Jonathan Brealey and Tim Beresford have been significant players in the UK's web hosting and domain name registration market for over ten years.
Starting in 1997 they realised that even though the Internet was becoming increasingly popular, web hosting services were predominantly technical in nature. This meant that customers needed a good level of technical expertise to manage their accounts, often including UNIX skills. Jonathan and Tim set out to change this.
At the end of 1997 they launched WebFusion and offered a range of Business, Home and Reseller web hosting packages. WebFusion products were easy-to-use, yet still had many of the features that Webmasters were starting to demand.
WebFusion grew at a fast pace, with a never-ending array of new products and features, including the "Virtual Control Panel", which was first released in August 1998. The Virtual Control Panel was the first automated control panel to be offered by any UK web hosting company, allowing the user to manage their account online via the Web.
In March 1999 Dedicated Servers was launched and was the first UK company to provide dedicated servers for SMEs. It was soon one of Cobalt's (now part of Sun Microsystems) largest customers due to sales of the Cobalt RaQ web hosting server, second only to AT&T. By the end of January 2000 they employed over 30 staff and had annual turnover of over two million pounds, with a net profit in excess of five hundred thousand pounds.
They had also created a purpose-built web hosting data centre with features such as fire suppression, backup generator, uninterruptible power supplies, raised floor, air conditioning, multiple fibre links to the Internet and more.
In May 2000 they sold WebFusion to Host Europe PLC, a web hosting company listed on the Alternative Investment Market, part of the London Stock Exchange. Jonathan became Group Managing Director and Tim was Chief Technology Officer.
After the acquisition, initially WebFusion operated as a separate autonomous company to Host Europe and it was in this time that Jonathan and Tim developed 123-reg, a low-cost domain name registration system that is now the UK's largest domain name registration company.
In March 2003 Jonathan and Tim left Host Europe. In the time that they were there sales grew to 14 million pounds per year; domains under management to 435,000; and there were 75,000 shared hosting accounts, 4200 dedicated servers and over 90,000 customers.
Not content with past success they have now launched Heart Internet, a new web hosting and domain name registration business. Heart Internet's core beliefs include:
Low prices
Highly automated systems
Giving our customers control
Powerful products
Small teams of high quality employees
Heart Internet is continuing with the Innovative approach to web hosting that Jonathan and Tim have always pioneered. Two new innovations are available at the launch of Heart Internet:
Free Web Hosting No charges - ever! Get a fully featured, no limits web hosting solution and pay nothing - ever! We don't run adverts on your site and you can use it for commercial use. This is a first in the web hosting industry.
The UK's Best Reseller Package The level of flexibility in the way that you can work is unlike anything any other hosting company offers. Unlike with any other hosting company, with Heart Internet domains and hosting are separate entities, like a pick-and-mix arrangement. We provide you with a control panel that allows you to allocate domains to any account at any time and change them at any point. You can configure the packages you want to offer your customers and can edit those individually at any time, without affecting your other users.
This section links to other websites that provide free research information about Heart Internet Ltd.
BBB Reliability Reports™ - Free reports on businesses that provide background, licensing, consumer experience and other information such as governmental actions. These free reports are available for businesses that have - and have not - been evaluated against our standards for ethical marketplace behavior. View BBB Record (Better Business Bureau)
WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. View Whois Record
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of websites. By using this service, you can see how the hosting providers website has changed over time. View Internet Archive's WayBack Machine
This section provides some background information for Heart Internet Ltd.
Year Established: 2003
Legal Structure: Limited Liability Company (LLC)
# of Office Locations: 1
# of Employees: Unknown
Alexa Data: Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that provides owner information and web traffic about websites. The information shown below is retrived from the Alexa database.
This section searches various news providers and press release websites for Heart Internet Ltd. A maximum of 25 search results will be displayed, with the newest shown first.
This section provides an insight into the billing policies for Heart Internet Ltd.
Money Back Guarantee: 30 Days
Billing Cycle/Options:• Monthly • Annually
Payment Method(s):• Electronic Funds Transfer • Visa • MasterCard • Maestro/Switch • Solo • Visa Electron
Miscellaneous Fees
Additional IP #'s: Unknown
Additional Databases: Unknown
OVERAGE FEES: The prices below are charged for exceeding the monthly hosting plan limit.
Bandwidth Charge: Plan Upgrade Required
Disk Space: Unknown
HOURLY BILLING RATE: This hourly billing rate is for support/administrative duties that are outside of the normal service plan (such as reinstalling the operating system, custom work, etc.).
ACCOUNT REACTIVATION FEE: If your account is suspended (for nonpayment, returned payment, etc.) this is the fee you'll have to pay.
Reactivation Fee: Unknown
BACKUP RESTORATION FEE: If your website files are corrupt and must be restored from the providers backup, this is the fee you'll have to pay to restore your website.
From time to time, web hosting provider's may offer a special discount or include free extras to encourage you to try their service. These freebees may include; no setup charge, extra memory, more bandwidth, or even a free 2nd hard drive.
Shown below are the current special(s) that Heart Internet Ltd is offering.
Shared Hosting Coupon
Coupon Expires: 00/00/0000
Current Offer: No Shared Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
VPS Hosting Coupon
Coupon Expires: 00/00/0000
Current Offer: No Dedicated/VPS Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
Dedicated Server Coupon
Coupon Expires: 00/00/0000
Current Offer: No Dedicated/VPS Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
Please Note: The information in this section is provided by Heart Internet Ltd, and can change frequently. If you discover a special offer listed here that has expired or is not being honored, please use the "Report An Error" link below.
Shown below is the Overall User Rating for Heart Internet Ltd.
The Overall User Rating provides a well-rounded and balanced overview of a company's performance, based on the 8 important rating criteria shown below.
The rating scale used is based on the popular five star model, with five stars being the best and 1 star being the worst. 3 stars is average, and all rating criteria starts with 3 stars (the default).
Please Note: The User Star Rating is left by users and/or visitors of the hosting company's website, and by users of this Host Directory. Because of the anonymous nature of these ratings (and the Internet in general), do not select a host by these ratings alone. Please refer to the Using This Directory page under the Consumer Information heading for more information.
Cast Your Vote for Heart Internet Ltd
Your opinion is wanted! You can help other community members make informed planning and buying decisions by rating your personal experience with Heart Internet Ltd. Please use good judgment when leaving your ratings, and base them on facts and not emotions!
To Maintain Quality, Only Registered Users Can Vote!
Your Hosting Store, Inc.
2507 West 20th Street
Sioux City, IA 51103-2307 USA
Phone: 712-258-3515
Fax: 712-258-3374
The web hosting provider is the foundation for your website. It doesn't matter whether your website is a personal home page or a full-service e-commerce website; you need a reliable web hosting provider. When you use this Web Hosting Directory as a research tool, you'll save a lot of time, hassle, and expense when selecting a web host. Plus, you'll know which web hosting provider is right for you, based on your current needs and future website plans.
Web Hosting Directory, Business Forums and more at YourHostingStore.com
(1 votes) 
Skype: 
AOL: 
ICQ: 
MSN: 
Yahoo!: 
BBB Reliability Reports™ - Free reports on businesses that provide background, licensing, consumer experience and other information such as governmental actions. These free reports are available for businesses that have - and have not - been evaluated against our standards for ethical marketplace behavior. 
WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. 
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of websites. By using this service, you can see how the hosting providers website has changed over time. 
Account