Why Hostess?
Advanced Technology
Hostess web hosting utilises Australia's most advanced shared hosting infrastructure to bring you business grade hosting at outstanding prices.
Using a fully clustered, fully redundant hosting architecture based at our Sydney Data Centre, means your web pages are served faster, your data is more secure, and your website is always online.
Hostess uses Zeus server software, that is proven to be faster and more secure than the standard Apache software.
Control Panel – world-class online management
Hostess offers a state-of-the-art administration system to manage all of your services. Available 24/7/365 you can manage all your services in real-time.
Australian Company
Hostess is an Australian owned company, with full-time staff and a data centre located in Sydney. Many low priced hosting companies are actually hosted on US web servers by local resellers. This can result in poor speed and support. With hostess you get high quality hosting and a support service available during your business hours, not US hours.
The backing of NetRegistry
Hostess is a NetRegistry company, benefiting from over 10 years experience as a top Australian hosting company. NetRegistry has one of the most advanced hosting infrastructures in the Southern Hemisphere, and Hostess customers receive the same level of quality hosting as NetRegistry's business customers. Hostess differs from NetRegistry in the level of support and range of services. Business users requiring 24 hour telephone support and a wider range of online business services, should visit www.netregistry.com.au
Data Centre
World Class Australian Hosting
Hostess’s data centre is located in the state-of-the-art Global Switch facility in Sydney. Global Switch Sydney is Australia's largest carrier neutral facility providing Hostess customers with the very best in environment, security and back-up systems. Download our Data Centre Info Sheet below.
Free Student Hosting
Hostess proudly supports uni students by offering a professional domain name, website and email - free!
If you are a university student and have a uni based email account, you can choose from either 1 year free hosting of a new website (Economy Hosting), or 1 year free redirection package (Email Hosting) to point to your existing webpages (myspace.com/yourspace for example). Note: there is no obligation to stay with Hostess past the first year.
Steps for registration are:
1. Search for the domain name which you wish to use in the search box at the end of this page. By default, you will be able to search for .au.com domain names only. If you'd like to place either of the free services on an existing domain name - go through this process on the retail order page
2. Once you have selected the domain name you want to use, select the type of hosting package you want to use and click "Add".
3. Enter the associated Promotional Code in the field provided and click "Add" - a new line should appear displaying the package amount subtracted from the total. Click "Continue".
4. Enter your contact details here.
Note: Contact E-mail address must end on .edu.au, or the order will not be approved.
5. Complete any other information and submit the order. You will receive an email with your online Control Panel login details.
Free Package |
Promo Code |
|---|---|
| Free Hosting | HPUniH |
| Free Redirection | HPUniR |
Note: Free hosting for University and other tertiary students is available for first year only. There is no obligation to stay after the first year if you find a more suitable hosting provider for the purpose of your online venture.
