Hosting and domain rates
Our rate structure is designed to strike a balance between simplicity and flexibility. We have no hidden fees, and we bend over backwards to ensure that you get value for your hard-earned money.
These rates are in Canadian dollars. For other currencies, please see the main rates page.
- Hosting
- Virtual private servers (VPS)
- Discounts
- Domains
- Bolt-ons
- Web applications
- Managed hosting and maintenance contracts
- Custom options
- Sponsorship
Hosting
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| Monthly fee | $12 | $18 | $24 | $48 | $6 | $12 | $18 | $36 | ||
| Disk space (GB) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Bandwidth (GB) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Email accounts | 5 | 25 | 40 | 80 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 80 | ||
| Databases2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Mailing lists3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 20 | ||
| SSL4 | No | Shared | Available | Available | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Statistics5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Scripting6 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
Notes:
- Set-up fee is waived in most cases unless you need us to set up your initial email addresses or any web applications for you. There are no set-up fees to upgrade your account.
- MySQL.
- Mailman.
- SSL with your own certificate requires a dedicated IP address. See bolt-ons below.
- Webalizer.
- PHP, Perl, SSI, CGI and mod_perl. Apache ASP, Python and mod_python may be available on request.
Domain parking:
All domains registered but not assigned to a hosting plan include one POP email account on your domain and a parking page at no extra charge. (Coming soon: web-based contact form, parking page templates, and a WYSIWYG editor so that you can customise your parking page.)WordPress hosting:
WordPress is a mature content-management and blogging system that is used by more than two million websites worldwide. NinerNet is developing a specialised hosting environment for WordPress-based websites and blogs, and currently offers individualised WordPress hosting paired with the webONE (and higher) hosting plan.Hosting features:
In addition to the specific features listed above, all hosting accounts include the features below. (Some features apply only to web hosting, not email-only hosting, and some features may not be available for personal hosting.)- 24/7 monitoring
- 99.99% uptime guarantee
- Access to server log files
- Aliases
- Auto-responders / vacation message
- Back-up manager
- DNS management
- Database manager
- Email forwarding and aliases
- FTP access
- POP, IMAP, and SMTP access
- Password-protected directories management
- Same-day set-up
- Spam filtering and other spam defences
- Sub-domains
- Technical support
- Traffic and bandwidth reports
- Web-based control panel
- Web-based file manager
- Web-based form mailer
- Webmail
- Website preview
Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Virtual private servers (VPS)
Virtual private servers give you all of the resources of your own dedicated server at a fraction of the cost. You have access to everything from the operating system up, while having fixed resources from the host physical server dedicated to your own virtual server. These rates are for our managed VPS service using solid-state drives (SSD).Bigger VPSes -- with more RAM, bigger hard drives and more bandwidth -- are available. Please let us know what you need.
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| Set-up fee | $75 | $75 | $75 | $75 | |||
| Monthly fee | $25 | $35 | $60 | $105 | |||
| RAM (GB) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Disk space (GB)* | 25 | 50 | 80 | 160 | |||
| Bandwidth (TB)* | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
Note:
* Disk space and bandwidth included depend on which data centre you choose. We use data centres in North America, Europe and Asia. The figures given above are the minimum included; at some data centres you will get more. Ask us for details.Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Discounts
- Free domain with annual payment of hosting fees:
- includes most gTLDs*, dot-ca, dot-eu, dot-us, dot-za and dot-zam.co as shown in the "Domains" section below
- hosting cancelled within 12 months requires payment for a complimentary domain
- free domain not included with webSTART and mailSTART hosting plans
- 5-9 domains hosted in the same account: 5%
- 10-20 domains hosted in the same account: 10%
- Referral discount: 5% of initial billing credited to referring client, and 5% of any further charges billed (and paid) within six months
- Affiliation discounts
- Industry discount to web-design firms and ISPs, with flexible options regarding billing and support of the end user
- Discounts do not apply to domain fees
Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Domains
The following domains are available for registration through NinerNet (mouse-over each TLD to see additional information):| gTLD | .aero, .biz, .com, .coop, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .net, .org, .pro, .tel, .xxx |
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| "New" TLDs | .amsterdam, .club, .design, .golf, .irish, .london, .news, .ngo/.ong, .ninja, .online, .rocks, .site, .space, .taxi, .tech, .website, .work, .xyz, and many more: |
| Regional | .africa (coming!), .asia, .eu |
| Africa | .africa (coming!), .ac, .cd, .cm, .ly, .ma, .mu, .re, .sc, .sh, .so, .st, .tf, .yt, .za, .zam.co, .zm |
| Americas | .ag, .ai, .ar, .br, .bz, .ca, .cl, .co, .ec, .gd, .gl, .gs, .gy, .hn, .ht, .lc, .ms, .mx, .pe, .pm, .pr, .sr, .sx, .tc, .us, .uy, .vc, .ve, .vg |
| Asia-Pacific | .asia, .ae, .af, .am, .as, .asia, .au, .cc, .cx, .fm, .hk, .hm, .il, .in, .io, .jp, .kg, .ki, .kr, .la, .mn, .my, .nu, .nz, .ph, .pw, .qa, .ru, .sb, .sg, .tk, .tl, .tm, .to, .tv, .tw, .wf, .ws |
| Europe | .eu, .at, .be, .ch, .cz, .de, .dk, .es, .eu, .fi, .fr, .gg, .gr, .hr, .hu, .im, .is, .it, .je, .li, .lt, .lu, .lv, .md, .me, .nl, .no, .pl, .pt, .ro, .ru, .se, .si, .ua, .uk |
| Specialty ccTLDs | .ac, .am, .bz, .cd, .co, .fm, .im, .it, .la, .me, .tm, .tv, .ws |
Map of country code top-level domains available from NinerNet:
Registration and renewal prices:
Multi-year domain registrations (when available) are available only by pre-arrangement with payment in advance. All prices in the table below are per year.gTLD* |
 .au |
 .ca |
 .co |
 .eu |
 .co.il |
 .nz |
 .uk |
 .us |
 .za |
 .zam.co |
.co.zm .org.zm |
.com.zm |
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| 1 year | $23.00 | $23.00 | $29.00 | $50.00 | $21.00 | $25.00 | $50.00 | $20.00 | $23.00 | $23.00 | $15.00 | $78.00 | $126.00 |
| Add WHOIS privacy (where available) for only $11 per domain per year. | |||||||||||||
Notes:
- * gTLDs at this price include only .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .name and .tel. Prices for other gTLDs and all other TLDs available on request.
- Domains available for registration only one year at a time: .za, .zam.co and .com.zm.
- Domains available for registration only two years at a time: .au, .co.il, .uk and most .zm domains.
- Fourth-level municipal dot-ca domains are subject to an additional one-time paperwork fee on registration of $75.
- Pre- and post-expiry renewal prices are the same -- where post-expiry renewal is possible, and before the start of the "redemption grace period" (RGP), where applicable. Unlike some registrars, we don't believe in punishing clients for forgetting to renew their domain.
- For those registries that offer a "redemption grace period", the redemption fee is $115 (subject to confirmation), plus the annual renewal fee.
- All domain notifications (pre- and post-expiry) are delivered via email to the administrative contact.
- Official emails from NinerNet Communications are sent from email addresses on the niner.net domain. It is your responsibility to ensure that your mail server or email account accepts emails from us without delay, diversion or loss.
- Domain prices not listed available on request.
Domain features:
All domains registered but not assigned to a hosting plan include one POP email account on your domain and a parking page at no extra charge. (Coming soon: web-based contact form, parking page templates, and a WYSIWYG editor so that you can customise your parking page.)All domains except .za, .zm and .zam.co domains include access to a web-based interface to control your domain (contact information and nameservers) and (subject to availability by TLD) domain locking to keep your domain safely in your hands and prevent inadvertent changes that could bring your domain down.
WHOIS privacy for your domain (to keep your name, address, phone number and email address out of the public look-up facility for domain registrations) is also available for $11.00 per year.
Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Bolt-ons
We strive to ensure that the plans above meet the needs of most of our clients. If you find that you need extra resources, but don't want to upgrade to the next level, these are our fees for the most common extra resources.| Extra hosted domains | 1st domain charged at 100% of the plan price is the domain using the highest plan 50% of the plan price per extra domain if sharing the same resources 75% of the plan price per extra domain if needing full additional plan resources |
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| Disk space (100 MB) | $6 per month, bought in advance in 100-MB blocks |
| Bandwidth (1 GB) | $6 per month, bought in advance or billed after use in 1-GB blocks, one-month grace period |
| Email accounts | $1.80 each per month $7.20 5-pack per month |
| IP addresses | $5 per IP address per month |
| DNS-only hosting | $24 per year |
Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Web applications
To enhance security on your server, we offer custom installation of many common web applications -- things like content-management systems, blogs, shopping carts, newsletter lists, wikis, forums, photo galleries, etc. If you are technically savvy, you may very well choose and install many of these applications yourself, but if you'd rather we do it, we will, and we'll also take care of upgrading the software when there are security updates.- One application included in plan set-up fee
- Set-up fee for each additional application: $37.50
Common applications:
Commonly-used applications include PunBB (forum), phpBB (forum), Mediawiki (wiki), Joomla (content-management system), Drupal (content-management system), osCommerce (shopping cart), WordPress (blog and content management, see WordPress hosting above), phplist (newsletter list), Gallery2 (photo gallery), and many more.Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Managed hosting and maintenance contracts
While we provide you with web-based tools that simplify the process of managing your web, email and database hosting, experience has show us that some people prefer that we just run the whole lot based on email or verbal instructions from them, or even provide further services to keep things running smoothly for them. We're more than happy to provide these services as an added layer to the standard hosting plans. Think of this as having your own IT employee on staff, but without the salary and benefits!| manageONE | $38 per month* | Includes these items on a monthly basis:
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| manageTWO | $75 per month | Includes all manageONE items, and:
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| manageTHREE | $150 per month | Includes all manageTWO items, and:
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| manageFOUR | $225 per month | Includes all manageTHREE items, and:
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| manageFIVE | $338 per month | Includes all manageFOUR items, and:
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| manageSIX | $619 per month | Includes all manageFIVE items, and:
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Notes:
* The following points apply to managed hosting and maintenance contracts:- Minimum commitment: New or upgraded maintenance contracts are offered for a minimum period of three months.
- Carry over: Unused services cannot be carried over from one month to the next. Subject to the minimum commitment referred to above, we will happily downgrade or even cancel your maintenance contract if you find that you no longer need some or all of the services offered at your current level.
- "Updates": An "update" is generally defined as changes to an existing web page that do not substantially alter the content of that page or that do not require layout, formatting or coding changes.
- Examples included: Corrections of spelling mistakes, rewording, replacing images with images of the same dimensions, and even the addition or removal of large blocks of text if those changes don't involve changes to the layout or formatting of the page.
- Examples not included: Redesigns or reviews, major changes to the presentation of a page, changes to existing or the addition of new programming code, creation of new images, and adding or removing images that will require attention to be paid to the changed layout of the page.
- "Requests": We ask that you prepare your change order carefully and send it to us in one email. That email will constitute one "request", and each request may include changes to a number of pages up to and including the number of pages remaining in your allotment for that month. Requests or updates in excess of the number included in your plan are charged at our hourly rate of $75, or you may upgrade to a higher plan subject to our minimum three-month commitment.
- Example based on the manageONE plan: You can make 2 requests to have up to 4 pages updated each month. This means you can make 1 request to have 4 pages updated, or 2 requests, one to have 1 page updated and the other to have 3 pages updated, or 2 requests, each to have 2 pages updated. Requests in excess of the 2 included, or updates in excess of the 4 included are charged at our hourly rate of $75.
Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Custom options
Flexibility is the word of the day, every day, at NinerNet. We can tailor solutions to meet your needs. Do you have a need that can't be met by any of the standard plans above? Let us know! We love a challenge, and we will happily assess your needs and come up with a solution to meet them.Hosting | Virtual private servers (VPS) | Discounts | Domains | Bolt-ons | Web applications | Managed hosting and maintenance contracts | Custom options | Sponsorship
Sponsorship
We are happy to sponsor hosting and domain registration for a number of non-profit organisations. If you would like us to consider your organisation, please contact us.Currency
These rates are in Canadian dollars. For other currencies, please see the main rates page.
