Website Hosting & Support
Reliable hosting with real people behind it
A website needs somewhere reliable to live, but good hosting is about more than server space.
Blueflowers provides managed website and email hosting together with ongoing support for businesses and organisations throughout Nelson, Marlborough and beyond.
We take care of the technical side behind the scenes and, when you need help, you can contact people who already know you and your website.
No anonymous support desk. No wondering who to call.
Website hosting from $15 per month
inclusive of GST
Includes backups & routine website updates.
Website hosting without the hassle
Most business owners don't want to spend their time thinking about servers, control panels, software versions or website backups.
That's our job.
We provide reliable hosting for the websites we look after and manage the everyday technical tasks needed to keep them running.
If something relating to your website or hosting needs attention, you contact us and we'll deal with it.
For many of our clients, that simplicity is one of the biggest benefits of having their website hosted with Blueflowers.
Keeping your website updated
The software behind modern websites changes over time and needs regular attention.
For the websites we manage, we keep core website software and extensions up to date, helping maintain security, compatibility and reliability as the technology evolves.
We also keep an eye on the websites we look after so problems can be identified and dealt with when they arise.
Regular website backups
Things occasionally go wrong, even with a well-maintained website.
Updates can cause unexpected problems, files can be accidentally changed and websites can be targeted by malicious activity.
Regular backups give us a way back.
We maintain backups of the websites we manage so that if something unexpected happens, we have options for restoring the site rather than starting again.
Backups aren't very exciting — until the day you need one.
Email hosting for your business
A professional email address using your own domain helps keep your business identity consistent.
We can provide email accounts alongside your website hosting and help configure them on common computers, phones and email applications.
Email delivery involves more than just a mailbox, so we also look after the domain and server-side settings that help legitimate email reach its destination.
If there's a hosting-related email problem, we'll investigate it.
And when the problem turns out to be a computer, phone, internet connection or third-party email application, we'll help identify where the issue lies and advise on the next step.
Support from people who know your website
This is where our hosting service is a little different.
We don't just provide somewhere for your website to sit. In many cases, we're the same people who designed and built it.
If you contact us several years later because you need a new page, a form has stopped doing what you want, an email address needs changing or something simply doesn't look right, you don't have to explain your website from the beginning.
We already know it.
Some of our clients have been with Blueflowers for many years, and that continuity makes ongoing website support considerably easier.
Make your own changes — or leave them to us
If you want to update your own content, you can. We can show you how to make everyday changes and we're available if you get stuck.
If you'd rather send us the new text, photographs or information and have us make the changes, that's fine too.
Many clients use a combination — looking after the things they're comfortable with and leaving technical work or larger changes to us.
Moving an existing website to Blueflowers
Already have a website hosted somewhere else?
Depending on how it's built and what it requires, we may be able to move the website and email hosting to Blueflowers and take over its ongoing management.
We'll look at the existing setup first, identify what's involved and let you know whether moving it makes sense.
Sometimes an established website is perfectly suitable to move as it is. Sometimes ageing software or other technical issues mean rebuilding it is the more sensible long-term option.
Domains, DNS and the technical bits
We can help manage the technical configuration behind your online presence, including connecting domains to websites, configuring email records, setting up redirects and dealing with the less visible details that most business owners shouldn't need to worry about.
If you need a new domain name, we can help with that too.
Hosting that grows with your website
A simple business website and a busy membership, ecommerce or event website don't necessarily have the same hosting requirements.
We'll recommend hosting appropriate to the website rather than trying to squeeze every client into exactly the same package.
As a website grows or its requirements change, we can adjust the setup where necessary.
Looking for hosting with ongoing support?
We'll keep the technical side as straightforward as possible and be here when you need us.