Shockbyte provides everything you need to start a Minecraft server without breaking the bank.
Shockbyte came into existence in March of 2013 with a mission to make server hosting for games like Minecraft “easy and affordable” to everyone looking for an action-packed adventure or simply to upgrade their gaming skills. Headquartered in Victoria (Australia), Shockbyte has been regarded as one of the pioneers and top server hosting providers for the titans of multiplayer gaming like Minecraft, Rust, ARK: Survival Evolved and a few others. Although initially focused on Australia, Shockbyte is present on three continents today: Europe (the UK, Germany, France and Poland), Asia (Singapore) and North America (the USA and Canada). The visual style of Shockbyte’s main website corresponds with the style of game that played a major role in making them famous. Even Shockbyte’s staff has been transformed into much-appreciated pixelated Minecraft-like characters, which is absolutely amazing. The same fate befell Shockbyte’s official blog which is packed with various articles Minecraft fans are sure to find quite interesting. The blog itself seems active enough, with a few articles coming out every month. As for social networks, they are currently present on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, Discord and most notably YouTube, since it’s supplied with superb step-by-step video tutorials many users will surely find helpful. Since Twitter and Facebook function as support channels as well, if you are a fellow-user, feel free to reach out to them at any sign of trouble. To make your gaming dreams come true, Shockbyte offers twelve different plans (most of them are named after different blocks of resources from Minecraft), three of which are premium (“Spartan”, “Zeus” and “Titan”). All plans include a 100% uptime guarantee, protection against DDoS attacks,24/7 support and a free subdomain. The number of GBs of RAM you’ll get and a number of slots (which is actually a recommendation, since the number is unlimited with all plans) depends on how deep you are willing to dive into your pockets. The most pocket-friendly pan is labeled as “ Dirt ”, it costs $2.50 per month and comes with 1GB of RAM and 20+ slots. On the other end, the most expensive one starts at $40 a month and includes 16GB of RAM and use of NVMe SSDs, which should be six times faster than a regular (SATA) SSDs. If none of the pre-designed plans meet your needs, you can create a custom one, which is always a good choice to have. At this moment, there are two free trials provided with all Minecraft server hosting plans. One is “45 Days of the Enjin Advanced” plan, which will allow you to create a Minecraft server website with features such as donation store, vote for diamonds and much more. The other one is “30 Days of Buycraft Premium”, which is the best-known webstore solution for Minecraft servers. Instead of a standard 30-day money-back guarantee (most of the other hosts have spoiled us with), Shockbyte provides one valid for 24-day only, so make sure you test them as soon as you can and notify the support, if needed. As for methods of payment, Shockbyte accepts credit/debit cards, PayPal and Paymentwall. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a network server for a couple of gamers or you want to gather a group of 10 or more, ShockByte will get you covered.
