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Mshini in the News
Mshini Managed WordPress Hosting featured in the BusinessMail section of the DistrictMail newspaper on the 17th of November 2016.
17 November 2016 BusinessMail DistrictMail
Startup provides the tools for effective WordPress web hosting
Two young entrepreneurs of Somerset West took a chance on a unique kind of startup, offering website hosting.
Mechiel Couvaras and Syfret Bouwer started their new business venture Mshini, a WordPress hosting company, in March this year.
They saw that South African webmasters and site owners were seeking faster hosting, better security and support for their WordPress-generated sites.
“Mechiel and I have a combined 18 years of experience in the web hosting industry and we’re both extremely passionate about WordPress,” said Bouwer.
The digitising (web coding) technology emerged in 2003 and is currently the fastest growing and most user-friendly content management system in the world.
WordPress used to be associated largely with blogs, but its functionality has been expanded over the years to allow for the creation of far more complicated websites, such as CNN, Fortune and Time magazine.
According to latest statistics, 26.9% of all websites on the Internet, and approximately 50 000 South African websites, are powered by WordPress.
Mshini generates and installs free SSL certificates for its clients. SSL ensures the traffic between the web browser and web server is encrypted, protecting website users from having their credit card details and other personal information stolen by Internet predators.
Mshini also provides customers with tools to create on-demand website back-ups and free staging environments where they can test changes to their WordPress sites before making them live.
Mshini’s offering includes support from WordPress experts committed to ensuring users get the best out of their WordPress sites. “We love technology and we enjoy helping people benefit from technology,” Bouwer declared.
“We’re extremely eager to introduce local WordPress users and enthusiasts to all that they’ve been missing out on until now.”
If you’d like to get in touch with the guys from Mshini, you may contact their team by sending an email to hello@mshini.com or browse to their website at mshini.com.
FREE DEV
R0
PER MONTH
Up to 3 WordPress sites
3 WordPress Installs
Auto Generated Dev URLs
10GB Local Storage per Site
Unlimited Data Transfer
Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates
Free Site Migrations
SSH / WP-CLI / GIT
SINGLE SITE HOSTING
R129
PER MONTH
A single WordPress site
1 WordPress Install
10GB Local Storage
Unlimited Data Transfer
Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate
Free Site Migration
Staging Site
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R799+
PER MONTH
From 10 WordPress sites
From 10 WordPress Installs
From 10GB Local Storage per Site
Unlimited Data Transfer
Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates
Free Site Migrations
Staging Sites
SSH / WP-CLI / GIT
WHAT YOU GET WITH MSHINI
The fastest WordPress hosting in South Africa. A toolset that will make maintaining your WordPress site the pleasure it ought to be. Friendly and efficient service from WordPress experts. We're committed to enhancing your WordPress experience and raising your expectations.
Locally Hosted
Local hosting means reduced latency and quicker response times for visitors to your site.
Optimised Servers
Our technologically advanced software stack delivers superior WordPress performance.
Server Side Caching
No need for caching plugins with hundreds of settings. Your site will load really, really fast!
Daily Backups
Scheduled and on-demand backups of your content are stored in secure off-site vaults.
Staging Site
Clone your live site to a staging site with 1-click to test plugins, themes and custom code.
Highly Secure
Daily malware scans secure your website and give you an edge over spam and hackers.
Free Let's Encrypt SSL
Install a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate for your website with 1-click in your control panel.
Expert Support
Our friendly South African WordPress experts will help resolve any hosting issues.
Automatic Updates
Choose to have your WordPress core files, plugins and themes automatically updated.
Vulnerability Scanning
We scan your WordPress core files, plugins and themes for known vulnerabilities.
Free Site Migrations
Free site migrations to a Mshini staging environment without impacting your live site.
Emergency Rollback
Restore your live site from the most recent backup with 1-click in your customer control panel.