Managed Hosting - A Quick Start Guide for Managed Hosting Customers

Last updated: February 2026

When you invest in our Managed Hosting service we take care of everything for you in terms of servers, maintenance, backups etc but there are still a few things you need to set up and configure to get everything working. Click on the bold titles to read the documentation:

Account Settings - Changing your admin and portal passwords

Custom Domain Setup - if you want to use your own domain vs. your subdomain. We recommend you set this up first. Also change your password

Dashboard Settings - Set up your contact form details

Page Settings - This is the information that will be used throughout your site

Page Home Page - Setting up your home page

Shop Settings - Set up your shop details

Setting Up Email Configuration - Essential to make sending emails work

Setting Up Stripe Settings - Also essential to make payments work. Testing Your Store  - Essential. “Buy” a product in test mode before going live. How to do that is included in the Setting Up Stripe Settings documentation.

Adding Your First Product - How to add, edit and delete

Update Your Policy Documentation - All generic policy information needs updating

Optional: Setting Up The Shop As Your Home Page

Need Help? Getting In Touch: You have the contact form available in your dashboard area if you need any help with the above.

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