Newcastle Rising Hosting

WordPress hosting with a person on the end of it.

Your site on a Sydney server, backed up every night, updated for you, watched around the clock, and looked after by the same people who built it. For Newcastle clubs, tradies and small businesses.

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SydneyAustralian server, Australian support hours
Nightlybackups, kept 14 to 30 days, restore tested monthly
60 secuptime checks with alerts to a real phone
Monthlybilling, cancel any time, no lock-in

Plans

All prices in Australian dollars, GST included, billed monthly by card.

Foundation

A brochure site or club site that changes a few times a year.

$39/month

inc GST

  • 1 website
  • Daily backups, kept 14 days
  • WordPress and plugin updates monthly
  • Uptime monitoring and security hardening
  • Email support, 2 business days
  • 1 small content change a month
Start on Foundation

Established

Several sites, or one that carries real traffic.

$149/month

inc GST

  • Up to 3 websites, or 1 busy one
  • Daily backups, kept 30 days, plus a weekly copy off the server
  • Updates weekly, with malware scan
  • Same-day support in business hours
  • 5 content changes a month
  • Quarterly review call
Start on Established

Not included on any plan: mailboxes (we'll point you to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365), domain registration and renewals, and changes beyond the monthly allowance, which we quote separately. Moving an existing site across is included.

How it works

1. Pick a plan

Pay by card. Tell us your domain and business name on the form. You'll hear from us within one business day.

2. We move your site

We copy your site across, check every page, then point your domain at the new server. Your email stays exactly where it is.

3. We keep it running

Backups, updates and monitoring happen without you. When you want something changed, email us.

Questions

Where is my site actually hosted?

On a DigitalOcean server in Sydney that Newcastle Rising runs. Your site has its own isolated container with its own database and memory allowance, so another site misbehaving can't take yours down.

What happens if the server dies?

Every site is backed up nightly to a second server, and we test restoring from those backups every month. A full rebuild onto a new server takes about an hour. We commit to 99.9% uptime each month outside of announced maintenance, with a credit if we miss it. The detail is in the terms.

Do I own my site?

Yes. Your content, your domain, your data. If you leave, we hand over a full export of the site files and database within 14 days, free.

Can I still log in and edit things myself?

Yes. You keep a WordPress admin login. The only things locked down are the ones that break sites: editing theme code from the browser and installing plugins without us checking them first.

What about my email?

We don't host mailboxes, on purpose. Email reliability is a different job and Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 do it better than any web host. We'll help you set either up and we never touch your email records during a move.

Is my site included if Newcastle Rising built it?

If we built your site, hosting was quoted alongside it. This page is for sites built by someone else, or older Newcastle Rising sites moving onto the new platform.