Hostwave

Managed hosting for designers & agencies.

We cover all your hosting needs to grow your design agency!

As well as back-end support by real website experts with 20+ years expertise when you get stuck or have a question.

hosting for designers and agencies

Hosting setup.

WordPress custom install.

Theme / Elementor setup.

Guidance on best practices.

Website security & plugin upkeep.

Support for any website errors.

Our hosting packages for designers.

Premium hosting for designers by web developers.

Choose the designer hosting option that's right for you!

WordPress hosting package:

R1490 /mo

Good for up to 10 client websites.

Hosting includes:

Woocommerce hosting package:

R3899 /mo

Good for up to 10 client e-commerce websites.

Hosting includes:

How is our designer hosting different?

Our WordPress hosting is specifically created for designers and design agencies.

We understand the intricacies of crafting the ideal website for our clients. That’s why we expertly pre-set the back-end to perfectly align with your client’s needs, ensuring a seamless and tailored online experience from the get-go.

Setup and management.

Expertly pre-installed WordPress and/or WooCommerce, tailored to your needs. Plus, benefit from our expert recommendations on best practices, ensuring your digital journey is set for success right from the start.

Website update support.

Whether you have questions about your website or find yourself stuck during an update, we’re here to assist. Count on us for prompt and reliable support to navigate any website challenge you encounter.

Website health checkups.

Entrust us with your website’s technology – from keeping plugins and platforms up-to-date to offering expert recommendations on the best plugins to enhance your site. Let us handle the tech, so you can focus on design.

Hosting for designers the way
it should be.

Say goodbye to the frustration of general hosting support:

Our support and advice is as easy as sending a quick message on WhatsApp, followed by swift implementation of your request.

With us, your are not an account number – we build personal relationships!

We will answer any question from which plugins are the best to use, to tips and advice on best practices. All within our fair usage policy which will be provided upon your application.

Unfortunately no.  You will need to be a designer and have some understanding of how to work on WordPress, Elementor, and Woocommerce. We only supply you with the framework and back-end customisation – a designer will need to design the website.

In simple terms… We provide the back-end functionality and you do the design work.

Over the last couple of years we have noticed a lot of design agencies working with free website tools that never solve their client needs. Many design agencies are great at design but lack the knowledge to properly set up a website and prepare it for SEO.

Our hosting for design agencies are aimed at designers who are in need of expert guidance during the set up of a client website. We furthermore answer any questions you may have during your design process to guide you in merging your great design with a purpose built back-end.

We’ve got more than 20+ years of experience in not only wordpress, but also all forms of website coding. We are also SEO, SEM, Shopify, Woocommerce, HTML, CSS, and PHP coding experts.

We have not only completed work for clients in South Africa but also globally. We currently have clients in; SA, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and Seychelles.

We are also open to any further assistance you might need. Should you need something custom coded for your client we offer hourly coding / development rates to assist you. But… Please do note these services are only available to designers and design agencies. We do not offer this to the general public.

As part of our WordPress hosting packages our pre-install process is:

  1. Setup of your hosting environment.
  2. Installation of WordPress (streamlined for best usage and performance).
  3. Installation of Elementor website builder for designers (free version).
  4. Installation of a Header and Footer builder.
  5. Installation of Contact Form plugin.
  6. Installation of Recaptcha for contact forms.
  7. Basic SEO plugins pre-installed.
  8. Installation of Woocommerce and payment plugins* (package dependent and install only).
  9. Installation of Website Security.
  10. Setup of your access to the back-end.
  11. Answers to your questions.
  12. Guidance on any other plugins needed related to your client needs.
  13. Guidance on best practices for your website.
  14. Guidance on best practices for web design.

Important note – Support and questions for websites not hosted on your package with us are not included.

Also note that the pre-install is based on basic WordPress and basic Woocommerce. The below list is not included. We are however more than happy to assist with any custom work which can be quoted on at our hourly rates (or on monthly retainer if you join our partner program):

  • Custom CSS styling.
  • Custom Themes.
  • Custom coding.
  • SEO, SEM and any other form of online marketing.
  • Uploading and styling of content.
  • Page layouts according to your design mockups.
  • Payment gateway setups.
  • Linking to social media and social shops.
  • Anything Google related; submission to Google, Analytics setups, maps etc.

Except for the monthly hosting fee the only other fees will be:

  • your yearly domain name renewal fees.
  • in limited cases storage space and traffic over-usage fees. If you run over the allocated storage R10 per 1GB over-usage apply.
  • any custom work required from us (will be quoted upon first).

Domain names need to be renewed on a yearly basis to keep using them. This yearly fee depends on the domain type. The domain name renewal fees can be view here.

* PLEASE NOTE – Domain name registration fees are not included.