Live availability check
Live checkThis measures the server's answer from an Indian point of presence. A 200-class status with a fast response is healthy; 5xx codes mean the application is failing even though the server is reachable. Hosting with a 99.9% uptime SLA is on shared hosting plans.
What website availability means
Availability is whether your site answers requests at all — a 200-class response from the server when the world asks for it. It is different from domain availability (whether a name is free to register) and different from speed (how fast it answers). A site can be fast and unavailable during an outage, or slow and available. Monitoring services measure availability as uptime percentage: 99.9% means roughly 43 minutes of downtime in a month.
How this checker works
The checker requests your URL from WebJi®'s Indian servers — outside your office network and browser cache — and reports the HTTP status code, total response time and redirect path. Because the request comes from outside, it sees what your visitors see: a firewall rule blocking outsiders, an expired SSL certificate, or a crashed PHP process all show up here even when the site opens fine on your own laptop.
What a good availability number is
'Four nines' (99.99%) is about 4 minutes of downtime a month — most shared hosting honestly delivers 99.9% (about 43 minutes a month). Judge a host on measured uptime, not the SLA headline: the SLA tells you what compensation applies, the measurement tells you what actually happens. WebJi® commits to a 99.9% uptime SLA on hosting plans.
Your site is down: what to do next
Triage in order: if the checker returns DNS errors, the domain's nameservers or records changed — check the registrar first. If it returns 5xx codes, the server or application is failing — restart logs and the PHP process, or contact support with the exact code and time. If it returns SSL errors, the certificate expired — renew it. If everything answers here but your screen shows old content, it was your browser or local cache. For recurring outages, an uptime monitor that emails you is the next step — our uptime monitoring guide sets one up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my website down or is it just me?
Run this checker — it requests the site from outside your network; if it answers here, the problem is your connection, browser cache or local DNS.
What does a 502 or 503 error mean for availability?
Both mean the server answered but the application behind it failed or is overloaded — the site is technically reachable but not serving visitors.
How is website availability different from domain availability?
Domain availability is whether a name is free to register; website availability is whether a live site answers requests — this checker is the second one.
What uptime percentage should I expect from a host?
Expect a 99.9% commitment and judge on measured uptime — that allows about 43 minutes of downtime per month.
How do I monitor availability continuously?
Use an uptime monitor that checks every few minutes and alerts by email; our uptime monitoring guide walks through setting one up.