No affiliate rankings, no recycled "top 10" lists. Just plain answers to the questions we get asked on WhatsApp every week: DirectAdmin vs cPanel, what really happens when a server dies, and how to pick a host without getting sold to.
Every "best hosting" list in South Africa ranks the same five names and calls it a day. Here's what actually separates a good host from a bad one, and how to check it yourself before you pay a single rand.
Two very different safety nets get sold as the same thing. Here's the real difference, and the questions to ask any host before you trust them with your site.
The panel you get is usually decided by what your host chose to license, not what's best for you. Here's what the difference actually means day to day.
What reseller hosting actually is, what you need before you launch, and who handles support once your first client's site goes down at 11pm.
Moving an active store is riskier than moving a brochure site. The checklist, the staging-first process, and the mistakes that actually cause lost orders.
A caching plugin alone rarely fixes it. The real causes, in order of likely impact, and what your hosting can and can't fix on its own.
Not just a big-brand problem. What's actually happening during an attack, and what genuinely mitigates one.
Legitimate business email landing in spam usually comes down to three missing DNS records. Here's what each one does.
Does POPIA actually require South African hosting? A plain-English look at section 72 and why local hosting simplifies the question.
The plain-English guide to every record type, and how to edit them yourself.
What each extension signals to visitors, what it costs, and whether it actually affects your Google ranking.
Most WordPress sites are caught by automated bots, not targeted attackers. The checklist that closes the doors they actually try.
A growing share of your traffic isn't human. What that means for your hosting, and what you can do about it.
What free hosting actually costs you, in what you give up, and when it's genuinely fine.
Quotes range from R1,500 to R80,000+. What actually drives the price, and a genuinely different way to pay for a simple site.
R20 or R299 a month, how do you actually know? A plain decision guide based on what you're building.
Steps to figure out whether it's actually offline, why, and exactly what to tell support.