HOSTING & SECURITY

Hosting
Without the limits.

Enjoy reliable, scalable, fast, and secure hosting for your business — managed for you.

Microsoft Azure logo – Scalable cloud computing platform integrated with PrintNow for secure hosting and performance.

World-class, fast hosting

Our hosted sites feature world-class performance and reliability — and are fast for anyone, wherever they are.
PrintNow’s cloud-native web-to-print platform powered by Microsoft Azure for scalable performance and seamless Microsoft integration.

Leverage PrintNow's  W2P Platform on Microsoft Azure.

The power of PrintNow meets a leading cloud provider for sky-high scalability and exceptional performance. Tap into PrintNow's cloud-native web-to-print solution powered on Azure’s robust integrations with Microsoft technologies.
99.99% uptime SLA for enterprise customers ensures reliable hosting and uninterrupted growth with PrintNow.
99.99% hosting uptime

Grow with uninterrupted momentum and peace of mind — select Enterprise customers are covered with a 99.99% uptime SLA.

Global CDN for fast site performance, ensuring quick load times and seamless user experience for visitors worldwide.
Global CDN

Your site will have fast performance for everyone, everywhere.

PrintNow hosting supports HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 standards for faster site load times and optimal performance.
HTTP/2 standard & HTTP/3

PrintNow hosting meets HTTP/2 standards out of the box and is compatible with HTTP/3, ensuring your site loads as quickly as possible.

Powered by Microsoft Azure cloud-native infrastructure

Experience seamless uptime, unparalleled performance, and unlimited scalability for your print storefronts, applications, and experiences. Launching B2B and B2C commerce is effortless with PrintNow's web-to-print platform on Microsoft Azure.

Scale securely

Our hosted sites feature world-class performance and reliability — and are fast for anyone, wherever they are.
Scale securely with PrintNow's hosted sites offering world-class performance, reliability, and fast load times globally.
Create today's solutions with PrintNow and tomorrow's breakthroughs—empowered by Microsoft Azure, the cloud the world trusts.
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Zero maintenance

No updates to run, packages to install, or capacity planning. Just publish your site and let us take care of the rest.

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Traffic-surge ready

PrintNow is equipped to handle high traffic volumes and can scale alongside growing site traffic.

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Image optimization and compression

Responsive images come with every plan, and we offer easy conversion to WebP and AVIF formats for even more streamlined performance.

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SSL/TLS comes free

Every Site plan automatically includes SSL and TLS. This means improved SEO for your site and no more security warnings for your customers.

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Global DDoS & Bot protection comes free

Powered by our global CDN provider, our hosting network offers built-in protection from Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and uses advanced Bot protection to keep your site safe.

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Automatic form spam filtering comes free

No more manual spam cleanup — PrintNow’s automated system filters form responses for you.

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SSO included for Enterprise

PrintNow's Enterprise customers enjoy secure and centralized access management using Single Sign-On (SSO), ensuring compliance with security policies.

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Vulnerability scanning

We continuously monitor for new security vulnerabilities and deploy updates automatically to stay ahead of threats.

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Security compliant

We take security seriously and map our security program to industry standards. Azure has independent audit reports verifying compliance with security controls for ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC3, FedRAMP, HITRUST, MTCS, IRAP, and ENS.

Build on great ideas with better tools

PrintNow hosting is packed with features that make running your site easier.

Unified Admin roles

Set administrative privileges across each Storefront on a page-by-page basis for both your staff admins & customers with access to the Unified Admin back-end.
Staging domains

Stage your site for testing and approval before hitting publish — and customize them (or make them private) with self-registration disabled.
Rapid deployments

Access store clone features for rapid deployments or site redesigns by making copies of any existing Print Store to a new root domain or subdomain.
FTP account access

Create FTP accounts to allow access to the root installation of PrintNow or restrict access to Orders, All site themes, or specific site themes.
Activity log tracking

The activity log was created for customers to track staff admin activity generated and posted to PrintNow servers.
Access to error logs

The error log was created to help customers to track errors generated and posted to PrintNow servers Print Store deployments.

Security FAQs

PrintNow is committed to providing you with the information you need to meet your data security obligations. Below you'll find resources related to our security practices and answers to frequently asked questions.

What personal data does PrintNow process?

PrintNow processes personal data of two groups of individuals: (i) Customers and (ii) End Users.

(i) A “Customer” is an individual that accesses PrintNow for the purposes of using our services. Customers include individuals who are owners, admins, members or guests of a the Unified Admin, Experts, Developers, and Marketplace and Template Creators. You can think of a Customer as someone who logs in to PrintNow and utilizes our products.

(ii) End Users are individuals that access a site hosted by PrintNow. Think of End Users as someone who visits your site.

PrintNow processes different categories of data for each type of individual. Please find the categories of personal data that PrintNow processes for each group below.

Customers:
PrintNow processes the following categories of information for its Customers. Please note that not every category will apply to every type of Customer.

  • Registration data: full name, email address, and optional social media account information (e.g., if logging in through your Google account).
  • Profile data: biographical information, avatar, user, information and encrypted passwords.
    Financial data: bank account information, payment card information, transaction history, and/or company billing information.
  • Transaction data: information about the transactions you make on our Platform, such as the names of your clients, the orders you complete, staff admin activity, and/or timestamps of certain actions.
  • Online identifiers: geolocation/tracking details, browser fingerprint, OS, browser name and version, and/or IP addresses.
  • Interaction data: site content, authentication data, security questions, public social networking posts, user ID, click-stream data, and other data collected via cookies and similar technologies.

End Users:

  • Online identifiers: user agents, browser fingerprint, OS, browser name and version, and/or IP addresses.
  • Personal data collected via form submissions: If a customer utilizes PrintNow forms or our e-commerce offering, PrintNow may process categories of personal data including and End User’s:
    • name;
    • email;
    • phone number;
    • address;
    • comments;
    • other contact information; and
    • any other personal data that an End User submits to Customer through a free form textbox.

Who at PrintNow can access Personal Data?

Personal Data for both Customers and End Users is only accessible by PrintNow personnel whose roles require access to that Personal Data to perform their job duties. An example of this is our Support team.

How long does PrintNow retain Customer Data?

PrintNow retains Personal Data for Customers and End Users for the duration of a Customer’s use of PrintNow. Upon the termination of the Agreement, PrintNow will delete all Personal Information processed on behalf of Customer unless local laws, regulations, or other requirements applicable to PrintNow prohibit the deletion of the Personal Information.

Customers can request their data (including personal data, content they uploaded onto PrintNow, and any other data) be deleted by contacting our support team. PrintNow will delete the personal data unless local laws, regulations, or other requirements applicable to PrintNow prohibit PrintNow from deleting the personal data in question.

Is PrintNow PCI compliant?

Our payment processor, Authorize.net, Stripe, and others are a certified Level 1 Service Provider. PrintNow never has access to sensitive payment details.

Is PrintNow HIPAA compliant?

PrintNow is not HIPAA compliant.

Where does PrintNow process Customer Data?

PrintNow utilizes Azure as its hosting provider for our web applications and Customer websites. Our Azure production servers are located in the USA.

PrintNow only offers Azure hosting in the USA region at the present time. PrintNow does not offer hosting in any other Azure regions, currently.

PrintNow additionally utilizes  a range of third-party service providers to assist with its data processing, customer engagement, and analytic activities.  These subprocessors may have access to your data by utilizing our service. The type of data that the Subprocessor has access to is limited to only what is reasonably necessary to perform the service provided.

For more information, please contact sales@printnow.com

Is PrintNow customer data encrypted?

Yes, Data at rest is encrypted using AES256 bit, while Data in transit is encrypted over TLS 1.2 and 1.3.

Does PrintNow allow customers to perform penetration testing and vulnerability scans?

PrintNow does not allow customers to run their own penetration test or vulnerability scans because this can cause a disproportionate load on our servers both individually and exponentially in the aggregate. Instead, the PrintNow Security team runs annual penetration tests with external security firms and we make these reports available to customers.

Does PrintNow have a status page in regards to uptime?

Yes! Please check out our status page.

Print Ecommerce
That Scales With You

From startup to enterprise, our platform hosting environments can adapt to your business size and requirements dynamiclaly.

PrintNow's advanced web-to-pack solution empowers us to build custom packaging stores with parametric CAD standards, driving eCommerce growth. Their Azure-hosted platform and exceptional support help us effectively serve our partners' evolving needs.

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Chief Informational Technology Officer
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With over 3,300 stores in 14 countries and 150+ community organizations, the Goodwill needed a scalable online print solution. PrintNow's web-to-print technology meets our growth initiatives seamlessly.

Steve Barr
Director of Contracts Environmental Services
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