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Announcements

19 Jan 2021
Fighting Fraud - Deposit and refund scams - Changes to our Internal Policy

We have recently done an audit on payments made to our company and found some fraudulent proof of payments and refund scams occuring. To fight this type of fraud reoccuring we have changed our internal policy whereby sup...

27 Nov 2020
Stand a chance to win a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 64GB + True Wireless Earbuds Basic 2

We are giving away a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 64GB + True WIreless Earbuds Basic 2 In order to be a contestant, please follow the instructions mentioned below: - Follow & Like us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram - Click on t...

20 Nov 2020
5 steps to increase your social media brand awareness for Black Friday!

Brand awareness is a crucial factor in terms of getting your brand out there. The more exposure your brand receives, the better your chances of generating leads. There are various social media platforms in order to promo...

27 Oct 2020
How to enable Two - Factor Authentication for your account

Dear valued customer Two - factor authentication acts as an additional security layer to protect your account. The security measure is used to protect a user's credentials & other confidential information. The process wo...

31 Jul 2020
Price Increase as of 1st of September 2020

Dear valued client As you know, we have made every attempt to stick to our mission & passion which is ‘affordability’. Over the past 7 years, our team of experts have been working around the clock to make sure that our c...

2 Jun 2020
Tips to Improve WordPress Performance

Want to speed up your WordPress Website? Try going through the following: https://my.hostking.co.za/knowledgebase/201204709/Tips-for-Improving-WordPress-Performance.html

1 May 2020
Staff are working Remotely

  In support of ongoing efforts to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we have all our staff working remotely. We thus only have a handful of staff on phone system at times, but we are still servicing customers via e...

16 Apr 2020
Exchange Rate Changes affection Domain Prices

Due to the exchange rates affecting pricing by our Top Level Provider of some TLDs we will be adjusting them accordingly. You can view the pricing changes on our Domain Pricing Page: https://my.hostking.co.za/cart.php?a=...

24 Mar 2020
Website Updates during COVID-19 Crisis [Small Checklist]

How will your small business cope with the coronavirus outbreak? In many places, social distancing, shelter-in-place orders and other necessary steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 are taking a toll on local shops. Many...

7 Dec 2019
Fibre Freeze Period

Fibre Freeze Period  Please be advised that the annual Fibre Freeze period begins on 13 December and ends on 12 January 2020. Installations are put on hold during this time and are scheduled for the New Year. Please plac...

19 Nov 2019
Replacing Legacy backup manager with new Jetbackup Snapshot Feature

After extensive research and testing,we've found that the legacy backup feature of cPanel creates certain problems,to list a few: Creates unnecessary load when backup runs. Uses disk space of customer if they store backu...

23 Oct 2019
Plesk Server Upgrades to New Plesk Obsidian Version

We are pleased to announce that we will be upgrading Plesk Servers today to their new versions called Plesk Obsidian Plesk has released. This version brings many bug fixes we have been waiting for also a way to view the...

5 Oct 2019
Credit Card Payment Gateway Moved to Payfast

We have received reports from customers with issues with SagePay Paynow payments. We investigated and found its an issue on their developers API which they will be looking into. While they attend to it we will be using P...

30 Sep 2019
New Free and Paid Email Marketing Services Launched

We are pleased to inform all customers requiring Email Marketing Service that we have implemented a new Email Marketing Service. We have tested it for quite some time and feel its ready for customers requiring strong but...

30 Sep 2019
Plesk Diskspace Upgrades and New Plesk Enterprise Plan Launched

We are please to announce that we have increased all Plesk Plans diskspace allocation at no cost to you. For all our ASP.NET Hosting customers we hope you enjoy your free added diskspace. Note we also launched a New Ples...