Offshore Web Hosting

In order to understand what offshore hosting is, one should know that there are some countries, which liberal laws regarding some controversial issues. Also there are the countries which do not allow the prosecution of the subjects of their country by foreign law and order institutions. That means, if a person, living in such country is accused of something, he/she is not easily extradited to the claiming country. Another issue is decreased liability and tax. If regular tax in EU is 20%, offshore countries may set a limit of 9-12% taxes.
The banking sector of offshore countries is working after Swiss model – no information about the customers’ transactions is provided to third parties even if the criminal prosecution is involved. Such conditions creates a possibility to do sometimes illegal operations.Even though the offshore country is associated will low taxes and non-cooperation investigating money flows, offshore hosting is a completely different issue. Cases when offshore hosting is needed:

• Extra Security from governmental organizations, criminal organizations or business groups – for example, lots of organizations tried to shut down WikiLeaks website.

• The internet censorship cases – for example when country restricted the internet access and information distribution, or democratic organizations are prosecuted.

• Semi-legal information hosting, for example P2P (torrent, DC++) communities.

• Adult content hosting which contains some violence and oddities what is considered an illegal sexually explicit content.

• Any other controversial information which may cause some law action in a particular country.

Offshore hosting has the same features as in any other hosting company, just the data centers are located in the offshore territory.

Offshore Hosting in Host1Plus

Offshore hosting is provided by the Host1Plus as we have the servers all around the world, including offshore countries. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy prohibits us providing the data about our clients to the third parties. Also we cannot turn off or delete any information which is on the server of our customer.
Offshore hosting does not have anything extraordinary – it is regular VPS hosting, only the server location and IP belongs to an offshore country, for example Panama, Isle of Man, Singapore. Host1Plus offers offshore hosting from the dedicated servers of our Singapore data center and other locations.
The offshore hosting is mostly based on dedicated servers, however shared hosting is also possible. The security of shared hosting is not so great as dedicated one, but some offshore projects can be hosted.
Host1Plus recommends buying SSL certificates and installing some extra security applications not only to prevent DDOS attack, but also hacking threats.
The optimal plan is Linux VPS hosting with some space for document sharing. Cloud VPS – Cloud VPS Level 4 with 2.4 GHz dedicated CPU, 1024 MB Dedicated RAM, disk space of 40 GB, Network speed – 15 Mbps is a good choice for average size online project.
Offshore hosting can be used in any country except Lithuania.

Offshore Hosting Features

Offshore hosting features depends on the project you are going to host. If it is a small website with few picture galleries, reviews and articles, the needs are modest and even shared hosting can be selected.
If you plan a bigger website with payments, member community and lots of streaming videos, VPS hosting the the perfect solutions. If you will create huge portal, you should consider ordering cloud hosting.
The optimal offshore hosting type is VPS hosting, no matter if it is with Windows or Linux OS. It is highly recommended to have a dedicated server.

Features of Offshore hosting include:

• Easy to use site administration tools (cPanel)

• Multiple domain name support.

• Multiple IPs.

• Linux OS (Ubuntu x64 is recommended).

• Windows OS (with possibility of virtualization and Linux OS integration on server).

• PHP supported.

• MySQL or MSSQL databases (depends from chosen OS).

• Multiple Webmail Applications, POP email.

• E-mail AntiVirus Protection.

• E-mail Forwarding & Auto-Responders.

• Detailed Website Statistics and Raw Error Logs.

• Live support 24/7 via live chat, FAQ and toll-free phone calls in USA and UK.

• Free SSH (Jailed-Shell) Access.

• SSL Security Certificate Support (for additional price).

These features are the general ones. Additional features such as additional space or network speed can be added for the additional cost.

How to Get Started with Offshore Hosting

Once you have decided to order Offshore hosting from Host1Plus, follow these steps to get everything set up online.

• Step 1. Choose the pricing plan. Once the plan is chosen, please click Order Now! button. You will be directed to the pricing plan information page.

• Step 2. Please choose the billing period. The price can be diminished when longer billing period is chosen, for instance 12 months. Then add the host name and root password and click ‘Complete order’ button.

• Step 3. make a payment using one of the available options – PayPal, Alipay Payment, Web Money, AlertPay, Skrill (Moneybookers), CashU, Google Checkout.

• Step 4. Validate your details and wait for a confirmation email with the login details.

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