We do not recommend hosting websites with erotic themes on shared web hosting due to common performance demands. Choose a service with dedicated performance such as WMS, VPS, Cloud, or Dedicated server.

In this article, you will learn:

• How WEDOS defines erotic websites
• How to choose a hosting service for such a website
• Common content concerns
• Frequently asked questions

For the purposes of this guide, we consider any publicly accessible website containing any erotic or pornographic material to be an erotic website.

These commonly include:

• websites sharing third-party productions in the form of video, photos or otherwise,
• public and private discussion forums,
• platform for sharing users’ or visitors’ own material.

The problem here is not the content itself, but the regular spikes in traffic, where the increase in access is normally in the hundreds of thousands within a few minutes. Pornographic websites are also often visited by people using public services that hide their identity (TOR, VPN). Many of these services are heavily abused for attacks, so our protections often block them.

If your website is slowed down by attackers and malicious robots, consider deploying WEDOS Global Protection.

We do not recommend hosting websites with erotic themes on the shared Webhosting service due to common performance spikes. These threaten our infrastructure, and therefore we may have to limit or shut down problematic services.

Choose a service with reserved performance such as:

• WMS – a vitrual server with dedicated performance and Webhosting controls;
• VPS – a virtual server with freely configurable performance;
• Cloud – space for setting up any number of VPS; or
• Dedicated server.

Not every site with an adult theme or content needs dedicated hardware. As a rule, you can normally run the following on a shared Webhosting service:

• e-shops with erotic goods,
• personal and company presentations.

Always place videos outside of the Webhosting service.

The basic document for resolving content issues is the WEDOS Terms and Conditions document, especially the General Terms and Conditions – Exclusion from Service section.

We always proceed in accordance with the applicable laws of the Czech Republic and pass on any complaints.

• We forward complaints about your content to you. We do not share contact details with the complainant, the message is forwarded by customer support. The next steps are up to you.
• We act immediately in the event of an obvious violation of the law. These cases involve patently illegal content and internet fraud.
• In the event of a notice from the police or other authority, we always proceed in accordance with applicable laws.

Question: Do you have a problem with erotic themes?
Answer: As long as the website operation does not violate the law and does not threaten our services or infrastructure, we have no problem with it.

Question: I sent a complaint about objectionable content, but no one is responding, what should I do?
Answer: We intervene only in exceptional cases requiring urgent action. We forward other complaints about the content to the service operator and act only at the request of the police or other authority.