LightSpree Webhosting is Required

For the first year, every LightSpree site is required to be hosted on a LightSpree server. This first year, it’s important for us to maintain control via hosting so we can trouble shoot any issues that may arise quickly. Staying with LightSpree hosting means you’ll have exclusive access to any upgrades, improvements, and opportunities to purchase increased functionality for your site. But if you want to move to different hosting after the first year, that’s no problem at all. We will provide you with a downloadable version of your site so it can be taken to a host of your choosing.

Why Host with LightSpree?

Our hosting speeds are lightning fast, with tight security and excellent site support. Backups are created daily, making site recovery a snap.  The backbone of our hosting service is optimized specifically to suit our LightSpree Toolset.

What About Email?

Our philosophy with all clients is to separate your email services from your web servers. In the event that you lose connectivity to either service, chances are the remaining service will still be active. We stand behind Google Apps as our email provider. Not only does Google Apps have a nearly perfect uptime record, a Google Apps account gives you the power of their Enterprise Gmail and Google Docs for Business suite of tools– which offer a much more robust feature set than standard Google Docs.

Reliable, No-Hassle Email from Google Apps

Each LightSpree hosting package comes with 3 fully-functional email addresses and access to create unlimited system emails (such as info@ or accounting@, for example). These system emails do not have an inbox, but rather forwards to other assigned email addresses. Additional fully-functional email addresses can be purchased for $5 per address a month.

We Are a 501 (c)(3).  Doesn’t Google Have a Nonprofit Program?

As a 501 (c)(3), your ministry may be eligible for Google Apps for Nonprofits.  LightSpree will help you work with Google to join their nonprofit program, but Google does reserve the right to deny participation in the program for any reason, at any time.  To ensure our clients always have access to the resources, power and stability of Google Apps, the included account via our standard hosting plan will always apply, in the event your membership to the program is denied or terminated.  View the program requirements at Google’s Join the Program page.