Hosting by Country
Web hosting for France
What actually matters if you are buying from France: which local domains we can register, what your card is charged, how fast our servers are from where you are, the tax position, and the payment methods we cannot yet take.
The Six Things That Differ
Buying from France, specifically
Not a template with your country's name dropped in — these are the details that genuinely change depending on where you are.
Local domains
We register .fr directly.
Prices in your currency
Shown in EUR, charged in USD. Your bank converts and may add a fee.
Speed from London
About 10–35 ms round trip. Genuinely fast. No practical disadvantage against a local host.
Support in your hours
CET/CEST — one hour ahead of our team. First reply target is under 2 hours, any hour, in English.
Local Domains
What your country's extension costs
Real prices from our price list, not indicative figures.
| Extension | First year |
|---|---|
| .fr | $11.99 |
| .eu | $8.99you're eligible as an EU resident |
See the full price list for all 65 extensions we register.
Specifically France
What's genuinely different here
Paris to London is around 10 ms, one of the shortest international hops in Europe. We sell .fr domains, which require a registrant based in the EU — so as a French buyer you qualify, where a US buyer would not. One caveat specific to France: if your card is Cartes Bancaires only and not co-badged, it may be declined.
Paying Us
Cards work. Here's what doesn't.
The gap between what we accept and how your country actually pays — stated before you reach checkout.
What we take
Visa, Mastercard and American Express — credit or debit, issued in France or anywhere else, as long as the card is enabled for international payments. Processed by Stripe, so your card details never reach our servers.
What we can't take yet
Cartes Bancaires cards issued in France usually work as they are co-badged with Visa or Mastercard. Purely domestic CB-only cards may not, and we cannot take PayPal yet.
Full detail on payment methods and how currency works.
Cities
Local pages for France
More detail on the local market, city by city.
Common Questions
Buying hosting from France
Can I buy hosting from France?
Yes. We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express issued in France, and your account is set up automatically once payment goes through — there is no manual approval step and no requirement to be based in the UK. Prices display in EUR so you can judge the cost, and the charge itself reaches your card in USD.
How do most people in France prefer to pay, and can you take it?
Here is the honest answer rather than the flattering one. Cartes Bancaires cards issued in France usually work as they are co-badged with Visa or Mastercard. Purely domestic CB-only cards may not, and we cannot take PayPal yet. What we can always take is a card enabled for international payments. If that does not work for you, we would rather you knew before spending time choosing a plan.
Will my site be fast enough for visitors in France?
Our servers are in London, roughly 10–35 ms away from you. Genuinely fast. No practical disadvantage against a local host. For most sites the practical answer is that anonymous visitors reading cached pages will not notice the distance, because those pages can be served from an edge location near them. What you will notice is logged-in work — the WordPress admin, checkout, anything uncached — because that travels to London and back on every action. Our infrastructure page sets out exactly what a CDN fixes and what it cannot.
Do I pay tax on this order in France?
You are in the EU, so VAT may apply to your order. If it does, it is calculated and shown at checkout before you pay — never added afterwards. Buying as a VAT-registered business? Enter your VAT number and the reverse charge applies.
Do I need to be based in the UK to host with you?
No. We are a UK company — Bohzo Ltd, registered in England and Wales under number 15031604, which you can verify on the public Companies House register — but there is no residency or business-registration requirement to buy hosting from us. Customers in France order exactly as a UK customer does.
What if it turns out not to suit me?
Hosting plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee and reseller plans carry 7 days, so you can put a real site on the platform and measure the speed from your own audience rather than trusting our figures. If it does not work for you, take the refund. Domain registrations are the exception and cannot be refunded, because the registry charges us the moment a domain is registered.
Try it from France, risk-free.
Thirty days to measure real speed from your own audience. If the numbers don't work for you, take the refund.
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