What is DoOO?
Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) provides at-scale cPanel web hosting that can be customized and administered for students, faculty, and staff. End users login quickly with their campus credentials and can be up and running with a domain of their choosing in a matter of seconds.
Domain of One’s Own includes access to over 100 open source applications like WordPress and Omeka, as well as key functions for managing a digital presence like DNS, Databases, and File/PHP Managers.
Features and pricing
- A dedicated, scalable server environment for a starting group of 500 accounts
- A branded login portal with multiple signup workflows
- 250 GBs of disk storage and customizable cPanel dashboards
- Regular backups through JetBackup, cPanel, and Installatron
- Standard Service Level Agreement and ongoing server maintenance
- Regular account cleanup for long-term sustainability
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Access to recurring onboarding trainings, admin workshops, in-depth documentation, and community support
Get in touch with us for a tailored quote. DoOO begins at $8400/year per 500 accounts – think of it as $1.40/user per month. We also offer multi-year agreements to help you plan ahead.
As your project scales, our infrastructure increases in groups of 500 users. If you opt to give apex domains to each user, there would be a $15/year cost for each domain name. Project subdomains are completely free.
How It Works
In a matter of seconds, users can be up and running with a branded institutional cPanel account. Check out the basic onboarding steps below:
Minimize the need for multiple passwords and login to a branded homepage portal with campus credentials.
Account creation can be completely self-service, or depending on preference, add in an account request form to start.
Account domains can be part of a larger project URL, an assigned subdomain, or even a newly registered apex domain.
With a powerful 1-click application installer, explore over 100+ open-source tools within a custom cPanel dashboard.
Take a look around
Interested in having a look for yourself before committing? We’ve got a demo Domain of One’s Own school running at stateu.org to give you a better sense of what’s possible. Create a free, 30-day test account as an end user to better understand the signup workflow, institutional branding options, and embedded cPanel layout. Keep in mind that this is a test environment only, so some custom features may be missing. Reach out to us for any questions!
Getting started
Depending on your preference, you may choose to have all users sign up with a subdomain of a larger project URL, like student.stateu.edu. End users can also be assigned domains based on unique identifiers, like firstlast.stateu.domains. Alternatively, you may opt to have your institution fund registered apex domains for everyone, like userdomain.org.
No matter what signup option you prefer, users can always connect a previously registered apex domain to their account at a later point.
Talk to our expert team
Check out these quick links for more information and then reach out to us to get started. Ready for more? Cool, us too.
Find out how our expert team can help you and your institution find sustainable, cost-effective ways to support faculty and students with a Domain of One’s Own .
We’re here to help from the outset and our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way.
Free Migration Assistance
Should you find it necessary to move from VIP Shared Hosting to our Managed Hosting solution on a dedicated server, we will migrate your sites from the VIP server to their new location at no charge.
