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If you're not familiar with the Brave browser, check out [https://privacytests.org/ PrivacyTests.org]. Brave is based on Chromium just like Chrome and Edge, but has a built in ad-blocker and annoyance blocker that is better than most extensions you can install on any of the other browsers. You can even get paid to visit websites if you enable the option in the settings and set up a crypto wallet. | If you're not familiar with the Brave browser, check out [https://privacytests.org/ PrivacyTests.org]. Brave is based on Chromium just like Chrome and Edge, but has a built in ad-blocker and annoyance blocker that is better than most extensions you can install on any of the other browsers. You can even get paid to visit websites if you enable the option in the settings and set up a crypto wallet. | ||
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Using Brave's ad-blocker is a great way to support us with donations instead of viewing ads. However, as a non-profit fully funded by advertising revenue and donations, we appreciate you viewing our ads to help us stay in business. To double your donations from Brave, you can disable the Brave shields on our pages to view our ads, while also auto-contributing. | Using Brave's ad-blocker is a great way to support us with donations instead of viewing ads. However, as a non-profit fully funded by advertising revenue and donations, we appreciate you viewing our ads to help us stay in business. To double your donations from Brave, you can disable the Brave shields on our pages to view our ads, while also auto-contributing. | ||
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** Donations of Microsoft Rewards points [https://helionet.org/index/topic/62006-hh561624-can-i-donate-via-microsoft-rewards/#findComment-280045 can take between at least 2 months] and [https://helionet.org/index/topic/63324-hh830443-donations-via-bing/#findComment-285484 sometimes even up to 6 months] to be received.}} | ** Donations of Microsoft Rewards points [https://helionet.org/index/topic/62006-hh561624-can-i-donate-via-microsoft-rewards/#findComment-280045 can take between at least 2 months] and [https://helionet.org/index/topic/63324-hh830443-donations-via-bing/#findComment-285484 sometimes even up to 6 months] to be received.}} | ||
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If you don't view our ads, we don't earn any ad revenue from your visits to our site. It's free to allow our ads, and we promise they're not too annoying. Who knows? You might even see an ad for something amazing that you want to check out. Make sure to add our sites below to your to your ad-blocker "Allow List": | If you don't view our ads, we don't earn any ad revenue from your visits to our site. It's free to allow our ads, and we promise they're not too annoying. Who knows? You might even see an ad for something amazing that you want to check out. Make sure to add our sites below to your to your ad-blocker "Allow List": | ||
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Revision as of 22:13, 4 June 2025
How You Can Help
HelioHost provides community-powered free hosting for everyone. There are several ways you can help support us.
Make a Donation
Donate via PayPal or Crypto
The best way to help us keep providing free hosting is by donating at heliohost.org/donate. You can donate via PayPal, Microsoft Points, Brave Creators, or the cryptocurrencies listed on the page.
In some countries, you can donate using a Debit or Credit Card, so PayPal will act as the card payment processor, but you will not need a PayPal account. If this option is available to you, after clicking on the yellow PayPal button, you should see the 'Donate with Debit or Credit Card' option.
Corporate Donation Matching
A lot of employers will make a donation match to approved 501(c)(3) charities, which is what HelioHost is. So, if you donate $100 your job might match your donation and send another $100 to us. You can ask at work to see if your company has a donation matching program like this, and then search for us under 'Helio Networks' or 'HelioHost'.
Donate via Charityvest
You can donate to Helio Networks via Charityvest and it will be fee-free, since HelioHost is registered with the PayPal Giving Fund, which is the method Charityvest uses to enable electronic payments to charities.
Donate via Facebook
In some countries, you can donate on the HelioHost Facebook page.
Donate via Brave browser
HelioHost is a Verified Creator in the Brave Creators program. This means that if you use the Brave web browser, you can now donate to us by clicking the triangle shape while viewing heliohost.org or helionet.org or Plesk, and then clicking Send Contribution. If you have auto-contribute enabled, you can donate to us simply by using our website and forum as you normally would.
If you're not familiar with the Brave browser, check out PrivacyTests.org. Brave is based on Chromium just like Chrome and Edge, but has a built in ad-blocker and annoyance blocker that is better than most extensions you can install on any of the other browsers. You can even get paid to visit websites if you enable the option in the settings and set up a crypto wallet.
Donate via Edge browser
In some countries, you can donate using the Edge browser by visiting heliohost.org and clicking the 'Donate' button.
Donate Cash in Edge
You can choose to donate cash via Benevity.
Donate Microsoft Rewards Points in Edge
You can choose to donate using Microsoft Rewards points via Benevity.
Please note that:
- Microsoft Rewards points cannot be used for Morty or Tommy accounts or for the purchase of paid services.
- Donations of Microsoft Rewards points cannot be traced back to the individual who made them. Microsoft combines everything and sends it to us without including any information about the dates of individual donations or details about the people who made them.
- Donations of Microsoft Rewards points can take between at least 2 months and sometimes even up to 6 months to be received.
Use Our Affiliate Links
HelioHost has an affiliate agreement with Namecheap, so if you're in the market for a new domain we highly recommend purchasing it from them.
Using the affiliate banner below to sign up and register your domain will not cost you anything extra, but it helps HelioHost earn a bit of commission for the referral.
After checking if your preferred domain name is available, sometimes there will be a Promo Code to get a lower price for the first year.
After you've purchased a domain from Namecheap, set the nameservers to ns1.heliohost.org and ns2.heliohost.org and we can host the website on your brand new domain for you. For more details, visit our Namecheap DNS Record Management guide.
Spread the Word
Refer Your Friends and Family
As a small non-profit funded by donations, we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, and rely on word of mouth recommendations so we can find more users and continue to grow. If you know someone who is looking for an affordable VPS, inexpensive or free web hosting, please refer us! Note: If you share an internet connection or computer with the friend or family member that you refer to us, please contact us before they sign up to let us know. Users are only allowed 1 account on the Tommy and Johnny servers, and letting us know ahead of time of the referral enables us to adjust the Duplicate Account Detection System.
Put our Banner on your Site
You can find some user-contributed HelioHost banner graphics to use in this HelioNet forum thread.
Put our Badge on your Site
Find a user-contributed configurable HelioHost badge to add to your site in this HelioNet forum thread.
Recommend Us
Recommend us on AlternativeTo
If you can think of a competitor to what we offer, find them on AlternativeTo.net and make sure HelioHost is listed on their page as an alternative option.
To give HelioHost an upvote as an alternative to our competitors, use the links in this HelioNet forum thread.
Mention us on Quora
Answer a question with a description of HelioHost on Quora.com. (Must be logged in to your Quora account to view this link.)
Review Us
Write a review about HelioHost at the sites below:
Review Us on Trustpilot
Review Us on Sitejabber
Review Us on Free-Webhosts
The details about what HelioHost offers are a little out of date on this site, since a lot has changed since 2018. HelioHost has doubled the storage offered to new accounts, for example. However new users still find us from reviews, so feel free to share your thoughts!
Review Us on WHTop
The details about what HelioHost offers are a little out of date on this site, since a lot has changed since 2020. However new users still find us from reviews, so feel free to share your thoughts!
Social Media
Post about us on Facebook
Let your Facebook friends know about us by posting on your timeline using this link.
Mention us on X (formerly Twitter)
Let your followers know you're hosting your website with us by using '@HelioHost' in your tweet. You can use this link.
Join the Community
HelioHost is community powered. We are active on the platforms below, and welcoming to new users. Please ensure you follow our simple rules.
- HelioNet forum
- Forum users must follow these terms
- HelioHost Discord channel
- Channel users must follow these rules