"Moved three client sites here after our old host suspended an affiliate site over a single unverified DMCA email. LaunchPad asked for the signed notice, gave us 72 hours to respond, and the complaint fell apart on review. That's how it's supposed to work."
Privacy-first ·
Offshore-friendly ·
Crypto-native ·
EU jurisdiction
Privacy-first hosting &
offshore-friendly domains.
Without the shady host vibes.
NVMe + LiteSpeed shared hosting from $4/mo, plus wholesale domain registration with free WHOIS privacy baked in. Anonymous-friendly signup, pay with card, Bitcoin, Lightning, or Monero. Due-process on complaints, never a trigger-happy takedown.
99.97%
90-day uptime
<1.2s
avg TTFB, WP
30 days
money-back
Crypto
accepted
Privacy-first hosting
The privacy-first host for people who actually ship.
Fast stack, honest pricing, and a host that reads DMCA notices before it reaches for the power cable. Built for the folks who've been burned by US-style takedown reflexes.
Indie builders
Crypto projects
Journalists
VPN operators
Adult-legal creators
Gambling affiliates
Privacy baked in, not sold as an upsell
Free WHOIS privacy on every domain, anonymous-friendly signup, no invasive KYC beyond what the law requires. EU jurisdiction keeps you out of the US-style takedown reflex.
Crypto-native checkout
Self-hosted BTCPay — pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or Monero and we never see your payment data. Cards accepted too if you'd rather. Zero surcharge on crypto, ever.
Due process, not panic buttons
We require a real, verified complaint before touching your site. No reflexive takedowns from form-letter copyright bots. No shadow suspensions. You get notified, you get time to respond.
99.98% uptime SLA
<200ms EU TTFB
30-day money-back
EU jurisdiction
Domains & hosting in one place
Grab your domain at wholesale prices.
Free WHOIS privacy, free DNS, no upsell games. Transfer out anytime — we never block it. You own your domain, we just register it.
.com from $10.99/yr
.net from $12.99/yr
.org from $11.99/yr
.io from $39.99/yr
.dev from $14.99/yr
.xyz from $1.99/yr
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Privacy-first · Offshore-friendly · Crypto-native
Hosting & domains for people the big-name hosts keep kicking off.
If you've been burned by trigger-happy hosts, mass-complaint takedowns, or registrars that hand your WHOIS to anyone with a form letter — we're the reset button. Privacy-first shared hosting, offshore-friendly domain registration, and no-surprise acceptable use, all running from an EU jurisdiction that takes due process seriously.
Anonymous-friendly domain registration
Free WHOIS privacy on every TLD that permits it. Register with just an email — no ID uploads, no address verification. Your registrant data stays ours, not a public database every scammer scrapes.
EU-jurisdiction, offshore-friendly hosting
Our datacenter sits inside GDPR jurisdiction, not the US takedown-first reflex zone. If your content is legal where we host, you're safe to publish — no DMCA-panic suspensions, no preemptive bans, no "we decided we don't like your niche."
Crypto-only checkout available
Pay in Bitcoin, Lightning, or Monero through our self-hosted BTCPay — no processor ever sees the transaction. Cards accepted for everyone else. Zero surcharge on crypto. Buy hosting without a bank record of it.
Due process on abuse complaints
We require a verified complaint, a real claimant, and give you written notice plus time to respond. Automated DMCA bots don't get to yank your site — copyright trolls don't either. What we don't tolerate: CSAM, phishing, spam, and malware. Everything legal is welcome.
Zero lock-in, transfer-out never blocked
Your domain, your site, your data. Unlock your domain for transfer in one click. Full cPanel/WHM backups available on demand. No hostage games, no 60-day blackouts, no "we accidentally lost your auth code."
Who actually hosts here
Indie SaaS founders. Crypto projects and DeFi dashboards. Journalists and whistleblower sites. VPN and proxy operators. Adult-legal creators. Gambling affiliates. Forums the big hosts got squeamish about. If it's legal where we host, we host it.
Simple plans. Honest pricing. No upsell traps.
Save up to 25% with annual billing. All plans include free SSL, one-click installers, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Starter
1 website, NVMe speed, free SSL — the cheapest way to launch.
$4
/month
Start Starter
- ✓ 1 website
- ✓ 10 GB NVMe SSD storage
- ✓ Unmetered bandwidth
- ✓ Free Let's Encrypt SSL
- ✓ Free daily backups (30 days retention)
- ✓ Free migration from any host
Most popular
Growth
Run up to 10 sites with priority support.
$8
/month
Start Growth
- ✓ Up to 10 websites
- ✓ 50 GB NVMe SSD storage
- ✓ Unmetered bandwidth
- ✓ Free SSL on every domain
- ✓ Free daily backups (60 days retention)
- ✓ Free email hosting (10 mailboxes)
Scale
Unlimited sites, priority queue, dedicated resources.
$16
/month
Start Scale
- ✓ Unlimited websites
- ✓ 150 GB NVMe SSD storage
- ✓ Unmetered bandwidth
- ✓ Free SSL on every domain
- ✓ Twice-daily backups (90 days retention)
- ✓ Unlimited email mailboxes
The stack, not the marketing
Fast by default. Yours by design.
Every plan ships with the stack we'd pick for our own projects. Real specs, not buzzwords.
Speed where it counts
NVMe SSDs, LiteSpeed Web Server with LSCache, HTTP/3 & QUIC, and Brotli compression. Sub-second TTFB on WordPress straight out of the one-click installer.
NVMe SSDLiteSpeed 6HTTP/3PHP 8.3
Free-speech-friendly AUP
We don't police your legal content. Crypto sites, adult-legal creators, forums, journalism, VPN operators — if it's legal where we host, it's welcome. Strict on CSAM, phishing, spam, malware.
Payments without friction
Stripe & Razorpay for cards. Self-hosted BTCPay for Bitcoin, Lightning, and Monero. Zero surcharge on crypto, zero processor-leaked data, zero forced KYC beyond what law requires.
Visa / MCBTCLightningXMR
Free white-glove migration
Bring your site from any cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, or managed WordPress host. A human moves it over with zero downtime, tests everything, then flips DNS. No hidden fees.
cPanelPleskWordPressCustom
Security & backups, included
Free Let's Encrypt SSL with auto-renew, daily off-site JetBackup snapshots (14-day retention), ModSecurity WAF, Imunify360 malware scanning, and brute-force protection at the edge.
Daily backupsFree SSLWAFImunify360
Real engineers, not a chatbot
Open a ticket and a technician who actually runs servers picks it up. Most replies under 2 hours. Weekends included. No tiered ticket purgatory, no outsourced copy-paste answers.
<2h avg reply24/7In-house team
Free forever · No signup
Free webmaster tools, no signup required.
DNS, WHOIS, propagation, Core Web Vitals, site health — ten tools you'd normally pay for, free with generous anonymous limits.
WHOIS Lookup
Registrar, creation date, expiry, nameservers, DNSSEC status — for any domain.
DNS Lookup & Records Checker
All DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CAA, SPF, DMARC) for any domain.
DNS Propagation Checker
Check DNS propagation across 12 global resolvers in real time.
Site Validator
Validate robots.txt, sitemap.xml, SSL certificate, and security headers.
PageSpeed & Core Web Vitals
Google Lighthouse scores: performance, SEO, accessibility, best practices.
DNS History Checker
Historical DNS, SSL certificates, subdomains & Wayback snapshots for any domain.
★ 4.8 / 5 · 137 reviews
Why people leave their old host for LaunchPad.
Real feedback from indie builders, crypto projects, adult-legal creators, and privacy-conscious teams who got tired of panic-suspensions.
"Paid in Monero, got the hosting account + domain provisioned in under 10 minutes, WHOIS privacy free forever. I've been burned by Njalla and Eranet — LaunchPad is the first one that didn't randomly suspend me three months later."
"Was looking for a bulletproof-hosting alternative that wasn't sketchy. LaunchPad hits the sweet spot — EU jurisdiction, real due process on complaints, and stack performance that beats Hostinger on TTFB. Been here 7 months, zero drama."
FAQ
Offshore hosting, bulletproof alternatives, honestly answered.
The questions people actually search for, answered without marketing-department hedging.
What is offshore hosting?
Offshore hosting means your website runs from a datacenter outside your home country's jurisdiction — usually chosen for stronger privacy laws, due-process complaint handling, or protection from over-aggressive takedown regimes. We run from EU jurisdiction (GDPR), which rejects the US-style takedown-first reflex and requires a verified legal complaint before any action is taken against your site. See our offshore hosting guide for the full breakdown.
What is bulletproof hosting, and is LaunchPad Host a bulletproof host?
"Bulletproof hosting" is a loose industry term for providers that ignore most complaints. We are not a bulletproof host. We don't host CSAM, phishing, spam, or malware, and we cooperate with lawful court orders. What we do offer is a sensible bulletproof-hosting alternative: due-process complaint handling, no panic suspensions over a single email, and EU jurisdiction. For most legitimate privacy-sensitive projects, that's the real protection people are actually looking for.
What is DMCA-ignored hosting, and do you offer it?
"DMCA-ignored hosting" is a term people search for when they're tired of hosts that suspend accounts over unverified DMCA emails. We operate under EU jurisdiction, where the US DMCA does not directly apply — but we do not "ignore" legitimate complaints. We require signed, verified legal notices from the rights-holder or their authorized counsel, give you written notice, and give you time to respond before any action. Copyright trolls and competitor-filed fake complaints don't get to yank your site. Read our full acceptable use & complaints policy.
Is offshore hosting legal?
Yes. Hosting your website in another jurisdiction is completely legal for legitimate content. What you publish must be legal where it's hosted — EU, in our case. That rules out CSAM, fraud, phishing, and malware everywhere, but leaves room for journalism, crypto projects, adult-legal content, gambling affiliate sites, VPN operators, and other legitimate businesses that over-cautious US hosts often refuse.
Can I pay with Bitcoin or Monero?
Yes. We accept Bitcoin (on-chain), Bitcoin Lightning, and Monero via our self-hosted BTCPay Server, alongside Visa, Mastercard, and Apple Pay. Crypto checkout requires no ID and no KYC beyond an email address.
Do you offer anonymous domain registration?
ICANN requires every domain registration to have real registrant data on file — no legitimate registrar can offer "fully anonymous" domains without lying. What we do provide: free WHOIS privacy forever on every TLD that allows it, anonymous-friendly signup on our side (email + crypto is enough), and wholesale pricing passed through from our upstream registrar partners. Your real data is held by the registrar; the public WHOIS shows privacy service details. Browse offshore-friendly TLDs on our domains page.
Why is there no free offshore hosting?
Free offshore hosting doesn't really exist because the economics don't work — free hosts have to monetize through ads, data harvesting, or caving to any complaint that arrives. Real offshore-friendly hosting means someone is paying for the datacenter space, the legal review on complaints, and the crypto-friendly payment rails. We keep entry pricing at $4/mo specifically to make it accessible while keeping the business sustainable.