Website hosting & care
It's not hosting. It's your webmaster.
Hosting keeps a site online. That’s the easy part. We keep it fast, secure, updated and working with your CRM... and when something needs changing or fixing, you make one call. To us.
$155/mo. Included with any ongoing SEO plan.
Everything handled
- Enterprise-grade hosting + SSL
- Your GoHighLevel CRM ($97–$297/mo value)
- Security & fixes
- DNS & email records managed
- Reasonable updates, done for you
- Blogs & events: publish them yourself
Sound familiar?
Cheap hosting gets expensive the day something breaks.
“A plugin updated overnight and now the site looks broken.”
“The host says it's the developer. The developer says it's the host.”
“Our email stopped working after someone “fixed” the website.”
“Nobody knows who has the login to the domain.”
“A simple text change takes a week and an invoice.”
“We pay for hosting, a theme, five plugins and a maintenance plan... and it's still slow.”
What's included
One monthly fee. One team accountable.
Enterprise-grade hosting
Your CRM, included
Security without plugins
DNS & email records
Fixes & reasonable updates
Publish it yourself
Want to own it all?
Here's what running this yourself really costs.
Your monthly bill if you own it all
- GoHighLevel (your CRM)Pick the plan you’d need$97
- $20
- $20
- $4
- $2
- Your time (updates, fixes, DNS, “why is it down?”)3 hr/mo × $100/hr$300
Do it yourself
$439/mo
$139 in tools + $300 of your time
Website Care & Hosting
$155/mo
CRM, hosting, security, fixes and updates. Zero hours from you.
You’d save about $284/mo, and never touch a server.
Sources: Vercel: Hobby plan is non-commercial; Pro is $20/user · Claude pricing · GitHub pricing · GoHighLevel plans (GHL Experts)
Why we don't build on WordPress anymore
Every plugin is another door left open.
~8,000
new WordPress security holes found in 2024. About 22 a day.
96%
of them were in plugins, not WordPress itself.
60%+
of attacks hit holes that already had a fix nobody installed.
A typical small-business WordPress site stacks a host, a page builder like Elementor ($60–$204 a year), a handful of premium plugins ($100–$500 a year) and a maintenance plan ($200–$500 a month at most agencies)... and someone still has to babysit the updates.
Sources: Patchstack via Search Engine World: WordPress security in 2026 · Patchstack · Elementor Pro pricing (The Plus Addons) · WebsiteSetup: website maintenance costs
Side by side
The usual setup vs. Website Care & Hosting.
| Typical WordPress setup | JDS1 Website Care & Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Who you call | Host, developer, plugin company... | One team: us |
| Updates | Plugins, themes and core, every week | No plugins to update |
| Speed | Slows down as plugins pile up | Built to pass Google's speed marks |
| CRM | Separate tool, separate bill | GoHighLevel included |
| Email & DNS | Breaks when someone touches it | Managed and protected |
| Blogs & events | Log in, fight the editor | Simple dashboard, publish anytime |
Early adopters win
Every 10 years or so, the rules change. Again.
1982 → today
CDs → downloads → streaming
Record stores that waited went under. Artists who moved early found new fans.
1990s
“Do we really need a website?”
The businesses that said yes first owned their towns online for a decade.
1998
Google arrives
Search changed how customers found everyone. SEO was born.
2005–2007
Google Maps + the iPhone
Local search moved to the phone in your pocket. The map pack became the new Yellow Pages.
2015
Google rewards mobile-friendly sites
Sites that weren't built for phones started slipping in search.
2022–2024
ChatGPT + Google AI Overviews
Customers now ask AI who to call. It recommends the businesses it can understand and trust.
Now
AI-built, AI-read websites
Fast, clean, structured sites get chosen. Plugin-heavy sites get skipped. This is the shift you're early for.
The businesses that moved early didn’t just keep up. They got the head start, and everyone else paid to catch up. Moving your site to this platform now is that head start.
Pricing
Simple, and less than doing it yourself.
Website Care & Hosting
$155/mo
For every JDS1 High-Performance Website.
- Hosting, SSL & security
- GoHighLevel CRM included
- DNS & email records managed
- Fixes + reasonable updates
- Self-publish blogs & events
- Included free with any ongoing SEO plan
Founding client rate
$105/mo, locked in
Already a JDS1 client? Upgrade to a new High-Performance Website and keep this rate.
- Everything in Website Care & Hosting
- For current clients who upgrade their site
- Rate locked in
FAQ
Hosting questions, answered.
Why do I have to pay for hosting at all?
Every website lives on a server somewhere, and someone has to keep it online, secure, fast and up to date. You can pay for the tools and do it yourself, pay a cheap host and hope nothing breaks, or have one team handle everything. Website Care & Hosting is the third option.
What exactly is covered?
Commercial hosting on the same platform big brands use, SSL, security, your GoHighLevel CRM, DNS management, fixes when something breaks, and reasonable updates: text, photos, hours, team members and small changes. Blog posts and events you can publish yourself, any time, with no help from us.
What counts as a “reasonable update”?
The everyday stuff: changing text, swapping photos, updating hours or prices, adding a team member, fixing a link. New pages, new features or a redesign are quoted separately, so you always know the cost before we start.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes. Blogs and events come with a simple publishing dashboard right out of the gate. If there's something else you update often, tell us during the build and we'll make that easy to edit too (within reason).
Do you host my email?
No. Your email stays with Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, where it belongs. We manage the DNS records that make it work (and keep it out of spam folders), so a website change never breaks your email.
Why did hosting go up from $55?
Because what you get went up a lot. The old plan was basic hosting. The new plan runs on enterprise-grade infrastructure, includes your CRM (a $97–$297/mo tool on its own), and covers fixes and updates. Existing clients who move to a new High-Performance Website get the $105/mo founding rate, locked in.
Is hosting included with SEO?
Yes. Website Care & Hosting is included with any ongoing 12-month SEO plan.
What if I want to own everything myself?
You can. We'll hand it over. You'd need your own accounts: a commercial hosting plan (Vercel Pro, $20/mo), a CRM (GoHighLevel, $97–$297/mo), an AI coding tool or a developer to make changes (Claude Pro, $20/mo), and a code home (GitHub, free to $4/mo). Use the calculator above to see what that really costs once you add your time.
What happens if the site goes down?
We fix it. You don't call the host, the developer and the plugin company. You call us, once.
Stop babysitting your website.
Book a call and we'll show you what moving your site over looks like... or start with a free instant audit of the site you have now.
Rather talk to a human? Book a 25-minute call with Brent
Be kind to your future business.