Domains
What Is a Domain Name System (DNS)? A Plain Guide
DNS is the internet's address book. Learn how it links your domain to your website and email, what the main records mean, and how to avoid…
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
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.
-
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 -
Web app development
Booking systems, customer portals, internal tools and integrations in WordPress, Laravel, PHP, Python or Cloudflare Workers.
Fixed quoteafter a free call -
AI development
Chatbots, AI answering services and automations that answer customers and handle admin while you work.
Free 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
You need a domain and hosting for a website and email
A domain reserves your name, and hosting is where your website and mailboxes live. You need both to have a website or email like you@yourbusiness.co.za.
Domain
Your name and address online, like yourbusiness.co.za.
Hosting
The server space that stores your website files and mailboxes.
Website and email
Your site at www.yourbusiness.co.za and email at you@yourbusiness.co.za.
Pay for a year of hosting on the Easy plan or bigger and your .co.za domain is free. See hosting plansFind your domain
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.
Hosting & servers
What server hosting does hermitcraft use? The real answer.
The hosting setup behind the Hermitcraft Minecraft server, why it was chosen, and what you need to run a similar private Minecraft server…
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.
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.