Hosting services

We can provide a number of solutions for your domain registration, e-mail handling and web space, using our own dedicated server. If you already have such services and are happy with them then we will upload the relevant website files to your own account for a small additional charge.

Domain registration

We include for the registration of one UK domain name of your choice, in your firm's name, with each templated package (eg firmname.co.uk). We then charge a renewal fee of £20 + VAT when the initial 2 years expires. Further domain names can be registered at any time for a cost of £20 + VAT for 2 years for UK domain names (.co.uk, .ltd.uk, org.uk) and £30 + VAT for 2 years for US domains (.com, .info, .biz, .net, .org). You can transfer existing domain names to us if you wish - there is an additional £15 + VAT admin charge for the transfer of US domain names. We do not make a charge if you want to transfer domains away from us.

Basic domain handling

Our website packages include for hosting your domain and providing web forwarding to the website files we hold for you under our own account. This will give you a web address of www.firmname.co.uk, but we cannot provide visitors stats on this basis. We will also give you up to 5 mailboxes based on your domain name eg enquiries@firmname.co.uk, which will each foward mail on to an existing mailbox for collection eg john@hotmail.co.uk. This means that both your website and your e-mail addresses use the same basis of firmname.co.uk, making them easier to remember.

Hosting with POP3 mail only

We can supply a simple hosting package which will give you up to 5 POP3 mailboxes using your domain name eg enquiries@firmname.co.uk, for you to collect by dialling in to our server. We will provide web forwarding to the website files we hold for you under our own account. This will give you a web address of www.firmname.co.uk, but we cannot provide visitors stats on this basis.

We will supply you with the necessary login details for you to set up your mailbox account(s) in Outlook or Outlook Express, but cannot set these up for you.

Full hosting package

If you want a number of mailboxes for your staff, and/or website stats on your website's activity, then you will need a full hosting account. Our basic package provides up to 30 POP3 mailboxes and 70MB of webspace, which allows for storage of your mail, your website files and the log files associated. This package also includes virus/dangerous attachment scanning as standard.

If you have an in-house mail server then instead of POP3 accounts we can set up an account for your server to collect mail from. We can also offer "store and forward" service, or to amend the MX records to an IP address of your choice, but would point out that the latter option means we have no control over your mail and cannot restore anything if it gets lost in transit.

We will give you details of how to transfer your domain to us when the time comes, and upload the approved relevant website files on completion. Not all the files used in your site will be uploaded this way, and some have to stay on our server for reason of functionality.

The setup fee we charge allows for the setting up of your account, setting up the mailbox(es) you require and helping you set up your PCs/server to use them, uploading your completed website files, and providing telephone support during office hours as required.

If spam is a problem then you will find our anti-spam service useful. This is a standard feature of all our packages, and screens all your mail before you get it, either destroying spam or sending it to a separate mailbox for you to download and check occasionally before deleting.

The bandwidth allowed is 1GB per month, but more can be arranged for an additional charge - just ask us.

Click here for a pdf of our standard Hosting Terms and Conditions

Costs: we charge an annual fee of £30 + VAT for the Hosting package for POP3 mail only. The full hosting package costs £99 + VAT pa, plus a one-off setup fee of £150 + VAT. For all packages domain name renewals are charged at £20 + VAT for UK names, and £30 + VAT for US names for 2 years.

If you ask us to register additional domain names for you we will "point" them to your main web address at no additional charge to the registration cost (some people like to buy both the .co.uk and the .com versions of their domain names to prevent plagiarism).

Order a hosting account through clicking on the Order button on the left, or call us to discusss your requirements in more detail.

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