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Information on browser push notifications

Push notifications are short, concise messages that appear in your web browser or on your mobile phone. IONOS uses push notifications to send you important information about products and services. This article provides general information about push notifications from IONOS. Additional information can be found in the following articles:

Available topics

If you enable push notifications, you can receive information on the following topics:

  • Websites: Information about your website, e.g. status changes on the Website-Checker.
  • Invoices and contracts: Information about contract changes and bills.
  • Offers and promotions: Information on additional special offers from IONOS.
  • Status page: Information on disruptions affecting IONOS products and services

Examples of push notifications

  • The Hosting Performance Level limit has been exceeded
  • New comment or new image via List Local
  • New daily record for website visitors
  • Change to the Website Checker score for websites monitored using the IONOS mobile app
  • A new invoice or credit note is available

Additional benefits of using Safari on macOS

Push notifications via the Safari web browser are more closely integrated into the operating system on macOS. This offers you the following benefits:

  • You can configure further settings for push notifications via the Notification Center
  • You can receive push notifications even when the Safari browser is not open
  • Push notifications can also be displayed on the lock screen

Restrictions on the use of push notifications

  • Not all browsers support push notifications. You can find an overview of the browsers that support this feature at https://caniuse.com/#feat=notifications

  • Push notifications cannot be enabled or used in private mode or incognito mode.

  • If you have blocked notifications in your browser, push notifications cannot be sent.

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