A real home for your customers
We run our own platform and infrastructure, with engineers and support staff in the UK. Your clients move onto a business that is actively invested in — not asset-stripped and rebadged.
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- Confidential, founder-to-founder conversations
- Fair valuations with the maths shown
- Smooth migrations with no perceptible downtime
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Selling a company you've built from the ground up is a big decision. We work with founders to make sure their customers land somewhere they'll be looked after, and that you're paid fairly for the years of work that went into it.
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Why sell to Eco Hosting
A fair, transparent offer
You see how the number is built up. No vague multiples, no surprise deductions at the eleventh hour, and no clauses designed to claw money back after completion.
You deal with us directly
The people you're talking to are the people making the decision. There are no chains of intermediaries, no broker fees layered on top, and no waiting weeks for someone to reply.
Discreet, professional handling
Until contracts exchange, your staff and customers won't hear a word from us. When the time comes to communicate, we'll work with you on tone and timing.
What we're looking for
We've put together this list to save everyone time. If your business doesn't tick every box don't rule yourself out — get in touch and we'll let you know honestly whether we can make it work.
Required
- A UK-registered company with a UK-based customer book (typically 95%+).
- At least two years of trading history with stable or growing revenue.
- Hosting platform built on cPanel/WHM, with WHMCS as the billing system.
Running DirectAdmin, Plesk or Blesta instead? That's fine — get in touch and we'll have a look.
Preferred
- 500 or more active hosting accounts.
- Software stack kept on current, supported versions.
- Nominet TAG holder for .uk domain registrations.
- Domains predominantly delegated to your own nameservers.
- Supplier and licensing contracts that are monthly or close to renewal.
Nice to have
- Customers predominantly on monthly billing cycles.
- IPv4 ranges allocated directly from RIPE.
How the process works
- 1
Get in touch
Drop us a line via live chat, email or the contact form. The first conversation is short and informal — just enough for us both to work out whether it's worth taking further.
- 2
Mutual NDA
Before any commercial details are shared, both sides sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement. We use a digital signing service so it takes minutes, not days.
- 3
Valuation
We review your accounts, customer base, infrastructure and supplier obligations, then put a fair, written offer in front of you with the maths shown.
- 4
Heads of terms
Once we're aligned on the number, we agree dates, handover arrangements and any post-sale involvement before solicitors draft the formal contracts.
- 5
Migration
Customers are notified well in advance and migrations run outside business hours. The vast majority of accounts move with no perceptible downtime.
- 6
Handover complete
Final payment lands, your customers settle into our platform, and you're free to focus on whatever's next — whether that's another venture or simply some time off.
How you get paid
Every business is different, so we don't pretend valuations come out of a single formula. As a rough starting point, most deals settle somewhere around six to twelve months of recurring revenue from your shared, business and reseller hosting accounts — but the final number also takes EBITDA, customer mix, infrastructure and supplier obligations into account, and can land higher or lower than that range depending on the shape of your book. Whether it's paid as a single lump sum, an earn-out across the year, or a combination of both is up to you and what works for your tax position.
- Domain renewals are passed through at cost — we don't pad the valuation with a renewal book that isn't really yours to sell.
- Where retention bonuses apply, they typically vest on the first anniversary of completion, rewarding a clean handover.
- All sizes considered, from small lifestyle businesses through to larger books in the seven figures.
- No broker fees, no chains of intermediaries, and no surprise deductions at the eleventh hour.
Ready to talk?
Fill in as much as you're comfortable with — none of it is binding, and the only people who'll read it are our acquisitions team. We aim to come back to you within one working day. If you'd rather email directly, we're at acquisitions@enixltd.com.
