hosting.de

What the vendor is

hosting.de GmbH is a hosting and domain company based in Aachen, Germany. Its home page says it has been a partner for online projects since 2006, and the legal footer on the .adult page gives the company as hosting.de GmbH with an address in Aachen. The company says it runs its own infrastructure only in Germany and develops all its important systems in-house. It sells to agencies, freelancers and businesses, with the home page naming WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, TYPO3 and WooCommerce as platforms its hosting is tuned for. For a site operator the relevant products are shared web hosting, managed servers, cloud servers, an eCommerce server line and, for the adult niche, the .adult domain.

What it sells an operator

The .adult page says the extension is mainly used for websites that host content for adults, and that it serves to categorize that content clearly. It adds that the clear labeling can lead to clearer content management and targeted traffic. The page lists the extension as open for registration, gives the sponsoring organization as ICM Registry AD LLC of Tempe, Arizona, and names whois.nic.adult as its Whois server. Free DNS and a clear interface are listed as the advantages of registering there.

In October 2026 the .adult page lists the registration price at €159.90 per year, with a registration period of 12 months. Prices on the site include German VAT, and the footer says private customers from other EU countries may pay different VAT rates. The footer also says domain prices apply only to new registrations and can differ at renewal, so the renewal price of a .adult name is not fixed by the figure on the page.

The .adult page's technical section says nameserver changes are not checked. Names can use IPv4 and IPv6 nameservers, DNSSEC is supported, and a name needs between 2 and 13 nameservers. The cancellation period listed for the extension is 0 days.

Across all extensions the home page offers more than 800 endings, managed through the company's own Domain-Robot system for anything from one name to thousands, with built-in nameserver management and direct registration through its own accreditation. DNS management adds templates, automatic links between services and API access, and an API documentation page is linked from every page.

The hosting side is built around shared and managed products. The home page describes SSD-based web hosting with one-click CMS installation and daily backups, a free .de domain with the hosting offer, MariaDB databases with phpMyAdmin and secure external access, user accounts with separate rights for projects, FTP or databases, and a migration service that moves content and mailboxes with minimal downtime. Managed servers include daily backups, software updates and email support, and eCommerce servers are tuned for JTL, Shopware, WooCommerce and TYPO3. Cloud servers run on KVM with NVMe SSD storage and RAID10 protection, under a fair-use traffic policy and monthly contracts, with a choice of Linux distributions; the server section gives Aachen as the location. SSL runs from free Let's Encrypt certificates to premium ones, with a setup assistant and automatic validation.

The terms that decide the choice

The .adult page sets out the registry rules but no house rule on adult content, and the hosting pages do not mention adult content at all, so the published adult framing covers the name rather than the webspace or servers. On ownership, the page says a change of owner is free and can be made in the company's system, and that the registrant must be a person or an organization.

On transfers, the page gives a clear sequence. The old registrar must first release the name, a valid authorization code is needed, and the transfer is started in the company's system. The old registrar then has 5 days to confirm; if it does not respond in that time, the transfer is confirmed automatically, and a transfer normally completes in 5 days. On restores, the page says a deleted name can be restored in the company's system for up to 30 days after deletion.

For servers, the FAQ says there is no setup fee, only the monthly subscription with flexible contract terms, and that provisioning is automated and usually done within minutes of the order. Resources can be upgraded later through support.

Getting started and support

The domain route begins with an availability check on the .adult page. The hosting route is a short sign-up, and the home page says a web hosting account can be online in 2 minutes. A step-by-step setup assistant offers a choice of Apache or nginx and pre-configured profiles for WordPress, TYPO3 and Moodle. The home page promises one login, one invoice and one contact person across products, and its service plans add a dedicated contact person, consulting and development for customers who want them.

Support is a team in Germany, reachable by telephone and email, with office hours Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00. The home page says the team is active at WordCamp, JoomlaDay and technical conferences. A helpdesk and a status page are linked from the footer.

Company and track record

The company's pages describe hosting.de GmbH as a partner for online projects since 2006, with its own infrastructure in Germany and in-house developers for its key systems. The home page claims 3 server locations in Germany, more than 300,000 domains, 2,000 secure servers and more than 30,000 customers, and says the company has over 30 employees and is funded with its own capital, in the page's words "100 Prozent Eigenkapital". Its page description calls the hosting ISO 27001 certified, and an ISO 27001 page is linked in the footer.

Who it suits

For an adult site owner who wants a German company in the operator's chain, a .adult name on a 12-month registration term, a published transfer rule and a 30-day restore window, the offer is clear, and the pages are written in German. A .adult name registered there can be pointed at the company's own hosting, DNS and SSL products, all run from Germany, and a network with many names can manage them through the Domain-Robot and the API.

It fits less well for an operator who needs an adult-permissive hosting policy in writing, a DMCA procedure or support outside weekday office hours. The extension's terms rest on the registry rules rather than the company's own text, and the renewal price can differ from the listed registration price.

The strength is the German base, the published transfer sequence and the restore window, which an operator can check before buying.