Your first website
Never had a website? Follow the guides from sign-up to your first page online.
The home of 99p web hosting
Start your website free.
First month free. Then just £0.99 a month. Proper shared web hosting with DirectAdmin, for your website and email on your own domain. No card needed to start.
- No card to start
- No setup fee
- Cancel anytime
Traxio web hostingOne service
First 30 daysThe same hosting you keep. No card needed.
£0From day 31Only if you keep it
£0.99/mo- DirectAdmin control panel
- Email on your own domain
- One-click WordPress
- Free SSL (HTTPS)
- Backed up automatically, every day
- 3GB storage, 100GB bandwidth a month
- Bring your own domain
No setup fee. No VAT or card fees added.£11.88 a year
Traxio in ten seconds
- What is it?
- Web hosting.Somewhere to put your website and email, on your own domain.
- What does it cost?
- £0.99 a month.After your first 30 days, which are free.
- Do I need a card?
- No.Not to start. You only pay if you decide to stay.
- What’s the catch?
- There isn’t a complicated one.It’s self-managed, with AI-first support. Why that makes it 99p
- Can a beginner use it?
- Yes.Step-by-step tutorials for every first job.
- Can it run a real website?
- Yes.WordPress, business sites, blogs, forums and small shops.
Start free. Keep it for 99p.
No cut-down free hosting plan
Your first month gives you the same Traxio shared hosting you can carry on using afterwards. There’s nothing to rebuild or move when the free month ends: pay the first 99p invoice and your website simply stays online.
Everything you need to run a real website
Manage your website with DirectAdmin. Email on your own domain, databases, PHP, free SSL and one-click WordPress, from the first day. Nothing is switched off in the free month.
Backed up automatically
Your website is backed up every day, so it isn’t relying only on a copy on your own computer. Keep your own backups too: how backups work.
A tiny step up from free
Free hosting gets people online for £0. Traditional shared hosting can cost several pounds a month. Traxio sits between the two: start for nothing, then keep it for 99p.
Is free hosting enough for you? Free hosting can be great for experimenting, but free plans often come with additional limits, for example on email, databases, backups or support. If free hosting is enough for you forever, use free hosting. If you want proper shared hosting without paying normal hosting prices, start free with Traxio and keep it for 99p a month. Free hosting compared
Pricing
Pricing you can’t misunderstand
One service. One price. No packages to compare, no crossed-out prices, no annual commitment to unlock the 99p.
First 30 days£0
The complete hosting service. Every feature, no card needed.
After your trial£0.99/month
Same hosting, same price, this year and next. That’s £11.88 a year.
- No card to startUse all 30 days without giving payment details.
- No automatic chargeNothing is taken during the trial. You pay only if you continue.
- No setup feeStarting costs nothing. There’s no admin or activation charge.
- No price rise£0.99 is the ongoing price, not a first-year teaser.
- Nothing added on topNo VAT, card fees or paid SSL on the £0.99.
- Leave whenever you likeMonthly billing, no minimum term, no cancellation fee.
A domain name isn’t included: bring one you already own. What happens on day 31 · How billing works
One service, lots of websites
Whatever you’re building, it’s the same £0.99 hosting
No beginner plan, business plan or WordPress plan. Just one hosting service that’s capable of all of these.
Small businesses
A professional website and you@yourbusiness.co.uk email, without the monthly bill.
Blogs
WordPress or any blogging software, on an address that’s yours for good.
WordPress
Install in one click. Free SSL, caching and backups you can download.
Forums & communities
Run a community with phpBB, SMF or MyBB, on your own domain.
Online shops
Get a small online shop live with WooCommerce and free HTTPS.
Personal projects
Portfolios, club sites, hobby projects and things you’re trying out.
Something else?
Developers, students, charities, freelancers and staging sites. Same hosting, same price.
What you get
Everything a website needs, explained in plain English
There isn’t a cut-down Traxio free tier. The free month and the £0.99 months are the same hosting, with nothing held back.
Your website, online
3GB of fast NVMe storage and 100GB of traffic a month. Plenty for most small sites.
What’s includedEmail on your domain
Your own address, like hello@yourname.co.uk, with webmail and setup for your phone.
Create your first email addressFree SSL
Keeps your website secure with HTTPS — the padlock. Set up and renewed automatically.
How free SSL worksDirectAdmin
Your easy-to-use hosting control panel. Manage everything from your browser.
Take the DirectAdmin tourOne-click apps
Install WordPress and 400+ other apps in a couple of clicks with Softaculous.
How to install WordPressDatabases
MySQL databases for WordPress, shops and forums, with phpMyAdmin to manage them.
What a database doesUpload your own site
Use the browser file manager, or FTP and SFTP from your computer.
Upload a websiteAutomatic daily backups
Your website is backed up for you every day, and you can download a full backup yourself at any time.
How backups work
For developers: PHP 7.4–8.3 per domain, SSH, Git, cron, Python, Node.js, WP-CLI, LSCache and Redis. Developer details →
Who runs Traxio
A UK web host, run by one person
Traxio is a UK-based web hosting provider, run by Jason Plant as a sole trader. Prices are set and billed in pounds, the terms are written under English law, and £0.99 is the whole monthly price: Traxio isn’t VAT-registered, so nothing is added on top.
Comparing prices? Cheap web hosting in the UK explains why 99p is the renewal price as well as the first month’s, and how the free 30 days work covers what happens on day 31.
How can hosting cost 99p?
We keep hosting simple so we can keep hosting affordable.
Most of a normal hosting bill isn’t the server. It’s call centres, sales teams and first-year discounts clawed back at renewal. Traxio is built without them, on purpose.
What your 99p doesn’t pay for
- Call centres
- Sales teams
- Renewal price hikes
- Affiliate commissions
- Upsells
Self-managed
You run your own account in DirectAdmin, so you’re not paying someone to click buttons for you.
Automated
Sign-up, setup, SSL certificates and billing all run automatically. No manual work to charge for.
Learn-first help
231 guides and 31 tutorials answer most questions before you need to ask.
AI-assisted help desk
AI answers tickets first, and a person steps in when one is escalated. No 24/7 call centre to fund.
Help centre
Learn how hosting works, as you go
Traxio comes with one of the most complete hosting help centres around, written in plain English. Search it now — no account needed.
- 231in-depth guides
- 31step-by-step tutorials
- 266quick answers
- 111glossary terms
Where most people start
- ChecklistYour first website, in the right orderTen jobs from new account to a secure site with email
- TutorialConnect your domain to TraxioBeginner · about 15 minutes
- GuideHow to install WordPressOne click with Softaculous
- GuideHow to create your first email addressAbout a minute in DirectAdmin
- ExplainerWhat is web hosting?The basics, without jargon
Live status
Check how Traxio is running, right now
Uptime is measured every few minutes by UptimeRobot, an independent monitoring service, from outside our network, and published here unedited.
Checking live status…
—uptime, last 30 days
- No downtime
- Partial disruption
- Outage
- No data
FAQ
Questions people ask first
Straight answers about the trial, the price and what Traxio is (and isn’t) built for.
Is the first month really free?
Yes. Your first 30 days cost nothing and you don’t need a card to start. You get the complete hosting service, not a cut-down trial. If you want to keep your site online after that, it’s £0.99 a month.
What happens when the 30 days are up?
You’re emailed an invoice for your first month at £0.99. Pay it in the client area and everything carries on exactly as it was. If you don’t want to continue, simply don’t pay: the account is suspended 7 days after the invoice date and closed after 14. Download a backup before then if you want to keep your files.
Does the price go up after the first year?
No. £0.99 a month is the ongoing price, not an introductory offer. There’s no renewal increase, no setup fee, and no VAT or card fees added on top.
Do I need a domain name?
Yes. The hosting doesn’t include one, so you’ll use a domain you already own and point it at Traxio. Do it on the day you sign up: during the free trial, an account whose domain never points to Traxio can be suspended until it does. How to use your own domain.
Can a complete beginner use Traxio?
Yes. Everything is done in your browser, WordPress installs in one click, and there are step-by-step tutorials for every first job, from logging in to creating your email address. You don’t need to know how to code.
Is it good enough for a real business website?
For most small business, blog, club, forum and small shop websites, yes: fast NVMe storage, free SSL, email on your own domain and daily offsite backups. It isn’t built for video streaming, huge file downloads or very busy shops, and we’d rather tell you that now.
How is support handled?
Start with the help centre, which answers most questions in plain English. If you still need help, open a ticket: our AI help desk reads it and replies, and a person steps in when a ticket is escalated. There’s no phone line or live chat. That’s part of how the price stays at £0.99.
Is Traxio a UK web hosting company?
Yes. Traxio is a UK-based provider, run by Jason Plant as a sole trader, with prices in pounds and terms under English law.
Where will my website be hosted?
On Traxio’s DirectAdmin hosting platform, in a data centre in Montreal, Canada. There’s nothing to choose: every account gets the same hosting, free for the first 30 days. Our hosting platform.
Can I run PHP and MySQL websites?
Yes. Every account runs PHP 7.4 to 8.3, switchable per domain, with a MySQL database and phpMyAdmin included. That covers WordPress, forums, shops and your own PHP code. PHP and MySQL hosting.
Can I cancel whenever I like?
Yes. Billing is monthly with no minimum term and no cancellation fee, and you cancel yourself in the client area. There are no refunds, because the 30 free days are there so you can decide before you pay anything.
Share Traxio
Love Traxio? Spread the word.
We keep web hosting affordable by keeping things simple. If you’ve enjoyed using Traxio, sharing us with someone who needs a website really does make a difference.
No referral codes or rewards — just honest recommendations from people who use Traxio.
Start free.
Keep it for 99p.
Proper shared hosting for your website and email, with DirectAdmin. First month free, £0.99/month afterwards: no card to start, no setup fee, and the same price every year.
- £0 today
- No card required
- £0.99/month afterwards
- Cancel anytime