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Please make sure to read through this all of this important pre-order information before signing up for a web hosting account:

Pre-Order Information

1. Setup Time
2. Billing
3. FAQ
4. Multiple Domains
5. Domain Registration
6. DNS Configuration
7. Hosted Domain Transfer
8. Non-Hosted Domain Transfer
9. Internet Access
10. Web Design Services
11. Order Form

1. Setup Time

   The current setup time for web hosting accounts is approximately 24 hours, Monday through Friday (accounts are not setup over the weekend). This does not include the time it takes to transfer a domain from your old host to our servers. We do not offer any rush or emergency setup services.

2. Billing

   Once your account has been setup on our servers, your credit card will be charged for the pro-rated balance of that month. After that, on the first of every month your credit card will automatically be charged the full amount associated with your web hosting plan. For more info on billing, please see our Billing FAQ.

   If at any time you wish to cancel your web hosting account, just fill out our Account Cancellation form. If you sign-up for web hosting, but never uploaded your files or update your domain record to reference our name servers, you are still responsible for any web hosting charges. You will continue to be billed for hosting each month until you actually cancel hosting. Partial month hosting charges are not refunded when cancelling hosting for a domain.

3. FAQ

   Please read through our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section before you sign up for hosting, that way you will have a better idea of what Laughing Squid is all about and the type of service we can provide for you. Please note, we do not offer shell access or provide any kind of mailing list services.

4. Multiple Domains

   You will need to choose a hosting plan for each domain that you want to have hosted. Multiple domains cannot share the same hosting plan or disk space, however you can bill multiple domains to the same hosting account, which will qualify you for our multiple domain discount. You can also use our Squid Forwarding plan to redirect one domain to onther domain or sub-directory of another domain.

   If you currently have an web hosting account setup with us, just fill out the order form and you will be asked if you want to add your new domain to your existing account.

5. Domain Registration

   If you have domain(s) that you would like to have hosted, but are not yet registered, you will need to register them first with a domain registar (Laughing Squid does not provide any kind of domain registration services). For more information on domain registration, please see our Domain FAQ.

   If you have just registered (a) new domain(s), the registration usually takes 24-48 hours. Once your hosting account is setup and we have verified that your domain registration is complete, we will send you an email with all of your new account access information.

6. DNS Configuration

   We maintain the DNS entries for all of the domains that we host. We do not host web content only with the DNS maintained by an outside provider. In general, we do not offer any kind of custom hosting configurations. For more info, please see our FAQ.

7. Hosted Domain Transfer

   If you are setting up hostng for domain(s) that are currently being hosted at another web host, once your account is setup we will send you an email with information on how to stage your files on our server so that your website will be mirrored on both the old and new servers, making the migration transparent to the outside world. We will provide you with a site preview url so you can view your website before it is actually live on our server.

   If you are currently using email with your domain, then it is important that you first setup any existing email accounts on our server before you transfer your domain. This way your email will continue to work once the domain transfer is complete.

   After you have uploaded all of your files and setup your email, you’ll then need to update your domain record to reference our name servers.

8. Non-Hosted Domain Transfer

   If you are setting up hosting for domain(s) that are not currently being hosted, once your account is setup we will send you and email with information on how to update your domain record to reference our name servers.

9. Internet Access

   Laughing Squid is a web host only, not an ISP. We do not provide any access to the internet such as dial-up service, DSL, cable and, so on. You will still need to have the means to connect to the internet to access and update a website that we host for you.

10. Web Design Services

    We do not provide any kind of web design or development services, which includes script installation or debugging. In order to use our web hosting services, you should be familiar with web design and know how to use FTP or you have someone who will help you develop your website. If you are looking for a web designer, here are a few of our customers who are web designers.

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