Website Essentials
Website Essentials is an agency offering hosted solutions based in Gold Coast, Australia, founded in 1986. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 66/100, a developing signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
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What Website Essentials Discloses
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Website Essentials has not disclosed any facts yet. Pricing transparency, refund window, uptime SLA and data residency are among the 28 questions still unanswered. HostList verifies every disclosure and never charges for it.
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- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Founded
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What is Website Essentials's HRI?
Website Essentials has a HRI™ of 66/100 on HostList.io. HRI is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data. Providers can improve their score by claiming their profile, keeping data current, and building verified reviews. No provider can pay to increase their score.
What type of hosting company is Website Essentials?
Website Essentials is classified as an agency that offers web hosting services on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Website Essentials.
Where is Website Essentials based?
Website Essentials is headquartered in Gold Coast, Australia. Hosting companies based in Australia are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/australia.
How does Website Essentials compare to other web hosting companies?
Website Essentials can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Website Essentials has a current HRI of 66/100.
Does Website Essentials offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Website Essentials has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
How Website Essentials's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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