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Updated – A Guide to Paying for Hosting

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

For your convenience, this is a quick guide of the many ways to make payments to Spiral Hosting. It has been updated to show each of the three currencies available to our global customer base.

Euro € UK Pound £ US Dollars $
Credit Cards processed directly Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, Laser and 3V cards. Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, Solo and Amex cards. Sorry not yet – please choose PayPal.
  • Advantage: If you wish you can keep your credit card encrypted and securely stored on our client area, we will automatically bill your renewals to save you the hassle or worry of your services expiring.
PayPal Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, Amex and 3V cards. Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit/Electron and Amex cards. Mastercard, Visa,  Amex and Discover cards.
  • Advantage: PayPal allows you to pay using your credit card, bank account or PayPal account balance. There’s no need to register (depending on your country).
2Checkout USD only → USD only → Mastercard, Visa, Amex, Discover, Diners Club and JCB cards.
  • 2Checkout.com is our secondary credit card processor for US Dollar payments. For many years we used them for all credit card processing and many customers still choose 2Checkout.
Bank Transfers Ulster Bank, Dundalk, Ireland Ulster Bank, Belfast, N Ireland No
  • Some clients prefer to send us BAC/IBAN transfers. If you’d like to do this please find our bank accounts details here (login to Client Area required).
  • Also, please tell our Billing Dept when you have initiated a bank transfer so we know to look out for your payment.
Mail In Payment Send to Accounts Office in Belfast Send to Accounts Office in Belfast Send to US Bureau in Eugene, OR
  • We accept checks or cheques in the post. Please cross all cheques and make payable to Spiral Hosting Ltd. Also, include details of the account holder or invoice number! Our postal address is at the top of all invoices and on our contact page.
  • If you are paying to renew hosting, please ensure payment reaches us in time. To avoid any downtime please allow plenty of time for the payment to clear. We cannot credit your account until the funds have cleared with our bank.
  • Lastly, it sounds obvious – but our business operates in Euro, Pounds and Dollars!
    If you are paying in any other currency please send too much money instead of too little! Any change left over will be added to your account balance for future purchases.
    Costs incurred on cashing/converting foreign currency cheques will be deducted from the final amount added to your balance.

Need to contact our Billing Dept?
We’re here to help. Please open a support ticket or email/phone us.

Best Performing 2nd Quarter for .IE Registrations

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Spiral Hosting Accredited IE RegistrarThe IE Domain Registry (responsible for Ireland’s .ie namespace) has reported the best performing second quarter for .ie domain registrations since records began. A total of 9,448 .ie domains were registered between April and June this year.

Registration figures for the first half of 2010 show there were 19,099 .ie domains registered in the period January to June this year, bringing the total number of .ie domains at the end of June to almost 146,000.

March and April were the strongest performing months of the year to date, with registrations totalling 3,686 and 3,262 respectively, representing increases of 2.2pc and 6.6pc on the same months in the previous year. March accounts for the highest number of registrations recorded in a single month during the past 12 months.

Register your .IE domain today with SpiralHosting.ie for only €19.45. We guarantee to offer the lowest registration price for .ie domains anywhere!*

Spiral Hosting Now Accept UK Pounds

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Spiral Hosting UKSpiral Hosting are delighted to announce we now accept credit card payments in UK Pounds (GBP).

Customers in the UK will already be familiar with seeing the pricing on our website in Pounds and many customers have been paying in Pounds via PayPal or by cheque since our website went multi-currency last summer, but we can now process payments in Pounds directly through our bank which is a big advantage. It’s fully supported through our website ordering system and our Client Area.

If you are a UK-based customer who is currently billed in Euros and you would like to change to pay in Pounds please email our Billing Department or speak with your Account Manager so that we can make the necessary changes to your account.

Happy 4th July! Promotion on .US Domain Names $4.99

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

To celebrate the Fourth of July Spiral Hosting have reduced the price of new .US domain name registrations to half price! Grab one today for only $4.99 / €3.98 / £3.28 ! Simply use promo code “usa” at the checkout to get your 50% discount!

Why choose .US?

  • Businesses use .US domain names to promote themselves as American companies, to inspire consumer confidence and to encourage consumers to “buy American.”
  • .US domains enable domestic and international firms of every size and industry classification to protect their trademarks and establish their corporate identities online in the United States.
  • The .US domain can raise the online profile of nonprofits, associations and charities, and can help foreign companies establish a U.S.-based online identity.
  • Consumers and businesses can use a .US address for e-mail, a Web site, or both. Many desirable .US domains are still available, and .US addresses can last a lifetime, so there’s no need to change email or website addresses when switching from one Internet Service Provider to another.

Purchasers of .US domain names use them for both business and personal reasons. While most of the .US domains are registered and used in the USA (86%), .US domains are also purchased by registrants in Canada and European countries looking to establish an American presence.

To take advantage of this promotion, simply check for your domain’s availability using the search box above. Subject to our usual T&C’s. Promotional pricing for 1st year of new registrations only. Offer ends 30th September 2010.