Channel Island Hosting Home Package - [...], £ 4.99/mo.

Home Package - Website & Email Hosting has been added on Nov 1, 2019

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpressSelf ManagedWebsite BuilderE-Commerce
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	AU CA IE NZ ZA UK US

Original plan URL was https://www.channelislandhosting.net/website-hosting.php

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Channel Island Hosting is a Guernsey-based domain registration and web hosting provider operated as a trading name of Enrapture Limited, a Bailiwick of Guernsey company registered under number 50810. Enrapture has operated since 2009, while Channel Island Hosting was launched on November 20, 2018 as a dedicated hosting and domain-registration business serving the Channel Islands alongside international customers.

The company has built a customer base extending well beyond Guernsey and Jersey, with customers across 82 countries. Its particularly strong regional focus is domain registration for Channel Islands customers, where it operates as one of the most specialized providers for local extensions. Channel Islands customers have a localized portal and pricing structure, while international customers can use the global ordering platform. The website is available in English, with the international storefront supporting GBP, USD, EUR and AUD, while the Channel Islands storefront uses GBP.

Domain registration is an important part of the business. Hundreds of TLDs are supported, including .GG, .JE, .CO.GG, .CO.JE, .COM and .CO.UK, together with a large selection of international generic extensions. Qualifying Channel Islands charities, clubs and community organizations can obtain free .ORG.GG and .ORG.JE registrations, while registered charities in the Channel Islands and UK can receive a 50% discount on website hosting.

The main hosting product is shared cloud website hosting, divided into Starter, Advanced and Premium packages. Starter is suitable for smaller websites and includes 10GB SSD storage, 50GB monthly bandwidth, one MySQL database, five 5GB email mailboxes, two FTP accounts and SSL. Advanced increases the available resources to 100GB SSD storage, 500GB bandwidth, ten databases, 25 mailboxes with 10GB each and unlimited FTP access. Premium is aimed at larger websites, online stores and projects requiring additional resources.

Website hosting includes automatic SSL, email hosting, DNS management, FTP, webmail, backup facilities and migration assistance. Softaculous provides access to hundreds of applications, including WordPress, Drupal, Magento and Joomla, giving customers a straightforward way to install common CMS and eCommerce platforms.

A useful inclusion with standard hosting is the SiteJet website builder, which provides drag-and-drop site creation and responsive layouts. The service catalog also includes a Weebly-based website builder with templates, blogging, forms, multimedia support, SEO functions and eCommerce capabilities.

Customers wanting a professionally developed website can use the company's website design services. A starter bespoke website begins at £699.99 as a one-time purchase and includes design work, responsive UX, SSL, SEO guidance, an initial site audit, one year of hosting and a first-year domain where the selected domain costs less than £30 annually. Larger Premium projects begin from £995, with support for eCommerce, bespoke CMS development, forms, subscriptions, imagery, security, SEO and ongoing maintenance.

Email Hosting is available independently from website hosting. The Premium Email package begins at £2.49 per month equivalent and includes a 50GB mailbox, webmail, custom-domain addresses, device synchronization and access through standard desktop and mobile email clients. Additional mailboxes cost £0.99 per month.

Additional email services include incoming spam filtering and email archiving. Incoming filtering uses SpamExperts technology to process unwanted and malicious messages before they reach the customer's mailbox, while archiving provides searchable message storage, recovery and compliance-oriented retention features.

Security services extend beyond the automatic SSL supplied with hosting. Commercial SSL Certificates are available in DV, OV, EV and wildcard formats from established certificate brands including RapidSSL and GeoTrust, providing options for businesses requiring stronger validation than the standard hosting certificate.

A VPN service based on NordVPN is also available. Monthly pricing is £7.99, while annual billing reduces the effective rate to £4.16 per month. It provides encrypted connections, protection on public Wi-Fi, IP privacy, malware-related security functionality and multi-device support.

The company also offers 360 Monitoring for website and server availability. Monitoring can cover uptime, response time, DNS performance, SSL expiration, network ports, keyword checks and geographic availability. Entry-level monitoring starts around £1.99 per month, while larger packages include additional websites, servers, shorter monitoring intervals and deeper website crawling.

Paid IT Support Services are available when customers need technical work performed on their behalf. A 30-minute support package costs £49, while up to 60 minutes costs £89. This service can be used for tasks such as DNS migrations, nameserver changes and transferring multiple email accounts between providers.

Microsoft business products are also available through the company. Channel Island Hosting operates as a Microsoft Partner and can arrange Microsoft 365 licensing using different billing periods. Licensing can generally be cancelled with 30 days' notice, with pro-rata refunds where applicable.

Overall, Channel Island Hosting goes considerably beyond basic shared hosting. Domains, website hosting, email, SSL certificates, website development, monitoring, VPN services, Microsoft licensing and technical assistance can all be managed through the same provider.