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Shared Hosting

Fast, secure, and affordable hosting plans for any budget

Datacenter location
US US
US US UK UK EU EU
Billing cycle
Yearly
Monthly Yearly 2 Years

Datacenter location may affect prices

Stellar

$1.98/mo

Save 56% on 1st year

You pay $22.88 — renews at $44.88/year

  • Domain name

    Your annual hosting plan comes with one domain name offer.

  • 3 Websites
  • 20 GB SSD
  • 30 Mailboxes
  • Website Builder

Stellar Business

$4.98/mo

Save 47% on 1st year

You pay $58.88 — renews at $108.88/year

  • Domain name

    Your annual hosting plan comes with one domain name offer.

  • Unlimited websites
  • 50 GB SSD
  • Unlimited mailboxes
  • AutoBackup & Cloud Storage
  • Website Builder

Make more online with your hosting, pay less

Get a fast and easy-to-install hosting plan, all for a low-cost price.

  • Unmetered bandwidth
  • Free website builder
  • Domain name and privacy protection

    With discounts up to 100% on the first year, your chosen domain name will renew at a standard rate. View current domain name pricing here. Premium domain names are not eligible for the promotion.

  • Free automatic SSL installation

    Free for the first year, SSL certificates get automatically installed and are secured for up to 50 websites. Learn more →

  • Free Supersonic CDN

    Namecheap’s free content delivery network (CDN) plan includes basic DDoS protection, custom SSL upload, and a traffic limit of 50 GB per month. Paid plans are also available with more advanced features.

  • Free in <24 hours website migration

Turn back time and protect your website data with AutoBackup.

AutoBackup →

Quickly build your website for free with Website Builder.

Website Builder →

Deliver website content in record time from servers around the world.

Supersonic CDN →

Our EU datacenter is 100% sustainable and features Cloud Storage.

Learn more →

Shared Hosting Features

Free SSL Certificates

Free SSL Certificates

Although SSL certificates are now mandatory, we‘ve still got your back. In fact, all Shared Hosting plans come with 50 free PositiveSSL certificates for one year, which are automatically set up. Learn more →

24/7 Live Support

24/7 Live Support

Need some help? Our dedicated team of hosting experts is standing by, ready to help via Live Chat. Whether you’re just starting out or there’s an issue that needs fixing, we’re here for all your Shared Hosting needs.

WordPress and cPanel

WordPress and cPanel

Deploy WordPress in seconds with the Softaculous app installer, which makes updating and maintaining your open-source applications a breeze. Considered worldwide as the best control panel, cPanel gives you full website control via your browser.

Personalized Email Service

Personalized Email Service

Enjoy a domain-based email address of your choice to represent your business and help manage communication. Here you can add email accounts, set up forwarders, enable auto-responses, create mailing lists as well as aliases. Jellyfish Spam Protection helps to protect against any email threats or viruses.

Host your business with zero downtime thanks to Namecheap’s Cloud Storage!

Cloud Storage gives you:

  • 100% uptime
  • The highest performance
  • True stability
  • Data protection

Included with Stellar Business plans (US datacenter only) and all Stellar plans (EU datacenter)

Tech Specs

UK and EU datacenter selections will result in a different price.

Stellar

$1.98/mo

$4.48/mo

Stellar Plus

$2.98/mo

$6.48/mo

Stellar Business

$4.98/mo

$9.48/mo

Plan Features
Disk Space
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Refers to the amount of space to store your website files, databases, emails, and more. Our web servers are all RAID-protected with redundant fault-tolerant hard disks.

20 GB SSD

Unmetered SSD

50 GB SSD

File (Inode) Limit
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Refers to the number of inodes (files, folders, and emails) you’re allowed to store in your hosting account.

300.000

300.000

600.000

Bandwidth
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Also referred to as “data transfer,” this is the amount of data that can be transferred between your website and Internet users.

Unmetered

Unmetered

Unmetered

Uptime
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Refers to the monthly measurement of your server’s accessibility to the Internet.

100%

100%

100%

Hosted Domains
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Number of domains with their own web sites, email accounts and DNS records that you may host under your cPanel account.

3

Unlimited

Unlimited

Parked Domains
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Additional domain names that are hosted in your account, but don't have their own content. They point to the contents of the primary domain.

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Subdomains
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Subdomains allow you to create separate websites as subsections of your domain. For example, support.namecheap.com is the subdomain of the namecheap.com domain.

30

Unlimited

Unlimited

Backups
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For Stellar customers, internal backups are ideally performed twice a week, though not guaranteed. For Stellar Plus and Business customers, the free AutoBackup tool via cPanel automatically backs up your website data with access to daily, weekly and monthly backups.

Twice a Week

Twice a Week + Autobackup

Twice a Week + Autobackup

Cloud Storage
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Designed to handle a variety of hardware and software-stack failures, distributed Cloud Storage features zero downtime and the highest performance. Available with US and EU datacenters.

Included with EU datacenter

Included with EU datacenter

Included with EU and US datacenters

Eco-friendly
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Our new datacenter based in The Netherlands is powered by sources that are 100% renewable. Learn more about how the Internet is becoming more sustainable.

Available with EU Datacenter

Available with EU Datacenter

Available with EU Datacenter

cPanel (Control Panel)
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The leading control panel which allows you to manage your content, email and FTP accounts, etc. (demo).

Website Builder
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Our drag-and-drop editor lets you easily create your website without knowing any code.

cPanel 2FA
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Two-Factor Authentication works to improve overall security by requiring two forms of identification: 1) your password 2) a generated security code

Dedicated IP
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Your “Internet Protocol” address refers to the unique number that is linked to all your personal online activity. Also may be used for your SSL certificate.

$4.00/mo

$4.00/mo

$4.00/mo

Free Apps
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All of our hosting plans include the Softaculous Apps Marketplace. This includes over 100 free Apps like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, Zen Cart, Cube Cart, SMF, photo gallery and other software.

100+ apps with 1-click install

100+ apps with 1-click install

100+ apps with 1-click install

FTP Users
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Amount of users that can be created in your account to use FTP connection. It allows you to connect to the server, upload/look through the uploaded files to the server.

50

Unlimited

Unlimited

Money-Back Guarantee
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If you’re not fully satisfied with our service, you can receive a full refund within a certain time frame.

30 days

30 days

30 days

Personal Nameservers
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You can register and set up your own nameservers for your domain (personal nameservers usually look like this: ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com).

Email Features
Email Accounts
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Total amount of email accounts that can be created for all your domains and subdomains in the hosting account.

30

Unlimited

Unlimited

Email Forwarders
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This feature allows you to forward a copy of any email sent to one of your email accounts to some other email address.

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Email Autoresponders
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These allow you to configure automatic email response messages. For example, a vacation notice.

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Webmail
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An interface which is used to access your mail via web-browser. We offer Horde, Squirrelmail and RoundCube webmail interfaces.

SMTP, POP3, IMAP
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Standard protocols that can be used for email sending and receiving.

SpamAssassin
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Spam protection tool installed on our servers which can be easily enabled and configured through your cPanel.

Mailing Lists
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This feature allows you to create a list of email addresses and send them an email by specifying a single address.

10

Unlimited

Unlimited

Catch All Facility
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Allows you to receive all emails that are sent to an address that does not exist to the default email address created in your cPanel.

SPF
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This record will specify which machines are authorized to send email from your domain(s). Only mail sent through these servers will appear as valid mail when the SPF records are checked.

Domain Keys
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An e-mail authentication system that allows for incoming mail to be checked against the server it was sent from to verify that the mail has not been modified.

BoxTrapper
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BoxTrapper protects your inbox from spam by requiring all email senders not on your Whitelist reply to a verification email before you can receive their mail.

CSV Import (Email & Forwarders)
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This feature allows you to use .csv files to create multiple email addresses or email forwarders for your account simultaneously.

Jellyfish Spam Protection
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An advanced and user-friendly email filtering solution that allows to protect your account from both incoming and outgoing spam.

Databases Features
MySQL Databases
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Open source relational database management system that is used by CMS-software (such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress) to store and retrieve all your blog information.

50

Unlimited

Unlimited

PHP MyAdmin
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A third-party tool included with cPanel, used for managing MySQL databases over the Internet.

PostgreSQL Databases
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Based on an object-relational management system PostgreSQL databases that allow you to manage the data which is used with CMS-software such as MediaWiki, Drupal, OpenCms etc.

Unlimited

Unlimited

PHP PgAdmin
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A third-party tool included with cPanel, used for managing PostgreSQL databases over the Internet.

Server Features
Webserver
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Web-server version installed on our servers.

Apache/Litespeed

Apache/Litespeed

Apache/Litespeed

PHP 5.X - 8.X
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Scripting language versions installed on our servers. PHP version can be selected in your cPanel account.

Node.JS 6.X - 14.X
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JavaScript run-time environment to execute javascript applications on a server side. Version can be selected in your cPanel account.

Python 2.X - 3.X
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Scripting language versions installed on our servers. Python version can be selected in your cPanel account.

Ruby 1.X - 2.X
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Scripting language versions installed on our servers. Ruby version can be selected in your cPanel account.

MariaDB 10.X.X
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Relational database management system version installed on our servers.

CGI
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Common Gateway Interface defines a way for a web server to interact with external content-generating programs. The program run by CGI can be any type of executable file. For example, you can use Perl, Python scripts, or other, similar languages.

Perl
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A high-level, general-purpose, interpreted and dynamic programming language which is installed on our servers.

Javascript
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Javascript is a client-side scripting language run in a web browser. It allows you to use .js files.

SSI
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Server Side Include – is a server-side scripting language used for creating dynamic webpages by inserting the content of one file into another.

SSH Access (Jailed)
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Secure remote command line access to your account. Jailed SSH gives you limited shell access where only basic shell commands are allowed, and the usage is limited to your account. To get jailed ssh enabled please submit a request to our helpdesk.

eAccelerator
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An eAccelerator increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, and optimizes php scripts to speed up their execution.

xCache
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xCache accelerates the performance of PHP on servers by caching the compiled state of PHP scripts into the RAM.

Control Panel Features
Backup Manager
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Allows you to download a zipped copy of your entire site or parts of it onto your computer or restore parts of your hosting account by uploading your partial backup zip file(s).

Virus Scanner
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With ClamAV™ Virus Scanner you can scan your mail, entire home directory, public web space and public FTP space.

Image Manager
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Allows you to resize an entire directory of images to your preferred size and store them in a folder called thumbnails, resize individual images and convert one type of image file to another.

Apache Handlers Manager
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This allows you to manage apache handlers. Apache comes configured to handle CGI scripts and server-parsed files. You can configure Apache to handle a new file type with an existing handler by manually adding the handler and extension.

Hotlink Protection
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This prevents other websites from directly linking to files on your website (e.g. restricts displaying your images on other websites). They will still be able to link to any file type that you don’t specify.

IP Deny Manager
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A feature which is used to deny access to your site from a specific (or a range of) IP address(es).

Index Manager
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This allows you to customize the way a directory will be viewed on the web. You can select between a default style, no indexes, or two types of indexing.

Leech Protect
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A feature which sets the maximum number of logins that can occur within a 2-hour time limit in order to protect your site from brute-force attack.

Mailman List Manager
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This allows you to create mailing lists and use a single address to send mail to multiple email addresses.

MIME Types Manager
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Use this to specify how certain file extensions are handled by web browsers. MIME types can allow browsers to handle new technologies as they become available.

Network Tools
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These allow you to find out the IP address of any domain, as well as DNS information about that domain, or trace the route from the computer you are accessing cPanel from, to the server your site is on.

PGP/GPG
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Use GnuPG key to encrypt your outgoing emails. Messages are encrypted with a public key. Only the intended recipient, who has the private key, can decrypt the message.

Redirect Manager
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This allows you to send all visitors of a domain or particular page to a different URL.

Simple CGI Wrapper
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Allows you to create a special folder, called /scgi-bin, inside your /public_html directory in order for the scripts placed in this folder to be handled as CGI scripts.

Server Status Viewer
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This set of features allows you to access several lists to view information regarding your server. This can be helpful when troubleshooting both hardware and software issues.

Change Language
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You can easily change cPanel interface language using "Change Language" feature.

Web Disk
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Use a Web Disk account to manage, navigate, upload, and download the website's files as if they were on your local drive.

Directory Privacy
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Set a password to protect certain directories of your account. When visitors attempt to view that directory via the website, they will be asked to log in.

Customizable php.ini
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You can manage all PHP settings with the help of your local php.ini file, such as whether global variables are turned on or the default directory to upload files to when writing upload scripts.

Cron Jobs
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Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that take place at predefined times or intervals on the server. Often, a cron job is a series of simple tasks executed from a script file.

Simple DNS Zone Editor
?

This feature allows you to create and delete A and CNAME records for your subdomain names.

Advanced DNS Zone Editor
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This allows you to create and edit DNS records (A, TXT, CNAME, SRV) for your domains and subdomains.

Install PHP PEAR Packages
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PEAR packages are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in PHP.

Install Perl Modules
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Perl modules are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in Perl.

Install Ruby Gems
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Ruby Gems are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in Ruby.

CodeGuard Backup
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Sign up for CodeGuard - a leading backup, monitoring, and restore service on the web. Access it from your cPanel.

SSL/TLS Manager
?

Generates and manages SSL certificates, signing requests, and keys.

SSL Host Installer
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Creates SSL hosts for domains that are attached to your cPanel account.

Namecheap SSL
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Allows to auto-install single-domain DV SSL certificates purchased at Namecheap.

Statistic/Web Stats
AWStats
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Displays information about who is accessing your website. The information is displayed in graphs and tables, and divided into monthly, daily, and hourly averages.

Raw Logs Statistics
?

Raw access logs are text files that contain information about your visitors and what content on your website they have accessed.

Error Logs
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This feature displays the last 300 errors that have occurred on your website. This can be useful for finding and fixing broken links and misconfigured web applications.

Bandwidth Stats
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Displays bandwidth usage information, allowing you to monitor the heaviest traffic times for your site, as well as help you to decide whether you should get more bandwidth.

Disk Usage Viewer
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This shows how you use your account's disk space.

Latest Visitors
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This function will show information regarding the last 300 people to visit your website.

Resource Usage
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You can view statistics of server resources usage such as CPU, memory and entry processes.

Google Analytics Compatible
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Fully compatible with Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools.

Scripts
Softaculous Script Installer
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Helps to install more than 200 different scripts on your website in several clicks.

Blogs
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Using cPanel’s script installer, you can install blogs like WordPress, b2evolution, Open Blog and more.

Portals/CMS
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A content management system (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, and publish content in a consistently organized fashion such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal etc.

Customer Support
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You can create your own helpdesk and client area by installing support systems like Vision Helpdesk, osTicket, HESK, etc.

Discussion Boards
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Online discussion sites where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.

E-Commerce
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Software which is used for buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

FAQ
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A free, database-driven web-based application for creating and maintaining Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on your site.

Hosting Billing
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Full billing/invoicing applications which are perfect for web hosting resellers and are used to handle clients, orders, invoices, notes and help desk.

Image Galleries
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Software which allows you to upload images to your website. Your images will be stored onto a server and the individual different types of code will be shown to allow others to view images.

Polls and Surveys
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Helps you to create some questionnaire and checklist forms.

Project Management
?

Allows you to manage your privileges, calendar, contacts, time card, projects, chat, forum, request tracker, mail client, files, notes, bookmarks, to-do list, reminder, voting, language support.

Site Builders
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A software which is used to build, maintain and manage your personal or business website.

Wiki
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A website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.

Support Features
24/7 Live Chat
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We’re always available to customers in our 24/7 Live Chat.

24/7 Help Desk
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Browse our extensive Knowledgebase, read the latest news and announcements as well as submit tickets to our 24/7 Help Desk.

Instant Setup
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When your order is complete, your chosen plan gets automatically set up. To get started, check your “Welcome Email” for your cPanel login details.

Transfer Assistance
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Our migration specialists will transfer your hosting account to our servers from any other cPanel based hosting provider.

Pricing
1 Month

$4.48

$6.48

$9.48

1 Year

$44.88

$68.88

$108.88

2 Years

$83.88

$118.88

$216.88

US Datacenter

FREE

FREE

FREE

UK Datacenter

+$1.00/mo

+$1.00/mo

+$1.00/mo

EU Datacenter

FREE

FREE

FREE

Our Suppliers

Intel
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CloudLinux
Softaculous
Expect the Latest Technology

Expect the Latest Technology

Enhance your efficiency with the PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure, Dell’s state-of-the-art shared datacenter infrastructure. Here every compartment is fully redundant, from the power supply to the network card, featuring high-speed SAN that delivers 100% uptime, unparalleled performance, and reliability. Learn more about Shared Hosting hardware specifications →

Develop with Ease

Develop with Ease

No wonder web developers prefer to host with us. Our Shared Hosting servers feature the latest software versions available, including but not limited to: your choice of CMS, Jailshell SSH, PHP, support for Perl, Python, Node.js, and Ruby scripts as well as various databases. Learn more about Shared Hosting software versions →

Hosting You Can Trust

Hosting You Can Trust

All of our web hosting plans are backed by Namecheap’s Hosting Guarantee. This guarantee represents the highest quality you can expect from Namecheap and underlines our commitment to providing excellence in our hosting division. In addition to providing regular backups, 100% uptime, and efficient firewalls, we consistently monitor your server for security updates.

Why Namecheap?

Privacy and security

At Namecheap, we prioritize your online privacy and security, and we support the rights of individuals and consumers online at all times. Keeping the Internet open, free, and safe for all users comes first for us.

Your business online

Finding industry-premium products and services at affordable prices will hugely benefit your business. All our services are here to provide you with an improved Internet experience.

Customer service

You will find our Support Team to be everything you need in terms of friendly and helpful assistance. These are real people who are ready to help you out with any issue on a 24/7 basis.

Frequently asked questions

How do I build my online presence?
So much of your personal brand is built around your online presence. In fact, everything you do, say, post, comment or share on the Internet represents your brand. With our Website Builder and other tools offered in our affordable Shared Hosting plans, building your brand online is easy.
What is Shared Hosting best for?
Shared Web Hosting is an entry-level type of web hosting where one physical server hosts multiple websites (and often hosts hundreds of users). Since each user gets (“shares”) a section of that individual server where they can host their website files, this keeps costs low. Here users share system resources on-demand, receiving a percentage of databases, disk space, CPU, RAM as well as email and FTP accounts. Other resources include the single MySQL server, Apache server, and mail server. Considered the most cost-effective option, Shared Server Hosting offers enough resources for any startup, local business, or personal website. Learn more about Shared Web Hosting →
How do I start using my Shared Hosting account?
To turn your new Shared Hosting account into your personal website, simply follow these step-by-step instructions: Shared Hosting — Getting Started.
What is cPanel?
cPanel is a control panel that acts as a separate account, designed for managing your Shared Hosting service on the server. You'll be able to build your website with our Website Builder as well as upload and manage files, create email accounts, and check the stats of your sites — all in one place. Your cPanel login details are found in your Welcome Email.
Is Namecheap Shared Server Hosting cloud-based?
No, although all Namecheap Shared Hosting plans are hosted on a Solid-State Drive (SSD), which helps to enhance performance over traditional hard disk drives (HDD). SSDs also contain no moving mechanical parts, offering faster access time and low latency. Namecheap Stellar Business plans with a US datacenter and all plans with an EU datacenter are, however, based on Cloud Storage. Here, traditional physical machines are converted to virtual machines (VM), running on a readily-available VM infrastructure.
What is Cloud Storage?
Designed to handle a variety of hardware and software-stack failures, Cloud Storage reinforces your data with an extra layer of protection by distributing it across various servers. Featuring zero downtime and the highest performance, it provides you with the utmost stability. Learn more about Cloud Storage for shared server hosting →
What websites can be moved from another hosting provider with Namecheap’s free migration service?
The migration process from another hosting provider to Namecheap is completely free of charge and we guarantee fast cPanel-to-cPanel transfers. Manual website migration is also possible, depending on the individual case.
Will Shared Web Hosting work with my WordPress website?
Yes! With our Softaculous one-click installer you’ll get your WordPress website up and running in no time. Want to know how to start building your WordPress website? Read through our simple guide →
What should I pay attention to when choosing a shared server hosting provider?
Besides the pricing, there are some important criteria to think about when deciding what hosting provider to use. You should look for uptime, server speed, traffic and resource limits, customization opportunities and what type of support they offer. Learn more here about affordable Shared Hosting.
Should I choose VPS Hosting instead of Shared Web Hosting?
A VPS gives you access to your own personal server, one that’s split up into several virtual servers with allocated resources (disk space and bandwidth) as well as a pre-installed operating system (OS) of your choice. For website owners looking to grow and scale up, a VPS is highly recommended. If your website is too big for Shared Web Hosting but too small to benefit from Dedicated Server Hosting, a VPS is the right choice for you.
What is a CDN and how do I use it?
A content delivery network (CDN) is a group of distributed servers around the world to cache (store) and deliver assets (e.g. images and video) to your website visitors faster, no matter their location. In addition to faster website-loading times, a CDN also secures your website, protecting it from DDoS and/or cyber attacks. To take advantage of this web hosting tool, activate CDN by following this easy guide.
Which server location should I choose and why is it important? Which datacenter locations do you offer?
Your datacenter location all depends on where your website audience is located. For example, let’s say your user base is mostly in the UK. For this reason, we recommend choosing the UK datacenter. Cheap web hosting in Europe is possible, thanks to our sustainable EU datacenter, which covers audiences spread across Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. If your audience is US-based, the US datacenter location is recommended.
What is EU hosting?
Shared Hosting in Europe simply refers to hosting that’s closer to audiences based in Europe and/or Africa. In an ideal world, your hosting server location should be as close to your audience as possible. This means your website and web pages will load faster, you’ll have higher search engine rankings, and you’ll boost your SEO. For top hosting in Europe, look no further than Namecheap’s EU datacenter.
How is hosting location-specific?
It is ideal for your hosting server location to be as close to your audience as possible. If you need affordable hosting for Europe and/or Africa audiences then it’s a good idea to find Shared Hosting in Europe. This means your website and web pages will load faster, you’ll have higher search engine rankings, and you’ll boost your SEO. So for the best Shared Hosting EU, look no further than Namecheap’s EU datacenter, which is also 100% renewable energy-powered.
Which hosting plan is right for me?
If you’re still undecided on which hosting plan is the best for you, you could consider alternative options. The quickest way to find guidance on this is by taking our online Hosting Quiz, which will point you in the right direction. The quiz will match you to the hosting plan that meets your specific requirements.
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