Poor budgeting can send a business into a spiral that will ultimately lead to its failure, but so can investing money in the wrong products. Such as a hosting provider for its website.

Many small businesses are burning money by spending too much on its website. These companies either don’t understand what that money is going towards or what a hosting provider does. It can be easy to overspend in these cases because the providers don’t make it clear what they’re doing.

At Power Surge, we make it very clear what we are providing, and we do so at an affordable rate. Not only that, but we help small businesses pick a hosting plan that is beneficial towards their size. 

The average small business doesn’t need a massive hosting plan with multiple IPs and 100’s of unique sites, but some of them are paying for it because that’s the plan they signed for. The phrase, “You get what you pay for,” is true, but that doesn’t mean that overspending is required.

The average small business is looking for:

• Someone to host their website
• A company that will handle any technical issues with its website
• A provider that will give them maximum uptime
• A group that will not lie or deceive them

At Power Surge, small businesses will find all of this and more. Our 24/7 customer support team is always there to help, and that is only one of the benefits they get from switching your hosting over to us. When they switch over to Power Surge hosting, you’ll quickly realize what they were missing.

Website Hosting

Choosing the proper host for a website can be a significant money saver for any small business. Not only because Power Surge, in particular, offers excellent rates, but because a lot of these hosting providers push small businesses into paying for features they don’t need.

At Power Surge, we offer multiple hosting options they are:

• Shared Hosting
• Dedicated Hosting
• Cloud Hosting
• Scalable Hosting
• VPS Hosting

A business that may not be tech-savvy could approach all of these options, read the descriptions, and conclude it needs a dedicated server. Why? A dedicated server means that a single server hosts the website. For many businesses, especially ones that operate exclusively online, this is a great option.

However, what if that small business turns out to be a brick-and-mortar store that gets most of its customers from walk-in traffic? The website is just a way for people to find the store’s address or phone number easier. Does this sound like a business that needs its dedicated server? Probably not.

The wrong hosting plan is one way that a small business can be spending too much on their hosting. They’re making a decision that, on the surface, sounds like a great idea, but when considering the situation they’re in, it becomes clear that they don’t need it. Decisions like that can be significant money savers. 

We Solve Technical Issues

At Power Surge, we offer website hosting with the best uptimes. When potential customers, clients, or partners visit your site, you will rarely have to worry about your website not working. We understand that your website is like an advertisement, which means it needs to be up, especially for small businesses continually.

Many of the businesses we work with are far too focused on their day-to-day operations to worry about their website’s status. It’s okay not to be technically savvy. That’s why they hire us to handle it for them.

Our support team is always monitoring websites, so if any of them ever face a technical issue or go down for a while, we can quickly solve it. Many times our team will fix the problem before anyone notices it.

Our quick response time means that a business won’t have to hire an IT person or a tech person to fix its website. Those of us at Power Surge are a phone call away from having the problem handled; this is another excellent way to save some money as a small business. 

Fast and Reliable

Every small business wants to ensure that it’s getting the most out of what it paid for, and when it comes to Power Surge, we can confirm that no matter your hosting plan, you will be receiving high-quality service.

The best way to get the most out of a hosting plan is to have a website that is both fast and reliable. We live in a digital age where everyone wants to access everything instantaneously, including websites. 

A reliable website is one that, as we stressed earlier, has constant uptime. There should never be an error when accessing a website, but it also needs to be accessible. If a web page takes longer than five seconds to load, that will cause a significant number of users to bounce off and go elsewhere. This accessibility is key to website success.

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Spend your money wisely. At Power Surge, we ensure that our customers are getting the most out of what they pay. We work well with small businesses for this exact reason.

If a small business is interested in getting a better host for their website with faster speeds and more reliable uptime, contact Power Surge today. Use your money on your website on the best hosting provider available. Call now at 800) 797-4524 or send an email to SALES@POWERSURGE.NET. 

Each CMS has benefits and drawbacks. Some of these drawbacks will be dealbreakers for some and non-problematic for others. It will largely depend on each individual, but there is one key difference between Shopify and the other two platforms.

Shopify Is Only Hosted By Shopify

Shopify hosts websites on their servers, and this a plus for some websites but a significant hindrance for others. Some businesses find this comforting because they can log in from a log-in page and see their website.

The downsides come because Shopify is hosting the website that means there are significant challenges anytime the website owner wants to do anything with their domain outside of Shopify’s bubble of services. Limiting a domain’s ownership to Shopify can feel too limiting for anyone that wants to expand their business. Maybe they want to branch out into different kinds of SEO or customize their website. Shopify limits this.

Shopify Is Limited

The average Shopify user is very limited in what they can accomplish with their themes. It has a low barrier to entry, which is excellent for those that are just starting, but challenges arise when getting creative with the website.

Shopify’s websites are technically customizable, but users are required to go into the coding of the website and mess around with it. Want to add buttons for users to click on? That’ll require custom coding. Want to place the items for sale below or above, text on the website? That may require coding as well.

Tasks on other CMS’s are more straightforward, while on Shopify, they create a frustrating level of challenge. Compare this to the Magento and WordPress CMS options that Power Surge offers.

WordPress and Magento Are More Flexible

Power Surge offers WordPress and Magento websites that we will host for you. Unlike Shopify, however, our hosting is unobtrusive and allows our clients to build their website the way they want it to be. 

The way we do this is through the natural benefits that exist within WordPress and Magento. They’re both open-source platforms that are constantly changing thanks to user experiences. Magento has thousands of tutorials across the internet assisting users. WordPress has thousands of plugins and natural HTML access, making it extremely flexible.

There’s a reason these are two of the most common e-Commerce CMS’s available. While Shopify users are forced to work within the restraints of Shopify, WordPress and Magento users are given more leeway thanks to being open source. Anyone that has coding experience will trend towards these over Shopify.

WordPress

WordPress is not always thought of as an e-Commerce platform, and by itself, it isn’t. Traditional WordPress is moreso designed for content pages, but it can be turned into one of the best e-Commerce CMS options available with the proper plugins. 

WordPress has all kinds of e-Commerce specific plugins such as:

• WooCommerce
• Big Commerce
• MemberPress
• Easy Digital Download

Download these and start to see what they’re capable of. These plugins all come with easy-to-use tutorials, so nobody is left trying to figure out how to use them on their own. They’re part of what makes WordPress such a fantastic eCommerce option.

Magento

Magento is, in many ways, the original e-Commerce plugin. It’s been around since 2007, and while it’s gone through different versions, it is still very much the same platform it always was. Thanks to its long and reliable history, users have found it to be one of their preferred eCommerce choices.

When someone implements their eCommerce business on Magento, they’re choosing the veteran option. The one that is known to work. There’s plenty of tutorials to teach ourselves to how to use it, and since it’s open-source, it’s something that coders can take advantage of.

Magento is very customizable, which has allowed many programmers to make dynamic flashy e-commerce websites. It also doesn’t have the Shopify problem of not allowing its users to expand its website beyond the e-commerce space. Content and other pages can be added with relative ease.

Why Power Surge

Power Surge is more than just a hosting platform. Our support team is here to ensure that you are experiencing consistent uptime with the fastest speeds, no matter the CMS. We are continually monitoring our client’s websites. They’ll frequently not even notice a problem, and if they do, then it’s quickly taken care of. 

There are no questions that we’re not willing to answer. Our clients are important to us, and the awards our 24/7 customer support has received have proven that. 

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A website can be so much more if it’s on the right platform. While using Shopify can be a great starting point, its downsides create a challenge for e-commerce businesses that want to have more creativity or utilize SEO. 

With Magento and WordPress, the open-source nature creates a more flexible CMS that more users will find success. This is why we offer these as built-in CMS platforms in our hosting packages. 

At Power Surge, we offer the fastest websites at the most affordable rates. To learn more, give us a call at 800) 797-4524 or send an email to SALES@POWERSURGE.NET. Our 24/7 customer support team will be there to assist!

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Do you already have an e-commerce business, but you’re looking to build out your hosting options? Maybe you’ve gotten more prominent than you ever expected and want a server that scales to your traffic? If that’s the case, then check out our server and hosting options!

For example, suppose a business wants to be calm and relaxed. In that case, the website’s content will typically reflect that type of feeling. The same goes for a more traditional business-like website. That kind of website would want to avoid slang and other non-industry-specific content. 

This may feel basic, but plenty of businesses build a website and don’t follow these rules. They’ll make a website and struggle to bring in customers through it because it doesn’t match the tone that prospective clients, business partners, or customers are looking for.

Sometimes this is an easy fix by changing up the branding that surrounds the website. Still, sometimes the solution is more complicated than expected. Many businesses will simply choose a basic website design from the first hosting provider they can find. The problem is they end up with a limited Content Management System (CMS) that doesn’t even give it the tools it needs to build a brand synonymous website.

Choosing the proper CMS for a businesses’ website can make creating that brand far easier. Some tools allow for more creativity, while others are better used for autonomous tasks like making purchases online. Some users just want plain HTML. All of these options are available, and here at Power Surge, you can have all of them.

Power Surge offers our clients the opportunity to build a website that is perfect for their business. You create your website, and we’ll focus on making sure the domain is consistently running and up to date. Of course, while we’ll offer just about any CMS available, there are two in particular that we specialize in. 

WordPress

Power Surge offers WordPress as a hosting tool for clients that need something with a variety of options. Many users consider WordPress as nothing more than a blog tool, and if that’s all they want out of, then it can be that, but the potential of WordPress goes so much further.

WordPress is, in many ways, a do-it-all CMS. It’s an open-source tool, and users are continually finding ways to improve and change. Many of these changes are made through the thousands of plug-ins that WordPress has. If there’s a website that a business wants to be designed, WordPress can very likely do it. It even supports HTML, which is fantastic for the more code-minded builders out there. 

Magento

For businesses that want to break out into more of an eCommerce focus, then Magento is the CMS to use. Magento is designed explicitly for eCommerce websites, and all the tools surrounding it are meant to assist with that process.

Magento is great because it’s been around since almost 2007. This means there is an infinite number of tutorials and tips on best using Magento and taking advantage of it. 

Power Surge offers our clients pre-installed Magento websites to create their own brand synonyms for eCommerce business.

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Power Surge is a leading hosting provider in Los Angeles, California. Our team is ready to assist you and get your website online and running. Learn more about what CMS’s Power Surge provides by calling us at (800) 797-4524 or sending an email to sales@powersurge.net. 

Already know what you want? Then shop around right here on our website! You can also use our online contact form!

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Want to learn more about what makes WordPress such a fantastic do it all option for any businesses’ website? Want to learn about how you can teach yourself how to use Magento? Check out other pages on our website, including our blogs!

A Website is More Than a CMS.

Your CMS matters, but you need a hosting provider to give you the best uptime possible for the most affordable prices. That’s what we specialize in here at Power Surge. Check out our hosting options, including:

• Shared Hosting
• Dedicated Hosting
• Cloud Hosting

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This is why it’s essential to make sure your website is well managed. If you have a website that difficult to navigate, full of terrible writing, and is sore on the eyes, then you’re going to quickly discover that visitors bounce off that pretty fast.

Again, most people know this already, but what they might not know is that your hosting provider can also have its own impact on your website’s performance. Customers who settle for slow hosting providers don’t see their businesses perform well because nobody is willing to wait for the website to load. 

We live in an age of immediate gratification. We want everything instantly, and that includes our websites. If it’s not up and running in under 10 seconds, then they’re more likely to leave and visit a different website. You could have the perfect website full of the best content, and it won’t matter because your hosting provider didn’t give you the speed your website needs to succeed.

Fast Hosting Leads To Success

At Power Surge, we offer faster hosting. This way, your website loads quickly. If you’re a savvy business owner, you’re always looking to gain an edge, and one of the best ways you can do that is through your website hosting.

There are plenty of industries where competitors just settle for the first hosting provider they can find. They deal with slow upload speeds because their website isn’t their main priority. They are giving you an edge that you can take advantage of.

When you have a hosting provider that keeps your website running quickly, like Power Surge, you will see people stay on your website longer. You’ll get more visitors in the long run. Your website will succeed. You will give yourself a massive advantage over your competitors this way.

Keep Your Website Updated

Another key aspect in helping your website succeed is through keeping your website up to date. Changing up the content every once in a while and running regular maintenance on your website will help it perform better than competing sites.

Of course, sometimes an issue pops up that doesn’t have an easy solution. Things like server shutdowns fall on the hosting provider to fix. With Power Surge, you will have a 24/7 customer support team at your disposal ready to assist you with your website. This will ensure that your website is consistently running and up to date.

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Far too many websites settle for slow load times and poor maintenance. When issues pop up, they just leave it alone and don’t address the problem. At Power Surge, we don’t allow that to happen. We keep you at consistent up times with proper loading speeds at an affordable price. 

Stop settling and get with Power Surge today!

We all approach our hosting provider with simple expectations. Keep our website online as much as possible, run it at a reasonable speed, and provide this service at a reasonable price. Everything after that is just icing on the cake.

It is our job to provide you these services for us hosting providers while also finding you a hosting plan that best fits your exact situation. For example, if you’re a brick and mortar business that sells handmade jewelry out of a small building in a historic downtown district, then you probably won’t need the same kind of hosting plan as an eCommerce business that sees heavy traffic during the holiday season. 

Of course, if you want the same kind of hosting plan, you can certainly have that, but you may be misusing your resources. It’s important to understand what your goal is with your website. Are you seeking out a way to grow your business? Do you want to bring attention to it, or maybe you’re just using it as a way to advertise what it is you can do? This goal for your website goes hand in hand with your hosting plan.

Understanding Your Hosting Plan

What you eventually decide with your hosting plan will largely depend on how often you are going to have visitors on your website. Obviously, every business wants as many people as possible to visit their website, but you need to be realistic. The average HVAC company will have fewer people on a website all at once than one where people may be purchasing products directly.

When you understand why visitors are approaching your website, you can choose the appropriate hosting plan to complement it. At Power Surge, we offer plenty of options, including:

• VPS Hosting
• Shared Hosting
• Dedicated Hosting
• Scalable Hosting
• Cloud Hosting

Making the final decision on which kind of plan you should go with will be a big moment for your website. If you decide that you need a scalable hosting plan, then that means you want many people to be visiting your website in large numbers. Perhaps you want to even push it to its limits at certain times of the year.

However, a VPS or shared hosting platform will mean you have smaller expectations in terms of large scale traffic. Most websites using these types of hosting plans use their website more as an advertisement to push people towards their goods or services rather than finding everything they need on the website itself. Neither path is incorrect. It’s just a different solution to the same goal. Driving traffic to your website and keeping it up as long as possible.

Power Surge Keeps Your Website Running

Not everyone is tech-savvy enough to know their way around the back-end of their website, let alone uncover why their website breaks. Our 24/7 server provides round-the-clock monitoring to make sure your website is never down. You have customers and clients that may want to reach your site at any given time, so you must never go down. We consider ourselves Linux web hosting experts, and because of that, we can answer any questions you might have about your website. We are here to help you and address any of the concerns you may have.

We also offer an online support portal for customers who are a little more on the tech-savvy side. This support portal features over 100 tutorials videos in addition to helpful articles for managing your website.

Contact Power Surge Today

When it comes to web hosting services, you should choose a provider that will be there to provide support both when things are running smoothly and when you need it most. If you have always wanted to start your own website, this is the way to do it. You know you need a hosting provider, and Power Surge is the provider for you. We offer competitive packages that set us apart from other providers. You will be thrilled with our Linux web hosting services. For more information, check out our online contact page!

This flexibility is why WordPress has quickly become one of the most used CMS’s out there. According to studies, at least 39 percent of websites currently use WordPress as their primary CMS. This is the largest by a significant margin. What makes this so surprising is that you likely don’t even realize when you’re on a WordPress website.

It would be easy to believe a builder like WordPress that is, on the surface, so simple and easy looking, would be so complicated. However, WordPress actually an extremely customizable CMS tool. You can choose templates, HTML, a mix of the two, or any of the other hundreds of design choices that the plugins allow you to make.

For years WordPress was thought of as nothing more than a blogging tool, but it has proven to be so much more. The kinds of websites you can make on WordPress include:

• Ecommerce
• Informational
• Service based
• Job boards
• Portfolios
• Blogs

With so many different websites under their belt, you can see why WordPress is such a well known and popular tool today. This does raise the question, however, of what it is that made WordPress so popular in the first place.

Plugins

We’ve said it already, but plugins are what makes WordPress the useful CMS it is. The numerous options allow you to really customize your website. Want an eCommerce website with a blog on the side that explains how great your products are? You can do it! Just install the correct plugins!

SEO Optimization

There isn’t much benefit to having a website if you can’t get people to use it. While many competing CMS’s such as Wix or GoDaddy can be used to build a website, they hide many of the useful tools to maximize your SEO potential behind a wall only they can access. With WordPress, you’ll be able to take advantage of every SEO trick in the book.

A Known Quantity

When you have a problem with WordPress, you know that you can search for a solution on something like Google, and you will find the answer you’re looking for. The benefit of using the most popular platform is it is almost impossible to find a problem that has never been experienced before. This known quantity is a perfect safety net.

Let Power Surge Assist You

Want to know more about how you can create your own WordPress website? Contact Power Surge today. Once we have you set up with all the benefits that only Power Surge users receive, we will give you a website with WordPress pre-installed. From that point, it will be up to you to make the website how you want it. Of course, you can always come to us for assistance with our 24/7 customer support team.

Over the past few weeks we have been working to migrate the existing servers to brand new, top of the line servers. We are also adding additional support.

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