NotchHost is operated by NotchHost, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company in the United States ("NotchHost," "we," "us"). These Terms govern our website, hosting panel, Minecraft hosting, and related support (the "Service"). Contact: [email protected].
1. Agreement and eligibility
By registering after being presented with these Terms, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not register or use account-based hosting. Someone acting for an organization must have authority to bind it. You must be at least 13. If you are 13–17, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian and review these Terms with them. Any higher minimum age or additional authorization required by applicable law still applies.
Children under 13 must not register or submit personal information. We do not offer an under-13 parental-consent signup process. Do not misstate your age, identity, or permission. Declarations are not verification of your age or a parent's identity and do not replace our legal obligations concerning children. Nothing in these Terms removes rights or protections that the law gives minors or their parents.
Account eligibility is separate from the rules for players joining a hosted Minecraft server. Owners must manage player access lawfully, follow applicable Minecraft account and age rules, and meet the privacy responsibilities below. Nothing here authorizes collecting children's information without legally required safeguards.
2. Accounts and access
Provide accurate account information, maintain access to your email, use a strong password, and notify support promptly of suspected unauthorized access. Do not sell, transfer, share, or use another person's NotchHost login. You are responsible for activity you authorize and reasonable protection of your credentials; this does not make you responsible for failures attributable to us.
One free account per person and one server are the defaults, unless support expressly approves additional servers or limits. Do not create duplicate accounts, impersonate others, or evade suspensions or capacity restrictions. Shared households and networks can request review if an abuse safeguard blocks legitimate registration.
The Minecraft identity assigned as owner receives powerful operator permissions, including broad permissions when configured through LuckPerms. Use an identity you control, complete any required ownership checks, and review it before starting. Do not give untrusted players operator access. Identity disputes and additional-server requests are subject to support review.
3. Free hosting and resource limits
The current hosting plan is free. It does not include a paid subscription or a right to dedicated hardware, uninterrupted operation, or permanent storage. Starting and renewing servers depends on capacity, supported software, security checks, and account limits shown in the panel. Memory, concurrent servers, daily usage, storage, and other technical limits may constrain operation.
Approved extra servers share the account's assigned allowances. Daily server-time allowances, where applied, reset at 00:00 UTC. An approval does not promise that resources will always be available. We may stop or restrict workloads that threaten other users or infrastructure, including excessive entities, automation, or resource-intensive plugin configurations.
We will describe material changes to the free plan before they take effect where reasonably possible. No future paid plan or charge applies without separately disclosed pricing and your affirmative agreement. In-game purchases or donations arranged by an owner are separate from NotchHost; that owner is responsible for their legality, disclosures, fulfillment, and refunds.
4. Sessions and renewals
Ordinary sessions begin with four hours. Free extensions add up to two hours, with no more than 24 hours remaining at a time. After five qualifying extensions, eligible servers may receive an offer for daily renewal over a period of up to 14 days, subject to capacity. Rapid repeat clicks do not create qualifying extensions. Daily renewal is limited to 24 hours remaining and cannot extend the original 14-day end date.
The panel displays the current deadline. Time is not a cash balance and cannot be sold, transferred, or redeemed. You must request renewals when needed. Expiry or selecting End session initiates saving and shutdown. A 10-minute renewal grace period does not guarantee continued operation: a renewal during shutdown may be queued until saving and stopping finish.
Stopping a server does not by itself pause its session deadline. Warnings may be delayed or unavailable, so monitor the panel. Separate daily usage or safety limits can stop a server before its deadline.
5. Saves, downloads, and deletion
We attempt to save before a normal shutdown and make the final saved-state download available to the authenticated owner for 24 hours after session expiry or an ended session, as shown in the panel. This window is separate from the 10-minute renewal grace period. Download before the displayed deadline and store a copy independently.
After that window, the archive may be removed and recovery is not promised. Current-world and account information follow the retention practices in our Privacy notice; the archive deadline does not mean all account or world records are immediately erased. Do not rely on hosting as your only backup or as an archive.
Crashes, interrupted writes, plugin errors, incompatible changes, and infrastructure failures can lose or corrupt data, including changes since the last successful save. Exported worlds may require compatible game and plugin versions. Downloads do not necessarily include every third-party executable or grant permission to redistribute licensed material.
Request account closure or personal-data deletion through support. We may verify account control and retain information where legally required or reasonably necessary for security or unresolved claims, consistent with law and the Privacy notice. Download permitted content before requesting deletion. Safety or legal restrictions may prevent returning particular content.
6. Worlds, plugins, and Minecraft
You may choose a fresh world with a random seed, provide a custom seed, or select an available prepared world. Terrain and spawn behavior depend on game version, software, and configuration. A seed does not guarantee identical terrain across versions. World generation settings are locked after first start where indicated. Prepared worlds can require particular versions or software and restrict compatible plugins.
Only offered software, approved plugin builds, and supported configurations can be installed. Arbitrary file uploads, custom JAR uploads, and outside plugin download URLs are not supported. A catalog listing does not guarantee availability for every version or endorse its developer. Required dependencies may be added automatically, conflicts may be blocked, and changes generally require a stopped server and a subsequent start.
We may withdraw or replace unsafe, unsupported, or incompatible builds. Plugins can change gameplay or process player information; review their documentation and licenses. Optional external integrations require any necessary third-party accounts, permissions, and configuration. Those providers' terms apply independently.
You and your players must use properly licensed Minecraft accounts and comply with the Minecraft EULA and Minecraft Usage Guidelines, including server monetization restrictions. NotchHost grants no rights in Minecraft or third-party software.
NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.
7. Server addresses and subdomains
An available notchhost.com subdomain may be assigned to your server. This is a revocable service assignment, not ownership of a domain or trademark. Do not select names that impersonate others, infringe rights, or mislead players. We may reject or reclaim such names or names needed for service operations.
Unprotected names may be released after expiry and DNS cleanup. Free name protection, where offered, reserves a selected name for up to seven days per renewal; it does not extend hosting time or keep an expired server online. Released names may be assigned to others. DNS changes can take time to reach players because of caching.
8. Acceptable use
Use the Service lawfully and respect other people. You must not use it to:
Distribute unlawful or infringing material, facilitate fraud, or violate privacy or intellectual-property rights.
Create, possess, or distribute child sexual exploitation material; groom or exploit children; threaten violence; stalk, dox, or engage in targeted harassment or hateful abuse.
Distribute malware, steal credentials, phish, conduct denial-of-service attacks, scan or access systems without authorization, or attempt to escape hosting isolation.
Mine cryptocurrency, operate unrelated proxies or services, send spam, or deliberately overload shared infrastructure.
Bypass account, session, identity, usage, plugin, or security restrictions through bots, false identities, duplicate accounts, or other means.
Host gambling, sexually explicit content, or unlawful sales, or misrepresent affiliation with NotchHost or another party.
Set appropriate server rules, manage player access, and take reasonable action on abuse you know about or that we report. You are responsible for your conduct and moderation decisions; this does not make you automatically liable for every independent act of a player. Report security concerns privately to support. Do not access other users' data or disrupt the Service while investigating.
9. Your content and licenses
You retain rights you hold in your original builds, text, and other content. Other players and third parties retain their respective rights. You must have permission to provide content and authorize its use through the Service.
You grant NotchHost nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free permission to store, copy, process, transmit, and display that content only as needed to host your server, provide requested downloads and support, protect the Service, and comply with law. Our infrastructure providers may perform those tasks on our behalf. This permission lasts while needed for those purposes and permitted retention; it does not authorize selling your creations or using them in advertising without separate permission.
Our branding, website, and supplied assets remain subject to their owners' rights. Prepared maps and plugins may have separate license and attribution requirements; preserve supplied notices and do not assume permission to resell or redistribute them. These Terms do not narrow rights granted directly under an applicable open-source license.
10. Privacy, player data, and staff access
Our Privacy notice explains how we handle personal information. Accepting these Terms is not blanket consent to unrelated processing or marketing and does not waive privacy rights.
Servers and plugins may process usernames, UUIDs, IP addresses, chat, and gameplay records. Owners must tell players how they use data, collect it only for lawful purposes, protect access, and meet applicable privacy obligations. Do not harvest credentials or unnecessary sensitive information. Contact support if you learn that a child's information has been collected without required safeguards. We retain our own legal responsibilities as hosting provider.
Authorized staff may review account information, tickets, logs, and server files, and carry out administrative actions when reasonably necessary for requested support, maintenance, security, abuse investigation, or legal compliance. Access must follow internal permissions and applicable law. Troubleshooting may affect your server. Do not place passwords, payment details, or unnecessary sensitive information in tickets.
Support is provided as resources allow, without a guaranteed response time. We may request information reasonably needed to verify ownership before changing account access, releasing data, or resolving an identity dispute.
11. Abuse and intellectual-property reports
Report abuse, privacy concerns, or alleged infringement to [email protected]. Identify the server address or precise location, explain the concern, and provide enough information to investigate and contact you. Do not attach illegal material; describe its location.
For copyright complaints, identify the protected work and disputed material, explain your ownership or authority, and provide contact information and a signed statement that you believe the use is unauthorized and the report is accurate. We may request information required by law, restrict access while investigating, and notify the affected account holder when appropriate. Relevant complaint information may be shared with that person as necessary to resolve the claim, subject to law.
We may terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. If you believe content was removed in error, contact support with the facts and evidence of permission. We will consider disputes and any legally applicable notice or counter-notice procedures. This general reporting channel does not represent that NotchHost has registered a designated DMCA agent or that every report is a statutory DMCA notice.
12. Suspension, termination, and appeals
We may restrict features, stop servers, remove content, suspend accounts, or close accounts when reasonably necessary to address a material breach, unlawful activity, security risk, infringement, resource abuse, or legal obligation. Immediate action may be necessary when delay increases harm or violates law.
Where lawful and reasonably practicable, we will explain the reason, allow correction of a remediable issue, and allow permitted data to be downloaded. These opportunities may be limited for urgent threats, illegal content, or evidence preservation. Appeal through support with your account or server identifier, the disputed decision, and relevant facts. We will consider good-faith appeals; reinstatement is not guaranteed.
You may stop using the Service and request closure at any time. We may discontinue the Service or a feature with reasonable notice and a download opportunity where practicable. Ownership, accrued obligations, liability, and dispute provisions survive termination to the extent needed to give them effect.
13. Availability and warranties
To the extent permitted by law, the free Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without additional warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation, particular performance, compatibility with every plugin, or recovery of all data.
Maintenance, network failures, capacity shortages, third-party changes, and events beyond reasonable control may interrupt service. The free plan has no service-level agreement or automatic downtime credit. This does not exclude statutory guarantees or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, or excuse obligations the law requires us to perform.
14. Responsibility and limits of liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, NotchHost is not liable for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential losses arising from use of the free Service, including lost profits or business opportunities. Subject to the exceptions below, our aggregate liability for claims arising from the Service during any 12-month period is limited to the greater of US $100 or the amount you paid us for the Service during that period.
The exclusions and cap do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability, compensation, or consumer remedy that applicable law does not permit us to exclude or limit. Where a limitation is not permitted, applicable law controls. Free hosting does not remove mandatory rights.
You remain responsible under applicable law for harm caused by your own unlawful conduct or breach. These Terms do not impose an automatic duty on consumers to defend NotchHost or reimburse claims caused by our own conduct.
15. Disputes and applicable law
Please contact support first so we can try to resolve concerns informally. This is not a mandatory waiting period and does not prevent urgent relief, regulatory complaints, or legal claims.
Georgia law and applicable United States federal law govern these Terms, except where mandatory law provides otherwise. Consumers retain nonwaivable protections of the place where they live. Courts in Georgia may hear disputes where they have jurisdiction; this does not require consumers to sue there or remove a right to bring a claim in another competent court.
These Terms do not require binding arbitration, waive jury trials or class-action participation, or shorten statutory deadlines for claims.
16. Changes, notices, and general terms
We may update these Terms for changes to the Service, law, or security needs. We will publish a dated version and provide reasonable advance notice of material changes through the panel or account email where practicable. Urgent legal or security changes may take effect sooner, with notice as soon as practicable. Changes do not retroactively alter an already-arisen dispute.
When required by law, material changes require your agreement rather than relying only on continued use. If you do not accept a change, you may stop using the Service, download available permitted data, and request closure. Keep account contact information current.
These Terms and expressly agreed additional service terms form the agreement concerning the Service. The Privacy notice describes data practices and does not reduce statutory rights. If a provision is unenforceable, the remainder continues where legally possible. Delayed enforcement is not a waiver. Unrelated third parties receive no enforcement rights unless law requires otherwise.
Account help, complaints, and legal inquiries: NotchHost, LLC, Georgia, United States · [email protected].
