Renewals, DNS, SSL, and the card on file become our problem, with uptime monitoring on top. So a missed renewal email isn’t what takes your business offline.
This is the detail where launch delays and dead sites live. It’s a renewal notice in an inbox nobody reads, an expired card on file, or a DNS record nobody remembers changing. Every inquiry that bounces while you’re down is a lead you paid to earn. We own the paperwork, so renewals don’t slip past us. Full research on the problems page.
Software watches the monitors. A specialist owns the checklist. Nothing about your domain changes without your approval.
Domain and renewals managed by us.
DNS and SSL handled, with no settings to learn.
Uptime monitoring, so we usually know before you do.
Backups, so nothing is ever lost
Your website and any email on that domain can stop working soon after it expires. Most registrars give you a short window to renew, then charge a lot more to recover it. After that, anyone can buy the name. Turn on auto-renew, keep a card on file that won’t expire soon, and send renewal notices to an inbox you actually read. Evensteer manages your domain and renewals, so they don’t slip past.
The domain and basic hosting for a portfolio site are usually modest yearly costs. The bigger cost is the upkeep: renewals, DNS changes, SSL, backups and fixing things when they break. That’s time you’d rather bill. And every inquiry that bounces while your site is down is a lead you paid to earn. Evensteer publishes no price list and quotes a fixed price on a written scope.
Yes. SSL is what puts the padlock and https in the browser’s address bar. Without it, browsers warn visitors that your site isn’t secure, which is the last thing a new client should see. Many hosts include a certificate at no extra charge, but it has to renew on time or the warning comes back. Check that every page loads with https, including your contact form.
Unless something checks it for you, you usually find out from a client. An uptime monitor visits your site every few minutes and sends an alert when it stops loading. Send those alerts to a phone or inbox you check. Keep backups stored away from your host too, so a bad update or a hack doesn’t wipe your work. Evensteer runs uptime monitoring and backups, and usually knows about a problem before you do.
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The price is a written scope with a fixed number, not a retainer. See our other services for freelancers, or the problems they fix.