I use hostgator, Wordpress
For years I’ve used 3rdstwebhosting.com
On the rare occasion I’ve needed something fixed, service was very quick
I just ended an association with https://www.ning.com/.
My sight was https://pcmp.ning.You may be able to take it over if you wish.
Many professional web site builders use WebFlow. It’s a stand-alone build/host platform with all the tools you need to diy.
A professional web site builder in my family swears by it.
I have used EPIK but I am looking to move on. They recently changed hands and it’s not up to par and they have money and support issues.
I have had the best luck with https://www.hostinger.com/
Others nickle and dime you to death, I most recently got two years of their “business plan” for $95 which included:
200GB of SSD Storage
A free domain for the first year
100 Websites
Unmetered Traffic (Unlimited GB).
24/7 Customer Support
Unlimited Free SSL
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Free automatic daily backups.
Free Website Migration
Cloudflare Protected Nameservers
Before that I had their cheapest standard plan which I paid $33.48 for a year. I purchased the business plan when that plan was about to revert to monthly fees of something like $10 a month. My websites transferred freely quickly and easily to the new plan I purchased. After my two years I will transfer my current websites to another business plan.
I used GoDaddy for a couple years before that, but they nicked me especially on the SSL fees which you absolutely have to have these days or no one will go to your websites.
I tried to shop around after the GoDaddy fiasco; currently Hostinger has the best deal for my needs. For me their “business plan” was worth the few extra dollars compared to their cheapest wordpress plan.
If you are a professional developer, you can get yourself a static IP address and control EVERYTHING on your server.
If you live in the northeast Pennsylvania area, you can get a static modem from PenTeleData for about $120 a month.
You would have to pay for all the hardware (disk drives, CPU, memory) but this option would let you install SQL Server, TSL certificates, etc. You would manage and own the entire infrastructure of your website.
“Would love some guidance on taking over the daily/monthly ourselves.”
If you assume the maintenance, do not forget to contract high-level break/fix services.
FYI: A static environment is very rare. Even if your interface/logical website (the application) remains static, the platform it rests on will not. And can not.
A professional hosting service will regularly back up BOTH the application and the platform...essentially making it physically mobile via VMWare’s V-Shpere.
It’s worth it.
I use Bluehost. Contact their support which helped me transfer my site over from another host and I had my pop3 email and the website up in about an hour. No issues since.
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