New Blog Post!

https://octaweb.co.uk/how-to-stay-safe-online-simple-steps-to-protect-yourself-from-fraud/

How to Stay Safe Online: Protect Yourself from Fraud with OctaWeb &...

Stay safe online with practical fraud‑prevention tips. Learn how OctaWeb, the NCSC and the Stop Think Fraud campaign help you spot scams and protect your account.

New Blog Post!

https://octaweb.co.uk/the-real-cost-of-cheap-hosting-and-why-octaweb-is-different/

The Real Cost of Cheap Hosting - And Why OctaWeb Is Different - Oct...

Cheap hosting cuts corners with low‑grade hardware, upsells and unstable performance. OctaWeb uses Tier‑1 servers, fair pricing and people‑first support.

OctaWeb Summer Sale 2026 ☀️

Celebrate summer with our best prices yet across Cloud VPS Hosting, cPanel, cPanel Reseller, VDS services, and Website Packages.

Our biggest discounts are now live - perfect for launching something new, upgrading your hosting, or scaling your projects with confidence.

What’s included:
- Cloud VPS Hosting (From £6.99)
- cPanel Hosting (From £1.99)
- cPanel Reseller Hosting (From £16)
- VDS Services (From £30)
- Website Packages (From £100)

Limited‑time offer — once it’s gone, it’s gone.

If anyone would like to quickly give an opinion on something - https://secure.octaweb.uk/index.php/store/cloud-vps-hosting

We have re-added the images to make things look nicer, any issues let me know in #general 💙

OctaWeb Client Portal – Billing, Services & Support

Access the OctaWeb Client Portal to manage your hosting services, billing, domains and support tickets securely online.

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Referral Programme Overhaul 🎉

We've completely rebuilt how Refer a Friend works - and it's now better than ever.

Here's what you earn:

💰 20% commission on everything your referrals pay, credited to your account
🎁 £10 gift card when you refer 3 customers
🎁 £20 gift card when you refer 5 customers

Gift cards are real money - spend them wherever you like, your choice of retailer.

Getting started:
Head to the Refer a Friend section in your client portal, grab your unique referral link, and start sharing. Commission is tracked automatically, and gift cards can be ordered from the portal once you hit a milestone.

→ Go to Refer a Friend
Questions? Open a support ticket - we're happy to help.

🚨 BIG NEWS - OUR VPS PLANS JUST GOT A SERIOUS UPGRADE 🚨

We've completely overhauled our VPS lineup and we're not holding back. Say goodbye to the old plans and hello to something much, much better.

Old Plans

New Plans

✨ Introducing our brand new Cloud VPS range:

☁️ Cloud Starter - 6 Cores / 6GB RAM / 100GB SSD - £9.99/mo
☁️ Cloud Plus - 8 Cores / 8GB RAM / 140GB SSD - £11.99/mo
☁️ Cloud Pro - 12 Cores / 12GB RAM / 160GB SSD - £14.99/mo
☁️ Cloud Elite - 16 Cores / 20GB RAM / 200GB SSD - £30.99/mo

More power. More storage. Lower prices. What's not to love? 👀

Already a customer? We've got you covered. Existing customers can upgrade to the new plans and save money in the process. Yes, really.

Head to your client portal now and make the switch - you deserve it. (You may also find 20% off for new orders too :wink:)

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Bare Metal Server Stock

• To order please open a client portal ticket. This list will be updated once each server goes out of stock!

Dedicated Server PRO NVMe - £60 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1230 v5 (4C/8T @ 3.8GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 2133MHz ECC
Storage: 1× 1TB NVMe SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server PRO - £60 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1230 v5 (4C/8T @ 3.8GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 512GB NVMe SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server PRO Lite - £60 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1220 v6 (4C @ 3.5GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 500GB NVMe SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server PRO DC - £65 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1230 v6 (4C/8T @ 3.9GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4
Storage: 1× 512GB DC SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server EXPERT NVMe - £70 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1270 v5 (4C/8T @ 4.0GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 1TB NVMe SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server EXPERT RAID - £70 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1270 v5 (4C/8T @ 4.0GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 2× 512GB DC SSD (Hardware RAID)
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server EXPERT DC - £70 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1270 v5 (4C/8T @ 4.0GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 1TB DC SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server EXPERT Value - £60 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E3‑1270 v5 (4C/8T @ 4.0GHz)
Memory: 32GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 1TB NVMe SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

~~Dedicated Server EXPERT XL DC - £90 P/M (OUT OF STOCK)~~
~~CPU: Intel Xeon E5‑2650 v3 (10C/20T @ 3.0GHz)~~
~~Memory: 64GB DDR4 ECC~~
~~Storage: 1× 2TB DC SSD~~
~~Network: 1Gbps Port~~
~~IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)~~

Dedicated Server EXPERT XL RAID - £90 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5‑2667 v3 (8C/16T @ 3.6GHz)
Memory: 64GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 2× 500GB DC SSD (P440ar Hardware RAID)
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server ELITE RAID - £110 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5‑2690 v2 (10C/20T @ 3.6GHz)
Memory: 128GB DDR3 ECC
Storage: 2× 500GB SSD (H710 Hardware RAID)
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Dedicated Server ELITE DC - £150 P/M (1 In Stock)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5‑2667 v4 (8C/16T @ 3.6GHz)
Memory: 64GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 1× 2TB DC SSD
Network: 1Gbps Port
IP Range: /30 IPv4 (2 usable)

Please note that our live chat and telephone lines will be unavailable tomorrow as our team will be moving home.

During this time, kindly submit any support requests via support tickets on the client portal.

We also encourage you to review our help articles beforehand:
🔗 https://octaweb.co.uk/help

Thank you for your understanding.

Help Centre - OctaWeb

Based in the North East of England, we offer Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers (Virtual and Bare Metal), cPanel Hosting, Private Branch Exchange Hosting, Domains and Web Development. We help you thrive online with top-tier performance and expert support!​

Whitehouse Farm need your help!

A farm, called Whitehouse Farm, quite local to us here at OctaWeb needs your help!

This is an unusual request, however we want to help with the outreach we have.

Please see their post below:

Please share this video far and wide and if you can spare two minutes, sign our petition. (Please do not donate, we are not asking for donations)

Petition⬇️
https://c.org/QnSysMVcJL

This video is very long, I do apologise. However I want to be as transparent as possible. We have exhausted every avenue and truly have no clue what we can do next. This video is to answer any questions you may have.

If you don’t want to watch, below are some key points:

• In the last couple of years, we have spent over £100,000 on planning applications and the associated costs. Many of which have been rejected, as a small family run business, this sort of investment without return is detrimental.

• We have already met with our local MP, there wasn’t much he could do unfortunately.

• We have asked to meet with the head of planning for years, after finally securing a meeting, there was no real outcome.

• This area of the farm is included in our original plans which was approved by the council in 1997

• Whitehouse Farm has been an established site for over 100 years. Once housing a TB hospital, a home for orphan boys, a poultry farm, commercial units, before eventually becoming what it is today.

• We have planted over 4000 trees in the past couple of years. We have 640 solar panels. We work with many conservation groups mentioned in the video.

• Our softplay extension was approved just steps away from this area. The softplay extension was not on the original plans of the farm.

• We have many letters of support that we included in our planning application. From local schools, local disability groups, local tourism boards and many other real people from our area who this affects.

• We are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for a level playing field. We are asking for impartial decision making. We are asking for those judging to look at the whole picture. We are asking for change!

• An appeal of ours got rejected in June 2025 for log cabins at the farm. This would turn our day visitor attraction to an overnight attraction. Increasing jobs and tourism in the local area. The main issue was green belt. In the same week, an application for log cabins, a farm shop, a softplay and a garage got approved just 1.5 miles away from us. The reason being, despite them also being in the green belt, the benefit outweighed the impact to the green belt. Please can I add, our application for log cabins has been ongoing since 2019.

We are a small, family run business. Keith and Sheila who started this venture were simply humble poultry farmers. Never could they have imagined what it would become. A special place to so many. All we want is to continue to grow and to have support from our council.

We hope that our petition not only resolves the issue of the new park but it also ignites a well needed conversation between us and our local planners which we have been begging for.

We didn’t want to do this but we truly felt we no longer had a choice.

Thank you for reading.

OctaHub Team Applications Open! 🎯

We're looking for passionate community builders to join the OctaHub team!

Open Positions:

- Discord Engagement Team
- Partnerships Management Team

Perks: Work with 1.2K+ members, gain experience, and get OctaWeb discounts!

Note: These are unpaid volunteer positions with OctaHub (not OctaWeb).

New Blog Post!

https://octaweb.co.uk/introducing-nd-05-octawebs-new-vps-node/

Introducing ND‑05: OctaWeb’s New VPS Node - OctaWeb

OctaWeb introduces ND‑05, a powerful new virtualisation node featuring dual Xeon processors, 128GB ECC RAM, enterprise‑grade SSD storage, and a 1Gbps network port. ND‑05 expands VPS capacity, boosts performance stability, and strengthens our hosting infrastructure.

New Blog Post!

https://octaweb.co.uk/introducing-octahub-a-discord-community-built-for-creators-builders-and-small-businesses/

Introducing OctaHub: A Discord Community Built for Creators, Builde...

OctaHub is a community‑driven Discord hub for creators, small businesses, and community builders. Share your projects, promote your Discord server, connect with like‑minded people, and discover new opportunities. Join the hub and grow alongside a supportive network.

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🎉 Client Achievements Update

We’ve updated our Client Achievements with brand-new ways to earn recognition just by being an awesome client. Here’s what’s new 👇

🎄 Christmas 2025

How to earn:
Be an active client during December 2025 (active service or logged in during the month).

🎆 New Year 2026

How to earn:
Be an active client on January 1st, 2026 (active service or login on the day).

💙 Early Supporter

How to earn:
Clients who joined before March 2023 automatically receive this reward.

This one is special to us as it recognises those who supported us during our earliest days - before most people even knew we existed and are still with us.

💳 Payment Streak

How it works:
Pay your invoices on or before the due date to build a streak.

Tiers:
- 🥉 Bronze - 3 on-time payments
- 🥈 Silver - 6 on-time payments
- 🥇 Gold - 12 on-time payments

Miss a payment? The streak resets - but you can always build it again.

🎂 Anniversary Awards

Every year you stay with us now earns you a Year Anniversary award, celebrating your ongoing loyalty.

Why We Built This

These achievements aren’t about spending more - they’re about:
- Loyalty
- Activity
- Reliability
- Being part of our journey

More achievements (and perks 👀) are coming soon.

Thank you for being part of our community ❤️

New Blog Post!

https://octaweb.co.uk/octaweb-advent-calendar-2025-its-back/

OctaWeb Advent Calendar 2025 - It's Back! - OctaWeb

Discover OctaWeb’s Advent Calendar 2025! Open a door each day from December 1st for festive surprises including upgrades, vouchers, gift cards, credits, exclusive deals for new and existing customers, and limited first-come-first-served rewards. Don’t miss out on daily festive rewards!