Please see below for the accepted methods of payment at HostPapa. Australia: Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Discover & Diners, China Union Pay, and PayPal Belgium: Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Discover & Diners, China Union Pay, and PayPal Canada: Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Discover & Diners, China Union […]
How to set up an addon domain
The addon domain function in cPanel allows you to host additional domains on your HostPapa account. Each addon domain will appear to be a separate website for your visitors. In this article, we’ll show you how to set up an addon domain. How to purchase a domain NOTE: If you […]
Email account limits, restrictions and quotas: Starter, Business and Business Pro plans
HostPapa offers more options for email hosting and cloud-based office applications than almost any other hosting provider on the market. Email hosting is included with all web hosting plans through your cPanel account. There are slight differences between our Starter, Business and Business Pro plans, which are explained below. Note: […]
Beware Domain Renewal Group Scam
We have been alerted that some HostPapa customers have received, by snail mail, a letter from a company called Domain Renewal Group (http://www.domainrenewalgroup.com/), asking them to renew their domain names. Although this document may look official, it is not. Please ignore all correspondence from this company. Do not send any […]
How to protect yourself against fraud and phishing attacks
We’ve been alerted that some HostPapa customers have received an email from someone pretending to be from HostPapa, asking them to renew their domain names, click a button, and fill out an online form to avoid their service being terminated. Although this document may look official, we highly recommend being […]
Domain registration and transferring: .CO.NZ, .NET.NZ & ORG.NZ
In this article, we will give you an overview of the requirements for transferring or registering the following .NZ domains at HostPapa: .NZ, .CO.NZ, .NET.NZ, and ORG.NZ. Anyone can register these New Zealand TLDs regardless of where they live. How to register a domain name with HostPapa To check prices […]
Everything you need to know about CloudLinux and server resource limits
What is Cloud Linux? The most common reason for downtime in shared web hosting is a single account compromising server performance for all the other accounts that share the same server. CloudLinux essentially creates a virtual environment for each account on a shared web hosting server and allows the HostPapa […]
DNS records: a complete guide
DNS (Domain Name System) is an Internet system that converts human-memorable domain names (like example.com) into computer-readable addresses (like 192.0.32.10). DNS uses zone files in your server to map domain names to IP addresses. The DNS records accessible through your HostPapa dashboard are A, CNAME, MX, and TXT. In this […]
How to create a PHP contact form for your website
Contact forms are used on websites to allow users to get in touch with site owners and leave a simple message. Using contact forms, rather than simply adding an email address to the website, can protect site owners from receiving spam email. Here is a simple PHP email form you […]
HostPapa free domain name registration
Your HostPapa web hosting package includes free domain name registration. We’ll register a domain name for you and pay for it for the first year while you have a web hosting account with HostPapa. When the first year elapses, you’ll be billed annually for the domain name. If you register […]
