Web Hosting
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Starter Hosting
Affordable web hosting for your personal website or blog
- 5GB Storage Space
- 10GB Monthly Bandwidth
- 1 Hosted Domains
- 1 Databases
- 10 FTP Accounts
- 10 Email Accounts

- Summary
Starter Hosting makes having your own website affordable, and possible, even if you don't have access to website designers.
Starter Hosting comes with ample web storage space for a personal or hobby website. It also includes a huge variety of 1-Click Installs, that will help you build your own blog, forum or wiki website, or add features such as these to an existing site. Install a WordPress Blog in 1-Click!
Plus, get a free .uk domain (annual packs)* so you can give your new website a name, a free personalised email address, 10 email accounts and loads more top features!
New Features & Upgrades: 5 FREE credits and 30% bonus credits for Fotolia, an online catalogue of royalty-free stock images and videos, 25% off our Keyword Advertising service, and we've added more IMAP accounts to every package.
Our Starter package is the ideal web hosting solution for beginners, with loads of helpful guides and video tutorials in our Online Support Centre. We're here 7 days a week if you need us too.
Try Starter Hosting and get your first website online today!
Award Winning UK Hosting from names.co.uk
- FREE .uk Domain Name (annual packs)*
- FREE 1-Click Installs
- FREE Instant Setup
- Expert UK Based Support
- 5 FREE Credits with new Fotolia
- 25% OFF Keyword Advertising

- Technical Details
- Linux or Windows Hosting?
Is Linux or Windows right for you?
Choose Linux Hosting or Windows Hosting depending on the needs of your website. To take advantage of our free web apps such as WordPress and Joomla, you will need to choose Linux Hosting.
Linux Starter Hosting Package
Windows Starter Hosting Package p/m from (ex VAT) £3.99
Buy Nowp/m from (ex VAT) £3.99
Buy NowKey Features 1-Click Installs including WordPress & Joomla With Linux Hosting you can enjoy a huge choice of free web apps and scripts including blogs, forums, wikis, photo galleries, project management tools, and much more.
See a full list of 1-Click InstallsFREE No NEW! Fotolia Royalty-Free Stock Images Yes Yes FREE Domain Name (annual packs)* Yes Yes Storage Space 5GB 5GB Monthly Bandwidth Allowance 10GB 10GB Hosted Domains 1 1 FTP Accounts 10 10 Online Shop & Cart No No Shared SSL Certificate No No Dual Platform (Linux & Windows) No No Reseller Hosting Tools No No Re-Brandable Control Panel & WebMail No No 99% Uptime Guarantee Yes Yes Instant Setup FREE FREE Expert UK Based Support 7 Days A Week Yes Yes Email Features Email Accounts 10 10 Powerful WebMail Included Included Email Addresses Unlimited Unlimited Anti Virus & Spam Protection Yes Yes 'Catch All' Email Facility Yes Yes Email Forwarding Yes Yes Email Autoresponders Yes Yes Authenticated SMTP Available at £15.99 per year (free if names.co.uk is your ISP) Supported Technologies Databases: MySQL 5.5 1 x 100MB No Databases: Microsoft SQL 2005 No 1 x 100MB ASP .NET 3.5, ASP Classic No Yes Microsoft Access No Yes PHP 5.3, Ruby, Python Yes No Perl 5.8 Yes No Server Side Includes (SSI) Yes Yes General Features 25% OFF Keyword Advertising Yes Yes FREE .uk Inward Domain Transfer Yes Yes FREE Pre-Sales Advice Yes Yes No Contract on Monthly Plans Yes Yes Online Guides & Video Tutorials Included Included Actinic Catalog Support Yes No Site Management Online Control Panel Yes Yes Online Support Tracking Yes Yes Advanced DNS Management Yes Yes Daily Raw Log Files Yes Yes Custom Error Pages Yes No Detailed Visitor Statistics Yes Yes Password Protect Directories Yes No Security & Data Centre Firewall & Intrusion Protection Yes Yes Redundant High Speed Connectivity Yes Yes Complete UPS Power Back Up Yes Yes Generator Backup (priority fuel) Yes Yes 24/7 Network Monitoring Yes Yes 24/7 Security Guards Yes Yes Fire Suppression System Yes Yes Video Camera Surveillance Yes Yes Daily Backups Yes Yes
Starter Hosting Top Features
*Get a FREE .uk (co.uk, .me.uk or .org.uk) domain name registered for 1 year with any of our Annual Web Hosting, SiteMaker or Ecommerce Packages.

