Freshspot BASIC WEBSITE, ZWL (on request) on Website Builder

BASIC WEBSITE has been added on Oct 5, 2019

🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔧 Category :	Wordpress
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive Chat
🌏 Server Locations :	Zimbabwe
⚑ Targeting :	ZW

See also initial BASIC WEBSITE plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Freshspot Hosting Zimbabwe is a Zimbabwe-focused web hosting, domain registration, DNS and website-services provider with a history dating to 2008. The business initially worked in international advertising before expanding into Zimbabwe in 2010 with hosting and related Internet services aimed at local companies, entrepreneurs, developers, organizations and SMEs.

Domain registration is an important part of its business. Freshspot operates as a ZISPA-accredited registrar, making it particularly useful for customers that need Zimbabwean extensions such as .co.zw, .org.zw and .ac.zw. International extensions are available as well, including .com, .net, .org, .africa, .co.za, .co.uk and numerous specialist TLDs. Registrations, renewals, transfers and DNS administration are handled through the customer account system.

The main hosting product is Linux Shared Hosting, divided into Bronze, Silver and Gold packages. The range is straightforward and aimed primarily at personal websites, company presentations, WordPress installations, small online businesses and customers that need website hosting together with email. The packages include cPanel, email hosting, databases, FTP access, free setup, Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, WordPress installation and unmetered monthly bandwidth subject to the acceptable-use limits.

Freshspot uses cPanel for shared hosting administration and CloudLinux to separate account resources on shared infrastructure. CPU usage, memory, I/O and process consumption are controlled so that unusually demanding accounts do not consume unrestricted resources from the entire server. This is an important feature on entry-level hosting where many independent accounts share the same physical system.

The application environment is suitable for the common PHP/MySQL website ecosystem. More than 280 installation scripts are available, covering applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Magento. Git and SVN command-line functionality is available as well, giving developers additional options for deploying and maintaining website code instead of relying exclusively on browser-based file management or FTP.

Backups are one of the stronger elements of the shared service. Hosting accounts are backed up four times per day, with backup infrastructure separated onto dedicated backup servers. Individual files can be restored when necessary, which is useful after accidental deletion, unwanted modifications or failed website updates. Independent customer-controlled backups remain advisable for commercially important websites, but the frequent provider-side schedule offers considerably better recovery coverage than a basic weekly shared-hosting backup.

Freshspot also provides a Free DNS Management service at no charge. It supports A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV and CAA records, allowing customers to use Freshspot for DNS administration even when the associated website is hosted somewhere else. Integration with Cloudflare provides optional proxying, CDN delivery, DDoS mitigation and SSL functionality for records routed through Cloudflare.

The customer catalog also includes a Linux VPS Server category, while dedicated-server services form part of the wider infrastructure range. Shared hosting remains the more clearly standardized product, with transparent package limits and direct retail pricing. Customers moving to VPS or dedicated infrastructure should confirm the exact hardware, storage, network capacity, administration level and deployment location attached to the configuration being ordered.

Freshspot is also active in website development. Its website-service range covers simpler company websites through larger content-managed projects and e-commerce development. A Basic Website project is intended for a relatively small presence of approximately five pages, with content, gallery functionality and Facebook integration.

The Standard Website service expands this into a larger site of approximately 10–15 pages and can include contact forms, live chat, galleries, a content-management system, social-network integration, interactive functionality and mobile compatibility. The E-commerce service adds online ordering functionality, payment-gateway integration, SMS order notifications and customer training. These are development projects rather than another level of shared hosting, so the final scope and cost depend on the website being built.

The primary website language is English. The billing and customer-management environment has a wider localization set, including English, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian. Hosting and domain prices are primarily denominated in US dollars, which is practical in the Zimbabwean hosting market.

Parts of the main website retain an older WordPress-era design and are less modern than the current billing portal. Some historical product and domain-price tables also differ from the newer checkout catalog. The billing system is consequently the more useful reference for the amount due on a new order, especially for domain registrations and renewals.