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Introduction

Zanzibar’s beaches, Stone Town’s heritage streets and its spice farms draw visitors from all over the world. Almost every one of them plans the trip online: they compare hotels, read about tours and send enquiries weeks or months before they arrive. For hotels, resorts, guides and restaurants on the islands, reliable web hosting in Zanzibar is part of filling rooms and tours.

Hostnali serves clients across Tanzania, Zanzibar included, with fast, secure and affordable hosting: domain registration, shared hosting, VPS servers, reseller hosting and eCommerce hosting. Whether you run a boutique hotel, a dive centre or a spice tour, there is a plan that fits.

Doing business online in Zanzibar

Tourism shapes the islands’ economy. Beach hotels and resorts, guest houses in Stone Town, tour and excursion companies, dive and boat operators, spice tour guides and restaurants all compete for the same visitors, and many of those visitors arrive having already chosen where to stay and what to do. Zanzibar has its own business registration and tax arrangements, so check the Zanzibar rules that apply to your business when you set up.

What businesses in Zanzibar use their websites for:

• Hotels, resorts and guest houses showing rooms, rates and booking forms
• Tour, dive and boat operators listing excursions and taking enquiries
• Spice tour and heritage guides telling the story of Stone Town and the farms
• Restaurants, cafés and craft shops reaching visitors before they land

Getting started is simple: a .co.tz domain costs TZS 41,800 a year, web hosting starts at TZS 47,960 a year with free SSL and daily backups, and our web design team can build the site for you. Pay by card, bank transfer or mobile money.

Why Choose Hostnali for Web Hosting in Zanzibar?

Travellers browse from many countries and many devices. A slow or broken site sends them to the next hotel. With Hostnali you get:

• 99.99% uptime guarantee, with service credits in our Terms
• NVMe SSD storage, LiteSpeed and LiteSpeed Cache for large photo galleries
• Free SSL, so booking forms show the padlock
• cPanel and Softaculous for one-click WordPress
• 24/7 support by live chat and ticket, in every season

Domain Registration in Zanzibar

Many island businesses want an address that works for foreign guests and local partners alike. Domain registration in Zanzibar with Hostnali covers both:

• .co.tz and .tz for a Tanzanian identity
• .com and .africa for international travellers
• Transfer domains you already own
• If the registry asks for business details or documents, our team tells you what to send

Get ideas from how to choose the best domain name for your business in Tanzania.

Shared Hosting in Zanzibar

Shared hosting is the right start for most hotel, tour and restaurant websites:

• Free SSL and LiteSpeed Cache
• Unlimited email accounts for reservations, front desk and guides
• A free domain on every plan except Starter
• WordPress staging to test seasonal offers before guests see them
• Daily backups with daily, weekly and monthly restore points

Most hotel sites run on WordPress: see WordPress hosting and our tips on speeding up WordPress.

VPS Hosting in Zanzibar

A resort group with several properties, a booking engine or a busy travel portal may need a VPS: dedicated resources and root access, from TZS 32,560 a month on VPS hosting.

• A Tanzanian VPS with a Tanzanian IP address, hosted in Tanzania, from TZS 72,160 a month
• International VPS in Europe and the USA, near many of your guests
• Linux or Windows VPS
• Self-managed by default; add managed VPS and backups at checkout

Reseller Hosting in Zanzibar

Designers who build sites for the islands’ hotels and tour companies can host them under their own brand. Reseller hosting starts at TZS 55,000 a month:

• White-label hosting with your own nameservers
• WHM and a cPanel account for each client
• WHMCS for billing and renewals

Start with how reseller hosting works.

eCommerce Hosting in Zanzibar

Selling spices, crafts, tours or gift vouchers online? WooCommerce hosting gives your shop:

• Free SSL on checkout pages
• Fast storage and caching for product photos
• Space to grow in the high season

Your shop can take card payments from overseas buyers and mobile money wallets such as M-Pesa and Airtel Money from local customers, through your own payment accounts.

Get Started with Web Hosting in Zanzibar Today

Pick a plan, register your domain and get ready for the next season. Already have a site elsewhere? We move it with free website migration, and hosting comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us by live chat or ticket at any hour.

Get your Zanzibar business online with Hostnali today.