You don't need to understand hosting. You just need it to work.
Keep your website, domain and business email together with hosting managed through Bix. One place to turn when you need help, without having to figure out the technical side yourself.
Hosting without the technical waffle.
You shouldn't need to understand server terminology just to keep your business online. These are the things that actually matter to you as the business owner.
Website Hosting
Your website needs somewhere reliable to live online. Hosting keeps it available so customers can access it when they visit your domain.
In plain English: This is what keeps your website online.Business Email
Create up to 5 professional email accounts using your own business domain instead of relying on generic personal addresses.
For example: info@yourbusiness.co.zaSSL Security
SSL helps secure the connection between your website and the person visiting it and gives your site the familiar secure padlock in the browser.
In plain English: No scary "Not Secure" warning.Website Backups
Backups provide a recovery point if something goes wrong with the website and help reduce the risk of losing all your work.
In plain English: There is a safety net.Domain Setup
Your domain is connected to the right website and email services so customers reach the right place when they use your address.
In plain English: Your .co.za points where it should.Support Through Bix
Instead of trying to work out which hosting company, registrar or email provider to contact, you have Bix as your first point of contact.
In plain English: You know who to ask.Website. Domain. Email. One place to start.
When your website is with one provider, your domain somewhere else and your email handled by someone completely different, figuring out where a problem sits can become frustrating very quickly.
Bix gives you one first point of contact for the parts of your online setup that we manage. If something needs attention, you do not have to start by figuring out the technical terminology.
One annual price. The essentials covered.
A straightforward hosting option for small businesses that need their website and professional email looked after without paying for a package full of things they do not understand or use.
Your email should look as professional as your website.
Your hosting plan includes up to 5 business email accounts using your own domain, giving different parts of the business a proper professional address.
Moving to Bix? I can help move the pieces.
If your website, domain and email are currently hosted elsewhere, Bix can assist with migrating them to the new hosting setup so you do not have to work through the move alone.
Migration is quoted separately from the annual hosting fee and is subject to access being available to the existing services.
Move the current website to the new hosting environment.
Assist with the domain move or required DNS changes.
Assist with moving the email setup where applicable.
Website, domain and email brought together.
Hosting questions, without the jargon.
You do not need to become a hosting expert. These are the practical things most small businesses want to know.
Hosting is the service that keeps your website available online. Your domain is the address people type in, while the hosting is where the website itself lives.
No. The R2,500 is the annual hosting fee. Website design and development are separate services and are quoted according to the size and requirements of the website.
The standard annual hosting package includes up to 5 business email accounts using your domain.
SSL helps secure the connection between your website and its visitors. It also prevents the browser from presenting your website as an unsecured site. SSL is included with the hosting setup.
Yes. A once-off migration service is available for moving an existing website, domain and email setup where the required access is available.
Hosting with Bix keeps your website and ongoing technical support together, but your existing hosting situation can be discussed as part of the website project.
Contact Bix first. The point of the service is that you have someone familiar with your setup instead of being left to work out which provider or technical department you need.
Your business online. The technical side handled.
Whether you're launching a new Bix website or want to move an existing setup, tell me what you currently have and I'll help work out the right next step.
Hosting, SSL, backups, support and up to 5 business email accounts.