Covid-19 emergency: concrete help for freelancers and VAT numbers. Our #Bonus600

April 2020 began with the extension, as expected, of the containment measures implemented in order to minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus until 13/4/2020, as declared by the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte himself in the Press Conference of 1/4/2020

The month of April also began with the implementation of the first support procedures for all those most affected by this emergency from an economic point of view. In fact, from Wednesday 1 April 2020 the electronic procedure for requesting the €600 bonus intended for VAT holders and freelancers was activated. In detail, the subjects to whom this bonus provided for by the Cura Italia decree (law decree 17 March 2020, n. 18) is addressed are the following:

freelance professionals with an active VAT number as of 23 February 2020 registered exclusively with the INPS separate management and workers with coordinated and continuous collaboration relationships active on the same date;

self-employed workers registered with the special management of the Mandatory General Insurance (artisans, traders, agricultural entrepreneurs, direct farmers, settlers and sharecroppers);

seasonal tourism and spa workers;

employed workers in the agricultural sector;

entertainment workers.

The amount of requests for this Bonus sent the INPS website into a tailspin which was forced to organize real shifts in order to better manage the requests of all those entitled to this economic Bonus.

At HOST we know well what it means to be able to guarantee an online service and ensure that a website is able to respond to every situation, especially when traffic to a site increases uncontrollably.

This emergency situation made us reflect on how our type of service could somehow come to support the same individuals who found themselves in difficulty in dealing with the procedure for requesting the €600 bonus made available by the State to deal with this economic crisis.

We know that self-employed workers, freelancers and VAT holders are among the most disadvantaged in this health emergency which is quickly turning into a global economic emergency.

In this regard, in our small way, we have decided to make available, as a company providing hosting services, a fund dedicated precisely to this type of workers and professionals.

Operation Bonus600 – Host helping freelancers €150,000 is the amount of the fund that we at Host have decided to allocate to all those who fall into the categories eligible for the €600 Bonus established by the State. This is a fund that can be "spended" on: domain transfer, domain + email and hosting services.

How does Host's Bonus600 operation work? Let's explain better what it is. We want to support individual businesses and freelancers in this period of uncertainty due to COVID-19 by offering a real bonus to be used for the transfer and renewal of domains and hosting from other providers on HOST.

We have created a fund for this emergency equal to €150,000 which recipients can draw on as a cost cushion.

The offer has no time limits, the credit will be distributed according to a "first come first served" policy.

Which products can be activated with this fund? The Bonus600 operation, as already mentioned, is valid for the transfer of websites or only already active domains. With this operation we want to guarantee a year of "breathing space" for all those freelancers who are trying to save as much as possible on costs in this very delicate economic moment. With the Bonus600 operation it is possible to activate the following services:

DOMAIN ONLY Free transfer of your domain with .it / .com / .net / .org / .eu extension

Redundant nameservers and complete DNS management

DOMAIN + MAIL Transfer of domain with extension .it / .com / .net / .org / .eu

10 email boxes with 10 GB of total space

AGILE HOST Domain transfer with extension .it / .com / .net / .org / .eu

Unlimited web space on SSD

10 email boxes with 10 GB of space

CMS installation and updates with 1 click

Compatible with WordPress, Joomla, PrestaShop and other CMS

How to take advantage of the Host Bonus600? As indicated, this operation is aimed at freelancers and VAT holders (we invite you to read the details on our "VAT Bonus" page to find out if you are among the recipients of this initiative).

If you are among the recipients of our initiative, joining is very simple:

Visit our website on the VAT BONUS page

Fill out the form by selecting which service you request the transfer for

Follow the instructions you will receive via email to perform the FREE transfer of your domain / website.

Furthermore, if you need assistance in the transfer procedure, our Customer Service will support you in all phases (from order to content migration). The assisted migration of the website contents must be agreed with the Customer Service operators and we will try to respond to all requests as quickly as possible.

The offer has no usage limits, i.e. you can execute multiple transfer orders for multiple services, until the coupon made available reaches €600. In this way we want to try to fairly satisfy all requests that arise.

DISCOVER THE #BONUS600 OPERATION