This hosting agreement template is designed for use by a web services companies providing relatively straightforward hosting services to other businesses. As drafted, it anticipates that both the hosting company and the customer will sign the agreement in hard copy. See:

Sample Hosting Agreement

The hosting agreement is drafted on the basis that the hosting company will host a particular website or websites, rather than simply providing hosting capacity for a customer. If you need a document based on the provision of hosting capacity, see the range of hosting agreements on the Website Contracts site.

This hosting agreement template includes the following clauses:

> Definitions and interpretation
> Term
> Transition and implementation
> Services
> Customer responsibilities
> Acceptable use
> Charges and payment
> Warranties
> Limitations and exclusions of liability
> Data protection
> Confidentiality
> Publicity
> Termination
> Effects of termination
> General

This template hosting agreement is 15 pages long (including the cover page), and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing.