP is locked except when i specifically use it.

PHP was version 7.4 as i had an older app gallery3 that eventually got hacked as i had 40,000 photos on it.

WordPress can get hacked even if you update it. Had to install other security apps for it. Askimet pays its way!

I'm a software engineer based in Italy. I handle the web hosting for several local business websites. I'm struggling way, way more than I would have anticipated in finding a decent email service for creating custom inboxes after buying a domain.

My use case is simple: I handle many websites for many customers, each one has it's own domain, and I'd love to configure at least 1 inboxes for each one, that could be read with a webmail.
I don't think i need more than 1/2 GB per mailbox, adding the customers as admin of their own domain could be nice but is not important, and GDPR compliancy would be crucial. Configuration via cli/api would be sweet, as automating the process after buying a domain would save much time.

As of now I was using Aruba. They have a package where a domain and 5 mailbox with their own webmail are about 20 euros/year. I am dissatisfied with the quality of the service tough.

I would have no issue in buying a domain from a registar such as INWX, and configure the mail service separately, but somehow I cannot find a trustworthy service that scales properly for what to me looks like a pretty common and simple use case.

Am i crazy?

Do not use this service. It's a scam.

I made the mistake of not researching this website before depositing $40. They require a minimum deposit of $35, which is a major red flag.

In my experience, websites that require a high minimum deposit upfront have a very high chance of being scams. Please do your research carefully before sending them any money.

Hi I have a personal email domain for my family. 6 mailboxes. We started many years ago before godaddy had office 365.

It used to be cheap and now incredibly expensive. I am wondering what good alternatives are ( I have heard zoho). How easy is it to switch and what are the downsides. Right now it’s like $700 a year for godaddy which is crazy.

If you manage or host WordPress sites, the wp2shell disclosure deserves attention. This write-up covers the affected WordPress Core versions, the pre-authentication RCE chain, patch availability, and links to the published PoC, IoCs, detection guidance, and mitigation steps to help assess and secure affected deployments: https://thecybersecguru.com/news/wordpress-core-rce-wp2shell/

Hi everyone,

A WordPress website I manage appears to have been compromised. Unknown plugins were installed, Russian spam posts appeared, and an unknown administrator account was created. The website is now inaccessible and shows a Cloudflare security check.

I have contacted the hosting provider and asked them to investigate the access and server logs.

What is the safest recovery approach? Should I restore a clean backup or completely reinstall WordPress? What else should I check to make sure no backdoor remains?

Thanks for any advice.

We always try to help people who are moving away from another provider. Some of the biggest problems are rarely caused by the actual website transfer. Most of the time they happen because the website owner does not control all parts of their hosting account.

Before transferring or migrating your hosting account, make sure you have direct access to:

1. Your domain registrar account: Your domain should be registered in your name, with an email address you control.
2. Your DNS records: Know where your DNS is managed and keep a copy of the current records before making changes.
3. Your website files: You should be able to download a complete copy through cPanel, FTP, or a backup system.
4. Your databases: A backup of the website files alone may not include your WordPress posts, settings, users, or store data.
5. Your email accounts: Know whether your email is hosted with the website, your domain registrar, or a separate email provider.
6. SSL certificate: Confirm whether SSL is included, automatically renewed, or charged separately.
7. Your backups: Ask how often backups are created, how long they are retained, and whether you can restore them yourself. Keep at least one backup somewhere outside your hosting account.

Other things you may want to check:
Regular renewal price, resource limits, migration assistance, and what support will they actually help with before signing up.

A low introductory price can be attractive, but maintaining control of your domain, website, email, and backups is far more important over the long term.

For other hosting providers and experienced website owners:
What is the one main thing you wish every customer understood before purchasing?

I recently launched a small new site on its real domain. The basic structure is live now, but I’m still improving the content, internal links, and page layout.

I’m trying to decide whether to let Google start indexing it now, or keep indexing controlled until the core pages are more polished.

My current thinking is mixed.

On one hand, letting Google discover the site early might help with crawling, Search Console data, and getting the domain into the index sooner.

On the other hand, I don’t want Google’s first impression to be a thin or unfinished version of the site, especially if some pages may still change.

For new small sites, do you usually let Google index the early version and improve over time, or keep things noindexed until the main content and structure are ready?

Hi im relatively new to this and I have 2 issues

1. One of my users websites have gone down and the word press warning says"Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress

Please check that the mysqli PHP extension is installed and enabled."

I use direct admin and have gone into select php to tey enable the extension (with no change) . So im unsure what I can do to help

1. Does anyone know how to set up blesta using the name crane free software add on id like to start giving invoices to my customers

Ive tried searching and trying for a good few hours

Thanks for the help :)

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to acquire an established hosting business and wanted to see if anyone here is considering an exit or knows someone who is.

I'm primarily interested in:

• VPS hosting
• Shared web hosting
• Dedicated server hosting

My ideal business:

• Minimum €20,000 MRR (+/-)
• Established customer base with recurring revenue
• Profitable
• Any location is fine (EU Prefered)
• I'm open to owner transition/support after acquisition if needed.

If you're thinking about selling, or know someone who might be, feel free to send me a DM.

I'm also interested in recommendations for brokers or marketplaces that specialize in hosting companies beyond Flippa and Acquire.com.

Thanks!

i’m trying to pick an online store builder and i care a lot about SEO and marketing tools. i don’t want to build a store and then struggle to get traffic or run campaigns later.

which builder actually has the best SEO and marketing features built in? like email, ads, social, SEO helpers, that kind of stuff?

When I click the "Hosting" tile, which is supposed to go to the area to use webspace and sftp I get redirected back to my "Contracts" area. Is this something others are experiencing?