Her Devious Designs offers private, kink-friendly hosting services on a secure, stable hosting platform. We utilize a dual server, multi-provider virtual private server environment with our own Domain Name Servers (DNS). Full server backups occur weekly, with full client site backups nightly and incremental backups hourly. Unlike many hosting providers, this automatic backup service is included in all of our hosting plans.
For clients who choose Her Devious Designs for site design services with Joomla! CMS software, full website backup capability is always included as part of the standard software. This allows you to backup your complete website installation and database at any time and download the entire package to an offsite location of your choosing, even your desktop. While we hope you never choose to move to another hosting provider, this backup capability gives you, the site owner, complete freedom and access to move your site to another provider whenever you like. You will never be held hostage at Her Devious Designs! After all, we want you to stay with us year after year because we provide the best service possible to our customers, not because you have to.
Depending on your website needs, it is possible that another hosting provider or an "unlimited" account will be a better choice for you. However, most small to medium websites don't use anywhere near the storage or bandwidth amounts we provide in even our Basic Hosting plan, and we offer customized hosting accounts for eCommerce sites and those with higher usage requirements. We'll be happy to evaluate your projected storage and bandwidth usage upon request. We want you to be able to accurately compare the value of what we offer with other hosting options, rather than get pulled in by the "unlimited promise" and finding your website - and your customers - suffering as a result.
Please Contact Us to request a free consultation to discuss your specific hosting needs.
Did you know that most personal & small business websites use less than 0.5 Gig of storage and < 2 Gig of bandwidth monthly?
- 5 Gig of storage
- 50 Gig of bandwidth
- Full backup service
- (1) private Mailman listserve account
- Up to 10 email accounts
- C-Panel and database access
What About "Unlimited" Offers?
Q - "Your competitors are selling UNLIMITED storage and bandwidth at the same price, why shouldn't I go with them?"
A - Well, there's a catch to the "unlimited" promise..."Unlimited" rarely is.
"Unlimited storage" usually comes with strict usage requirements. You are generally restricted to only using storage space directly related to your website and they will remove with little to no notice any files that violate the hosting provider's storage policies. That means NO backup storage, NO work-in-process with clients, NO test or development sites if you need them, etc.
At Her Devious Designs, we specifically allocate a set amount of storage to your account, and it's yours. Use it to store whatever you like, use it to backup your family pictures, use it to store the outline of that kinky fiction novel you've always wanted to write. It's yours to do with as you wish.
"Unlimited bandwidth" isn't really so great in practice either. There is only so much bandwidth coming in and out of each server, and the laws of computer technology still apply. If there are hundreds or thousands of other customers on that same server, everyone is sharing the bandwidth in a relatively equal fashion. When the other customers' websites have heavy traffic, your website will get proportionately less bandwidth. This can lead to slow page loading and other performance issues. Most hosting providers won't tell you how many other customers are sharing that hardware with you, but you can try doing a reverse lookup on WhoIs to see how many other domains share the same IP address.
At Her Devious Designs, we allocate a specific amount of bandwidth to your account, and that's what you get. By allocating bandwidth in this way, we also limit the number of clients on each server, which ensures a high quality hosting platform for everyone. No one else's usage on the server can steal your bandwidth, so your site performance is more stable and reliable.
An initial consultation to understand your needs and dreams for a new website, graphic or business planning idea is always free. Please contact us to arrange an appointment - we look forward to hearing from you!