Terms of Service
Agreement
These terms govern your use of hosting123.org, the website of HOSTING123. By using the site you accept them; if you do not accept them, the remedy is simple and free: do not use the site. We have tried to write these terms the way we write reviews, in plain language and without burying the point, but they are still a binding agreement between you and the operator of hosting123.org.
What this site is, and is not
HOSTING123 publishes reviews, comparisons, benchmarks, discount listings, and guides about web hosting, domains, email hosting, game servers, NAS devices, WordPress, and SEO. All of it is general information and editorial opinion, provided to help you make your own decision. None of it is professional, legal, financial, or technical advice tailored to your situation, and none of it is a guarantee about how any product will perform for you. Hosting performance in particular varies with factors outside anyone’s review: your site’s code, your traffic, your region, and the other customers sharing your server. Our Disclaimer expands on this and on our affiliate relationships, and it forms part of these terms.
No relationship with the companies we review
Buying a hosting plan through a link on this site creates a contract between you and the hosting provider, not between you and us. We are not a party to that transaction, we do not process your payment, and we cannot cancel, refund, or support a service we do not operate. Disputes about a provider’s service belong with that provider under their terms. We do, genuinely, want to hear how such disputes go, because provider behaviour feeds back into reviews, but hearing about a dispute is not the same as being liable for it.
Using the site
You may read, link to, and share our content in the ordinary ways. You agree not to:
- scrape, bulk-download, or republish substantial parts of the site, including our benchmark data and review scores, without written permission;
- use the site to distribute malware, spam, or unlawful content, including in any comment or submission facility;
- probe, overload, or attempt to breach the site’s security, or interfere with other readers’ use of it;
- misrepresent an affiliation with HOSTING123, including presenting our scores or badges as endorsements we did not make;
- frame or mirror the site in a way that presents our content as your own.
We may suspend or block access that violates these rules, and quoting short excerpts with attribution and a link remains welcome without asking.
Intellectual property
The content of hosting123.org, including reviews, benchmark charts, comparison tables, guides, and original screenshots, belongs to the operator of HOSTING123 or is used under licence. Hosting company names, logos, and product marks belong to their respective owners; we use them to identify the products under review, which does not imply sponsorship or endorsement in either direction. If you believe content on the site infringes your copyright, use the process on our DMCA and Copyright Policy page.
Reader submissions
If you send us corrections, experiences, or other material, you keep ownership of what you wrote, but you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual licence to use it in our editorial work, including quoting it in reviews and correction notes. As stated in our Privacy Policy, we quote readers only with permission and anonymously unless you ask otherwise. Do not send us confidential or proprietary information: an email to an editorial address is not a confidentiality agreement.
Accuracy, pricing, and change
We work hard at accuracy, and our Fact-Checking Policy and Corrections Policy describe exactly how. But hosting is a fast-moving market: promotional prices change weekly, plans are restructured, and features are added and removed without notice to anyone. Content on this site is provided “as is” and “as available”, with no warranty that any price, feature list, or benchmark remains current at the moment you read it. The authoritative price is always the one in the provider’s checkout, and the authoritative feature list is always the provider’s own terms. Check both before you buy.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, HOSTING123 and its editors are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its content, including losses from downtime, data loss, lost profits, or a hosting purchase that did not work out. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the greatest extent the law allows. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Third-party links
The site links extensively to third-party websites, including hosting providers, registrars, and tools. We choose links editorially, but we do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, pricing, availability, or data practices. Many outbound links are affiliate links, disclosed in our Disclaimer and Ownership and Funding page.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the site evolves. Material changes are made by updating this page and its revision date; continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms. We do not make retroactive changes to sneak obligations onto past use.
Governing law and contact
These terms are governed by the laws applicable where the operator is established, and disputes are subject to the courts competent under those laws. If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Questions about these terms: support@hosting123.org.
