Website hosting, emails & domain names
Secure Fast & Reliable.
Cloake Creative provides competitive hosting that is reliable, fast and cheap. We buy our hosting space in bulk from a New Zealand owned company that has been in business since 2002 and hosts over 2,500 Kiwi web sites. It is through this provider that we can offer all-in-one hosting solutions with plenty of disk space, bandwidth and additional features. All sites are hosted on New Zealand based servers with multiple layers of redundancy.
- Competitive Pricing: Many of our larger competitors are still offering the same services and prices they had in the 1990's (source:archive.org), where as Cloake Creative customers enjoy regular service updates including more storage space, traffic and features.
- No hidden fees, or extra cost: Your storage space and traffic is yours, why should it matter to us if you use them for 1 email account or 20, 1 database or 10? With Cloake Creative we do not place arbitrary limits on our features to up-sell you or make an extra buck.
- Rock Solid Kiwi hosting: Whilst it is cheaper to host servers in the US, Cloake Creative has moved all our hosting infrastructure to New Zealand enabling our customers to enjoy faster hosting and the security of knowing they are dealing with a company that can get "hands on" with their servers.
- Fast, Friendly Service: Cloake Creative provides customers with a 2 hour response to any technical requests during business hours.
Combine your domain names, hosting and emails under the same account. If you have any questions do not hesitate to give us a call on 03 688 8106.
Domain Names
The domain name is your website address known as a URL. Before your site can go live you need to have a domain name. Cloake Creative can buy and renew this for you. Its important to carefully consider your domain name. It must be easy to remember, type, spell and pronounce. You may like to base your name on the following:
- Your company name
- The benefit your site offers
- Product names
- Key words that your audience is likely to be searching for
Multiple Domains If you are having trouble coming up with one name to cover it all you may like to consider having multiple domain names pointing to your site.
Sub Domains Cloake Creative can also offer unlimited sub domains. A sub domain is when the "www" is replaced with a word for example: http://webservices.cloakecreative.co.nz.
Domain Name Registration FAQs...
What characters can a Domain contain? Domains may only contain a-z, 0-9, and - (hyphen). Domains can be up to 63 characters long, excluding the extensions. Domain names are not case-sensitive.
How will I know my Domain is due for renewal? When your domain is up for renewal you will receive an invoice from us 60 days prior to your Domain name becoming due for renewal. Email notifications are then sent 30 days, and 15 days before expiration. If the Domain is still not renewed an email will be sent to all the contacts associated with the Domain 2 days before expiration. This is a legal requirement. If you do not renew your name for .nz Domains your Domain will be placed on hold for 90 days. During this time you will not be able to use the Domain, but you will be able to renew it. Once the 90 day period is over the name will be made available again for public registration.
How do I cancel a Domain name? If you wish to dis-continue using your domain name, you can either let the Domain name expire, or contact us to cancel the Domain.
How do I transfer a Domain to another host? When your domain is registered you will receive via email A UDAI. (Unique Domain Authorisation ID) and is your access code for managing your .nz Domain. If you wish to transfer a domain to another host for .nz names you will need to generate the UDAI from your Domain management console and use it at your next host to transfer the name to them. For all other names ask the new host what their procedure is to transfer the name to the
Domain Name Tips...
- Choose something that describes the key things that you offer.
- Also Register your business name as a domain name but redirect it to your main domain name.
- If some of your best choices are already taken then try variations using hyphens or an extra word.
- If you are a New Zealand based business but target customers in both New Zealand and internationally then register a co.nz and a .com version.
- Don’t confuse customers and the search engines by registering lots of different domain names and promote them all going to the same website.
Web Hosting
- Over 2,500 web sites hosted
- Trusted domain registrar for thousands of .nz domains
- In business since 2002
- Using New Zealand based servers and infrastructure
- Access to dedicated support team and staff
Email Address Hosting
- E-mail accounts
- POP3/IMAP/SMTP/Web
- Web-based email (Webmail)
- Catch-all e-mail account
- Unlimited e-mail aliases/forwarding
- Unlimited auto responders
- Spam filtering
- Antivirus (Dr Web)
Server Specifications & Hosting Environment
The following is a standard configuration for the web hosting environment.
Servers
- Intel Xeon 3050+ Dual Core
- 4GB DDR Ram
- RAID10
Power & Cooling
- Raised floor for individual cabinet airflow
- Industrial air conditioning
- Multiple UPS (uninterrupted power supply) batteries
- Multiple incoming power feeds
- Auto-start diesel generator
Connectivity
- 2 x 155mb fibre through Telecom and TelstraClear
- 1 x Gbps fibre circuit through Vector Communications
- Peering through Auckland APE and WIX exchanges
Security
- Access by swipe card only
- 24-hour alarmed and monitored
- CCTV monitoring of facility
- Securely locked server cabinets
- Early-warning smoke detection system
- Concrete floors, walls and ceiling
Call us 03 688 8106 for assistance to transfer existing domain names
& how to move your domain and web hosting
