If something must be live by a date, plan backwards.
WHAT IS FAST
Shared hosting provisioning after a card or Paystack payment: minutes
Generic domain registrations: minutes
AutoSSL once the domain resolves: minutes
WHAT IS NOT
Bank transfer verification: hours to days
DNS propagation after a nameserver change: up to 24 hours
Restricted domain extensions requiring documentation: days
- Organisation and extended-validation SSL: days
- Website migration: allow several days for scheduling
- Orders held for fraud review: until you respond
PRACTICAL PLANNING
Order at least a week before a launch, not the day before. Pay by card or Paystack for anything time-sensitive. Point the domain as soon as the account exists, so propagation runs while you build. Tell us about the deadline in a ticket. We will avoid scheduling optional maintenance around it and will prioritise anything that needs our input.
WHAT NOT TO ASSUME
That DNS propagation can be accelerated. It cannot. Lowering the TTL beforehand helps; nothing helps afterwards.
