Kowloon Hosting Personal, $ 7.48/mo. on Linux Shared

Personal has been updated on May 9, 2025 (added November 16, 2014), Aggregate Rating (3.3 out of 10 from 4 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	PayPalAliPayWire TransferBitcoin
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpressWebsite BuilderE-CommerceOffshore
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Hong Kong
⚑ Targeting :	HK
💰 Money-back guarantee :	10 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.7 %

See also initial Personal plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

KowloonHosting – A Practical Answer to Hosting in Asia’s Digital Crossroads

When KowloonHosting first launched in 2010, the state of web hosting in Hong Kong felt, to many, like a paradox. The city was a global financial hub, a technological gateway to mainland China, and a beacon of modern infrastructure—but web hosting services? Often costly, limited, and hard to navigate, especially for English-speaking users or small businesses trying to get online without enterprise-sized budgets.
KowloonHosting didn’t set out to be flashy. It set out to be useful, and in doing so, filled a critical gap in the market. Backed by Cycom Hong Kong Limited, a local internet and IT provider, the company focused on offering more—for less, and doing it with a rare level of transparency. That approach earned it the trust of thousands of users, not just in Hong Kong, but across China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Built by People Who Know Hosting

The team behind KowloonHosting weren’t newcomers to the industry. They understood what customers needed because they had been customers themselves. That translated into hosting plans that were surprisingly generous—ample bandwidth, reasonable prices, and no over-complicated jargon. You didn’t need a tech degree to launch a website here, and if you ever got stuck, support in English was just a message away, day or night.
From the beginning, KowloonHosting’s services were built to scale. A personal blog or startup landing page could grow into a full-fledged online store or media site, all without needing to migrate to another provider. The shared hosting plans came with Softaculous, cPanel, and site builder tools to make it all intuitive—even for first-timers.

A Network That Knows Its Geography

But where KowloonHosting really stood out was in its local and regional connectivity. Hosting services were deployed across five major data centers in Hong Kong, including facilities from SoftLayer, China Telecom, HKNet, and New World Telecommunications. This wasn’t just about prestige. These locations meant KowloonHosting could offer fast, reliable connections not just for Hong Kong users but for visitors from mainland China, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan.
The infrastructure was enterprise-grade, but tailored for smaller businesses. Each data center came equipped with redundant power, top-tier fire suppression, security monitoring, and multiple international bandwidth gateways. In short, it was infrastructure you could count on, even if you didn’t always see it working in the background.

A Focus on the Essentials

There’s a quiet confidence in how KowloonHosting does business. You won’t find bloated packages or endless upsells. Instead, they offer four straightforward shared hosting plans, with the flexibility to move up as your business or project grows. You can host multiple domains, run your own email system, install over 140+ web applications with a click, and even opt for dedicated IPs or SSL certificates if you’re launching an online store.
Need VPS or a dedicated server? That’s available too. But KowloonHosting doesn’t push you into services you don’t need—they let you grow into them.

Customer Service Without the Wait

For a company of its size, KowloonHosting punches well above its weight in customer support. Their 24/7 helpdesk is staffed by people who understand the platform, speak fluent English, and actually care about fixing problems. That human touch is rare—especially in a region where many hosting companies still outsource support or funnel requests through slow ticketing systems.
And it’s not just about solving problems. KowloonHosting’s support team is equally good at quietly keeping things running. Automated incremental backups, RAID1 disk protection, and server monitoring mean issues are often resolved before customers even notice.

The Little Things That Build Trust

What helps KowloonHosting earn long-term loyalty are the simple but powerful guarantees:

• 99.98% uptime, which they consistently meet
• A 10-day money-back guarantee, with no red tape
• A lifetime pricelock, so your monthly rate stays the same as long as you’re a customer

In a time when many providers quietly change their pricing structures or cut back on support, KowloonHosting has kept its promises remarkably intact.