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MavenHost: our dedicated platform for domains, hosting and email.

MavenHost is the Inara Crest platform for domains, web and email hosting, VPS and dedicated servers. Order and manage services there directly — and bring in Inara Crest engineers when hosting is part of a larger system.

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About MavenHost

One place to buy, run and manage your online presence.

Inara Crest Technologies focuses on software, ICT and systems engineering. MavenHost is our dedicated product for the services almost every organisation needs online: a domain, a website host and business email.

Customers search, order and pay on maven-host.com, then manage their domains, hosting and invoices from one account.

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Domains

Search, register and transfer domains, and manage their DNS.

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Hosting & email

Web, email and reseller hosting, managed VPS and dedicated servers.

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AI website builder

Draft a website with AI, review it and publish it on MavenHost hosting.

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One account

Domains, hosting services and invoices managed together from a single customer account.

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Domain registration

Register the domain your organisation is known by

Your domain is the address for your website and your email. It is part of your brand, so register it early and keep it under your organisation’s control.

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Good for

  • New businesses and organisations
  • New brands, products or campaigns
  • Protecting your name with additional extensions

Before you order

  • Choose something short, easy to spell and easy to say over the phone.
  • A .co.ke domain signals a Kenyan presence; a .com suits international audiences. Many organisations register both.
  • Register the domain in the organisation’s name, keep contact details current and turn on auto-renewal.

Domain transfer

Bring an existing domain under one roof

Transferring a domain moves its registration to MavenHost so domains, hosting and email can be managed together.

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Good for

  • Domains scattered across several registrars
  • Domains registered by a former supplier or employee
  • Consolidating renewals and billing

Before you order

  • Unlock the domain at the current registrar and request its authorisation (EPP) code.
  • Make sure you can receive email at the domain’s administrative contact address.
  • Record the current DNS settings before you start so the website and email keep working.
  • Generic domains such as .com cannot usually be transferred within 60 days of registration or a previous transfer.

Web hosting

Reliable hosting for websites and web applications

Web hosting keeps your website online and fast. Shared hosting plans are the economical starting point for most corporate websites.

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Good for

  • Corporate and brochure websites
  • Content-managed sites and blogs
  • Small web applications and online stores

Before you order

  • Check storage, the number of websites and email accounts each plan allows.
  • Make sure SSL certificates and regular backups are included.
  • Plan for growth: moving to a VPS later is straightforward if your site outgrows shared hosting.

Email hosting

Professional email on your own domain

Addresses such as name@yourcompany.co.ke build trust, stay with the organisation when staff change and keep business mail off personal accounts.

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Good for

  • Teams moving off free personal email
  • Organisations changing email provider
  • Shared addresses such as info@ and accounts@

Before you order

  • Plan mailbox sizes and shared addresses before migrating.
  • Publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC records so your mail is delivered, not flagged as spam.
  • Keep the old service active for a few days while DNS changes take effect.
  • Sending newsletters or notifications in volume? Use a bulk email service rather than staff mailboxes.

Managed VPS

Dedicated resources for growing applications

A virtual private server gives your application its own allocation of processing power and memory, isolated from other customers.

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Good for

  • Business systems and custom applications
  • Sites with steady or growing traffic
  • Applications needing specific software or configuration

Before you order

  • Size CPU, memory and storage to the application’s measured needs, with room to grow.
  • Agree who is responsible for operating-system updates, security and backups.
  • Ideal for systems we build for you — we can deploy and maintain them on it.

Dedicated servers

A whole server for demanding systems

A dedicated server gives one organisation all of a physical server’s resources — for high-demand workloads or where isolation matters.

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Good for

  • High-traffic platforms and large databases
  • Workloads with strict isolation requirements
  • Organisations consolidating several systems

Before you order

  • Confirm the hardware specification against peak, not average, load.
  • Plan monitoring, backups and a recovery procedure from day one.
  • Consider whether several VPS instances would give more flexibility at lower cost.

Reseller hosting

Host and manage websites for your own clients

Reseller hosting lets web designers and agencies host client websites under separate accounts that they manage.

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Opens on MavenHost

Good for

  • Web design agencies and freelancers
  • IT providers bundling hosting with their services

Before you order

  • Estimate the number of client sites and their combined storage.
  • Decide how you will bill clients and handle their support requests.

SEO checks on MavenHost

Check your website’s SEO basics before you publish.

Build a site with the MavenHost AI website builder, then run technical SEO checks on the draft saved to your account.

Choosing hosting

Which hosting fits?

A quick comparison of the three main options. Not sure? An engineer can size it with you.

  • Web hosting

    Best for
    Websites and small web apps
    Resources
    Shared with other sites
    Configuration control
    Control panel
    Relative cost
    Lowest

  • Managed VPS

    Best for
    Business systems and growing applications
    Resources
    Allocated to you
    Configuration control
    Greater control
    Relative cost
    Moderate

  • Dedicated server

    Best for
    High-demand or isolated workloads
    Resources
    Entire physical server
    Configuration control
    Full control
    Relative cost
    Highest

From Inara Crest

The engineering around your hosting.

Use our engineers when hosting is part of a larger system — or when you would rather not configure it yourself.

Discuss your infrastructure

  • Hosting & infrastructure planning

    Choosing between web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers based on your application, traffic and budget.

  • Application & website deployment

    Deploying the systems we build — and those you already own — onto the right hosting environment.

  • Business email set-up & migration

    Setting up email on your domain and moving existing mailboxes with minimal disruption.

  • DNS and domain configuration

    Pointing domains, configuring DNS records and setting up email authentication correctly.

  • Integration with your systems

    Connecting hosted applications to your office network, databases and other business systems.

  • Ongoing support

    Maintenance and support of hosted systems under the same agreement as the rest of your IT.

Already a MavenHost customer?

Account, billing and service questions are handled by MavenHost support.

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Planning a deployment or migration?

Tell us what you are hosting and what it connects to. We will recommend the right MavenHost environment and handle the set-up.

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