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Get your business online, properly.
Domains, hosting, websites and marketing for South African businesses, all from one local team. Start by finding your name.
- .co.zaR85 a year
- .comR238 a year
- .org.zaR85 a year
- .africaR161.88 a year
- .netR270 a year
Professional website design from R299 per month
- No setup fees
- First year of hosting free
- Built on WordPress, so you can edit it yourself
Everything your business needs to be found online
Whether you run a construction firm, an online store, a boutique or a coffee shop, we handle the technical side so you can run the business.
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Domain registration
Register a .co.za, .com or one of hundreds of other extensions, or move an existing domain to us. DNS management is included.
fromR85per year -
Website hosting
Fast LiteSpeed servers with cPanel, free SSL, automatic backups and email for your whole team. 99.9% uptime.
fromR40per month -
Web design
Mobile-friendly WordPress websites and online shops, built to load fast and turn visitors into enquiries.
fromR4,500once-off -
AI development
Chatbots, AI answering services and automations that answer customers and handle admin while you work.
fromFree planto start -
Search engine optimisation
Technical fixes, on-page optimisation and Google setup so the right customers find you without paying per click.
fromR2,500once-off -
Google Ads
Pay-per-click campaigns that put you on the first page today, managed and reported on every quarter.
fromR1,800per month -
Social media marketing
Facebook, Instagram and X ads written, designed and boosted for your area, with ad budget included.
fromR1,000per month
Why South African businesses host with eStart
One team for the whole stack
Your domain, hosting, email, website and ads sit with one provider. When something needs fixing, there is one number to call and no finger-pointing.
Speed you can measure
LiteSpeed web servers and Cloudflare's network serve pages up to 4.5 times faster than standard Apache hosting, which helps both visitors and Google rankings.
Real support, in rand
Talk to people who know your account, by phone or email. Prices are in rand with no dollar exchange-rate surprises on renewal.
15 years of building websites
We have built and hosted secure, traffic-driving websites for South African businesses for more than 15 years.
- LiteSpeed
- Cloudflare CDN
- cPanel
- Let's Encrypt SSL
- Softaculous
- WordPress Toolkit
- Linux servers
Guides from the blog
Practical articles on hosting, domains, Linux, PHP and running a business online.
Web development
can php be used for mobile applications: what you should know for real-world apps
How PHP fits into mobile app development as a backend and API layer, where it falls short, and the frameworks teams use with it in practice.
Marketing & SEO
Digital Prospects in Focus: digital marketing salary per month Trends and Insights
Typical monthly digital marketing salaries by role and experience, the skills that pay most, and how pay is changing in the industry.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us what your business does and what you need. We will recommend a setup and send a quote, usually within one working day.