Understanding Website Care
Almost every day, we hear on the news that another company got hacked or the website was maliciously taken down. Then a few weeks later, a lawsuit against the company is announced.
Is your website valuable to your business?
It is how people find you. It gets leads for you. If you have a well-built website, it may sell for you or help sell, take payments, book clients, manage events, engage your audience. It serves as the core of your social media and other online presences.
What about hacking or breaches?
Every day we hear about businesses and individuals that are hacked and have data stolen, wiped out, ransomed or hacked. Sites are injected with the code to sell fake viagra or send your visitors to porn sites. How much damage would that do to your business or personal reputation?
Doesn’t my host take care of these things?
Mostly no. They may do some sort of backups, but they are likely on site and may even be on the same machine or building. What happens if the machine crashes or the datacenter is hit with fire, flood, earthquake or tornado?
What you should really be asking is what is the real cost of neglecting your website?
Total Cost of Ownership (again)
Do not forget to put in place a plan to keep your website safe from malware and performing well. A good website is not a create and forget project. The good news is that the cost of maintaining most websites is actually less than the “yellow pages” ads of yesteryear.
Custom Plus
Care Plan
$130/month paid annually
For sites with more advanced functionality or multiple advanced functions such as larger membership, subscriptions, ecommerce or Learning Management Systems (LMS).
Best suited for:
Medium to Large businesses. Suitable for E-commerce, booking systems or user-focused, search engine optimised websites.
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includes:
- Hosting on LiteSpeed servers with fast Solid State Disks (SSD)
- Cloud backup to separate data center
- Support
- – questions
- – minor changes (simple text or image substitution)
- Upgrades to WordPress
- Upgrades to modules, subsystems, plugins and code
- Security monitoring
- Analytics (details vary by package)
- Discount on enhancements
Custom
Care Plan
$90/month paid annually
For sites with some advanced functionality such as modest membership, subscriptions, ecommerce or Learning Management Systems (LMS).
Best suited for:
Successful small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs and start-ups and who need a quality custom website with while remaining affordable. Get yourself online and build your brand.
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includes:
- Hosting on LiteSpeed servers with fast Solid State Disks (SSD)
- Cloud backup to separate data center
- Support
- – questions
- – minor changes (simple text or image substitution)
- Upgrades to WordPress
- Upgrades to modules, subsystems, plugins and code
- Security monitoring
- Analytics (details vary by package)
- Discount on enhancements
Business Basic
Care Plan
$50/month paid annually
For many small businesses this will get you a good unique website. We refer to this as the sweet spot. This can include a small amount of original custom artwork or photography. Or you might get some very simple ecommerce or other simple functionality instead of the custom graphics/artwork. In this range the design and functionality should support your business goals and essential social media integration. Includes 3 months Care Plan with perfomance Hosting provided.
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includes:
- Hosting on LiteSpeed servers with fast Solid State Disks (SSD)
- Cloud backup to separate data center
- Support
- – questions
- – minor changes (simple text or image substitution)
- Upgrades to WordPress
- Upgrades to modules, subsystems, plugins and code
- Security monitoring
- Analytics (details vary by package)
- Discount on enhancements
Best suited for:
New or smaller businesses, professionals, start-ups, entrepreneurs who need a semi-custom website at an affordable price point. Start build your brand.