Thread: eUKhost.com

I hate to be an old cynic, but any post like this does smell of advertising, especially when you don't say what domain you'e hosting with them, or even have it in your profile.

Personally i'm a great believer in "if it looks too good to be true it normally is". I''ve got no idea about the host in question, however as i've not heard anything about them.

I think there's a thread on these people in www.webhostingtalk.com as well...

Cheeky but worthwhile

Have you emailed their sales team? Did they respond quickly and helpfully? Are they a registered company? ect...

no i havent emailed thier sales team yet....

will do when i think i have a reasonable amount of decnet replies.......

dont want to waste their time...

I wouldn't worry about that

what do you mean by registered company etc... what do you think i need to look for

As far as I know there's no legal requirement to be registered with companies house (there a few advantages) but you can check here:

http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/info/

We're registered as Xanthus Design Limited and not XISP so you can't always assume that the trading name is the company name. If they're registered it will probably say so on their web site.

If you're a Ltd company, a Plc or an LLP (possibly also partnership as well) you will be listed at Companies House, since CH handle registrations of all these business types.

Now, if you're "self employed" (which is a status in its own right) or a "sole trader" then I don't believe you'll be listed.

So, it's quite possible that eUKhost might not be in the CH database if they fall into one of these categories, or simply that "eUKhost" could just be a trading name for their actual registered business name.

I believe that if you're Ltd/Plc/LLP then you're required under CH rules to publish your company number and registered office on any documentation you provide to customers.. now you could extend that to web site as well, but as far as I know they don't specifically include "web site" in that rule currently.

Someone here recently was saying that by law you now have to publish contact details if you're trading on-line, I'm not sure what act that falls under?

Legal requirements aside, I should think that publishing some basic info about the official details of your business status would be a good thing to do to promote yourself as being a genuine and honest business, regardless of whether it's legally required. Of course, this doesn't mean a company that doesn't is necessarily bad (aside from breaking any legal requirements).