Managed hosting
Hosting, updates and monitoring, so the site stays up.
Elite Dev provides managed WordPress hosting for the sites we build and for sites we take over. Updates, backups, security monitoring and uptime checks are handled, and there is a person to call when something breaks. Quoted per site.
An unmaintained WordPress site is not a saving. It is a security incident with a delayed start date.
What managed actually means
Six things that happen without you asking.
'Hosting' from a discount provider means disk space. This is not that.
Core, theme and plugin updates
Applied and checked, not auto-applied and hoped for. The difference matters the day an update breaks a page.
Backups you can actually restore
Taken daily and tested. An untested backup is a rumour.
Security monitoring
The exploits that get used are almost always known vulnerabilities in out-of-date plugins on sites nobody is watching.
Uptime checks
We find out the site is down before your customers tell you.
Performance
Caching, image handling and a CDN configured properly, and revisited when the site changes.
Someone to call
A person who knows your site, not a queue that asks you to clear your cache.
Fair terms
Two things we will put in writing.
Hosting is where agencies most often hold clients hostage.
The account is yours
Your domain and your hosting account stay in your name. If you leave, you take the site with you and we help you move it.
You know what you pay for
Quoted per site based on what it actually needs, not a tier designed to make the next one look reasonable.
Even if we did not build it
We inherit other people's WordPress sites regularly and will tell you honestly what shape it is in.
Websites from $500 ex GST
One page $500. Up to five pages $1,000. Up to twelve $2,500. All ex GST, quoted before we start. Bigger or custom builds are priced on scope.
Frequently asked questions
What does hosting cost?
Quoted per site, because a five-page brochure and a 500-page store are not the same job. We will give you a fixed monthly number before you commit.
Do I have to host with you?
No. Every site we build can be handed over and hosted anywhere. Most clients stay because it is simpler, not because they are locked in.
What happens if the site goes down?
We are alerted automatically and start work on it. For sites we host, restoring from backup is quick because the backups are tested.
Can you take over a site somebody else built?
Yes. We will audit it first and tell you plainly whether it is worth maintaining or whether you are better off rebuilding.
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Tell us what you need.
Send through what your business does and what you have in mind for a website. We will come back with a straight answer on price and timeline.