Checkout Basics
Paying us from any country at all
Visa, Mastercard and American Express, issued in any country, processed by Stripe and charged in US dollars. Below: what checkout accepts today, what it cannot yet, and how the charge shows on your statement.
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Card networks accepted
Any
Where the card was issued
USD
Currency you're charged in
30-day
Window to claim a refund
Accepted Today
Cards that go straight through
Credit or debit, issued anywhere. If your card is enabled for international online purchases, it clears here.
| Card | Where it's valid |
|---|---|
| Visa | Credit or debit, wherever it was issued |
| Mastercard | Credit or debit, wherever it was issued |
| American Express | Anywhere Amex issues cards |
Not Available Yet
Methods checkout can't process
Plenty of hosts let you discover this mid-purchase. We would rather you knew while you were still comparing plans.
| PayPal | Not switched on yet; a second gateway is on the list |
| Apple Pay / Google Pay | Waiting on the Stripe Payment Element |
| iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, Przelewy24 | Waiting on the Stripe Payment Element |
| Cryptocurrency | We do not take it, and have no plans to |
Checkout Security
Giving card details to a host you've just met
A reasonable hesitation. Here is what genuinely protects you — not just us claiming to be trustworthy.
Your card details never touch us
The card goes to Stripe, and Stripe keeps it on their infrastructure. What reaches us is a token plus the final four digits, and that is all. Break in here and there is nothing worth taking.
Cards from any country work
We block no country at the payment step. Provided your Visa, Mastercard or Amex has been cleared by the issuer for international online purchases, checkout takes it.
A registered company you can verify
Payments go to Vitalcare at Home Ltd, registered in England and Wales under company number 15098204. Look us up on Companies House before spending a penny.
Renewal price equals signup price
Whatever you pay today is what you pay next term. There is no teaser rate sitting underneath, waiting to jump the day year one runs out.
Payment Questions
Paying, answered
Which payment methods work here?
Visa, Mastercard and American Express, credit or debit, whichever country issued them. Stripe handles the transaction itself, and Stripe sits among the biggest and most heavily audited processors anywhere. What we cannot take today: PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfer, cryptocurrency. You would rather learn that on this page than find out at checkout with a plan already in the basket.
Do you take PayPal?
Not yet. The reason it matters is obvious to us, particularly when you are handing money to a firm you have never used before, and a second gateway sits on the build list. It appears on this page the day it works properly from start to finish, not before. Advertising a payment route that dies at checkout is worse than owning up to the gap.
Which currency actually reaches my card?
US dollars. Prices across the site flip into your local currency so the cost registers straight away, though that switch is cosmetic: what hits your card is USD. Your bank then puts its own exchange rate on top, and often a foreign transaction fee of roughly 2 to 3 per cent as well. Which is why the statement line can come in a shade above the converted figure printed here.
How will the charge appear on my statement?
The debit comes from our billing company, Vitalcare at Home Ltd, and may appear alongside our billing domain rather than the HostingFast name. If a line looks unfamiliar, match the amount and date against the invoice in your client area, or drop us a note and we will identify it for you the same day.
Why hand my card to a host I only found today?
A fair question — and the honest answer is to verify rather than take our word. Stripe captures the card details and we never store them, so even a breach of our servers could not expose them. The company taking payment is Vitalcare at Home Ltd, registered in England and Wales under number 15098204, with a registered office anyone can check on the public Companies House register. Hosting plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee and reseller plans 7 days, so a bad experience never leaves you trapped.
Could I pay month by month instead of a year up front?
Shared, WordPress and WooCommerce plans bill for a year at a time right now, and that is exactly why the monthly-equivalent number sits where it does. Paying twelve months in one go is a genuine obstacle in plenty of countries. Shorter terms are on the roadmap because of it. VPS, reseller and dedicated plans already run month to month.
How do refunds come back to me?
Domains are the exception, so start there. The registry invoices us the moment a name is created and that money is gone, which is why registrations, renewals and transfers fall outside our cover. Everything else: hosting runs a 30-day money-back guarantee, reseller plans 7 days, and once approved the sum returns to the same card in USD. Fine print sits in the refund policy.
Pick up your plan whenever suits you.
Pick a plan, pay by card from any country, and the account provisions itself. Thirty days to change your mind.
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