Efficient Websites provides a secure, managed WordPress hosting platform for web designers to use for their clients. We make it faster and easier for you to create, design, and customize WordPress websites.
Efficient SetupOn Managed Hosting, you don’t have to install WordPress for each new website. You can create a new site for yourself or for your client in minutes, not hours. This way, you can concentrate on design, not configuration. You can choose from 50+ themes, add your own CSS, and use 50+ plugins. | Efficient MaintenanceGive yourself or your clients peace of mind with our Managed Hosting. You get a WordPress website on a secure managed environment, for about the same cost of one on an unmanaged environment. You won’t have to worry about backups, upgrades, and security. | Efficient UsageOur extensive tutorials and instructions teach you how to modify your website. We curate the selection of themes and plugins to ensure you won’t be wasting time and effort on learning low quality software. |
Efficient Websites Managed Hosting is ideal for most small business websites. It is a hosted solution that provides a simplified, efficient site setup process and a hands-free maintenance plan. With a normal WordPress website setup, you have to follow a series of monotonous steps. Furthermore, to keep your site backed up and secure from being hacked, you have to devote time on an ongoing basis, and you may need to learn some technical skills along the way.
WordPress websites require ongoing maintenance. Are you up for the responsibility?
Backups need to be set up and checked from time to time. Security precautions need to be taken to prevent hackers from gaining access. The WordPress software needs to be upgraded. And occasionally, some coding is required to fix errors. You can learn all of these things yourself, or you can hire a developer to handle it for you. It’s going to cost you time or money.
That’s where the idea for our managed hosting solution originated. Most people, including web designers, don’t want or need to learn the ins and outs of WordPress development, or pay extra hundreds or thousands of dollars a year for developer services.
Efficient Websites Managed Hosting: The Value in WordPress Network Hosting
When we host websites on our WordPress network, we can do all of the technical maintenance work inside an efficient, closed system. Most website owners do not need control over the hosting environment or installation, and if you fit into this category, our Managed Hosting may be the right solution for you. You will be able to edit your website and configure most settings. However, you will not be able to perform actions such as directly accessing the database, installing themes and plugins yourself, or other such tasks.
Our aim is to eliminate the waste and redundancy of maintaining numerous web hosting environments. This provides you with an extreme amount of savings – either time or money.
WordPress Hosting Options
Basic WordPress hosting plans start in the same price range, but there are major differences in features and capabilities. We believe our managed hosting combines the best of the other two solutions, but you should choose the one that is best for you.
On WordPress.com, it starts free, but when you start adding the necessary extras for a business site ($17 for a domain name; $30 to remove ads; $30 for custom design; $20 basic space upgrade), it ends up being $47-97/year. You get the benefits of managed hosting, and a large selection of themes, but you don’t get many plugins. This solution can be the cheapest, but it is also the most restrictive environment. | On a self-hosted platform such as GoDaddy or HostGator, it is about $80-100/year for hosting and domain name. You can install whatever themes and plugins you want, but you don’t get the benefits of managed hosting. This solution gives you the most freedom, but it comes at the cost of maintaining your site yourself, or hiring someone to maintain it for you. | On a managed hosting platform like Efficient Websites, it is $60-100/year ($90/year if you have one site; $50/year per site if you have 5 or more sites, plus $10/year for the domain name). You get the benefits of managed hosting, with a large selection of carefully chosen themes and plugins. This solution is a middle ground – the maintenance level of WordPress.com, with more features, less freedom than self-hosted, but also less upkeep. |
Comparison Between Self-Hosted and Efficient Websites Managed Hosting – Setup
| Typical WordPress website setup | Minutes | Setup on Efficient Websites Managed Hosting | Minutes |
| Explain or walk client through domain registration and get username and password from client (or register the domain in your account). | 10 | Explain or walk client through domain registration and get username and password from client (or register the domain in your account). | 10 |
| Log in to the domain registrar account and set nameservers if necessary. | 5 | Log in to the domain registrar account and set nameservers. | 5 |
| Explain or walk client through web hosting purchase and get username and password from client (or set up a new account on your reseller hosting). | 10 | Request a new site setup, providing Efficient Websites with the domain name to be used. | 5 |
| Log in to the hosting account and install WordPress. | 10 | Log in to the site with your existing username and password. | 5 |
| Find a theme, install, and activate it. | 20 | Choose one of the 50+ pre-installed themes and activate it. | 10 |
| Find plugins, install, and activate them. | 20 | Choose from the 50+ pre-installed plugins and activate them. | 10 |
| Take basic security measures. | 30 | N/A (This is already taken care of for you.) | 0 |
| Set up daily database backups. | 5 | N/A (This is already taken care of for you.) | 0 |
| Total | 110 | Total | 45 |
Comparison Between Self-Hosted and Efficient Websites Managed Hosting – Maintenance
| Maintenance with a Self-Hosted Website | Minutes/Week | Hours/Year | Maintenance with Efficient Websites Managed Hosting | Minutes/Week | Hours/Year |
| File backup; upgrade WordPress, themes, and plugins; check your site and fix errors if necessary. | 30 | 26 | N/A (This is included in Efficient Websites Managed Hosting.) | 0 | 0 |