Frequently Asked Questions

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What is adjunct access?

What is the fine print on the "two cents" free trial?

What is a resource accounting unit?

How do I set up TLS (HTTPS) for my web site?

What is an alternate emergency contact?

How exactly are storage charges calculated?

Will bandwidth charges apply to my ssh usage?

What are the default directories created when I set up a new site?

What is resource billing?

How do I transfer something to another member?

How do I set up two-factor authentication for my membership?

The IP addresses listed for my site have changed since I last looked. Should I be concerned?

How do I cancel my membership?

To manage services for multiple entities, should I create multiple memberships or accounts?

How did my account get overdrawn?

Can I change the name of my _____?

How can people contribute funds to support my site?

If I want to start my site over, should I delete it and make another with the same name?

Why was I warned that my PayPal deposit is nonrefundable?

How come I can't ping/traceroute stuff on your network?

How do I sign up my friend for NearlyFreeSpeech.NET?

I tried to change my contact email address but I never got a confirmation email. How do I get another one sent to me?

You forwarded me a DMCA notification affecting my site. Now what?

What is maintenance mode?

How do I transfer something from one account to another on my membership?

How can multiple people manage services hosted here?

Why does my bank's website say you charged my credit card even though your site said the payment(s) failed?

What is the "Excess Non-Production Sites" charge?

I don't log in to your site all the time. How do I stay up to date on news and announcements?

How do I remove or replace my two-factor device?

How do I hand over control of hosted services to someone else?

How do I see what users I have granted adjunct access to my site?

How do I transfer funds between accounts on my membership?

How do I remove TLS?

What are the IP addresses of your name servers?

Is my website non-production, production, or critical?

What is unbilled storage?

What is account sharing?

Why can't I cancel my membership?

How do I change the contact email address I gave you when I created my membership?

How do I get a receipt for a deposit I made?

Is penetration testing of sites hosted here allowed?

How can I send funds to another member's account or site?

Since your service is prepaid, how do I know when to add funds?

Do you provide refunds for services already rendered?

What do I do if I find a typo or mistake in your documentation?

What is NearlyFreeSpeech's backup strategy for user content?

Will my site still incur charges if it is disabled?

How do I transfer my membership to someone else?

How do I transfer an entire account to another member?

To transfer an account to another member, the recipient must first allow the transfer and then the sender must initiate it.

To allow another member to transfer an account to your membership:

  1. Go to the Profile tab in our member interface.
  2. In the Details box, find the "Sharing Allowed" line and click the "Edit" button.
  3. On the Allow Sharing panel, select the "Account Transfer" option and Save Changes.
  4. If the transfer involves registered domain names and you haven't registered domains through us before, go to the Domains tab.
  5. In the Actions box in the upper right, choose the "Accept Registration Terms" action.
  6. On the Registration Terms page, click the "Accept Registration Terms" button at the bottom of the page.

To transfer an account from your membership to someone's else membership:

  1. Go to the Account Information panel for your account.
  2. In the Actions box in the upper right, select the "Transfer This Account" action.
  3. Enter the recipient's member login name.
  4. Agree to the terms, determine whether you wish to retain shared access to the account after the transfer, and confirm with your password.
  5. Select the "Transfer Now" button.

If you have already shared access to the account with the member you want to transfer it to, a Transfer button will also appear next to their login name in the "Members Sharing This Account" box on the Account Information panel for the account.

We recommend that the recipient go re-edit their sharing settings after the transfer is complete. The default level is "Account Sharing."

How do I transfer individual assets to another member?