Discount for non-profit / PTA organization

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    esetnik · Member ·

    Is there a discount or free tier available to host our site on wordpress.com? It is a parent teacher organization for the city of Arlington, MA

    WP.com: Yes
    Jetpack: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

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    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    Hello there! We’re thrilled about the possibility of hosting your site here! 🙂

    After taking a quick peek at your current site, it seems you’re using Jetpack, a tool we’ve crafted to offer special features for WordPress.com users. This gave me a glimpse into your site’s setup and the specific needs you might have for hosting here.

    I noticed you have a custom plugin for PTA volunteer signups and other plugins like Mailchimp, likely crucial for your PTA activities. To ensure you can continue relying on these plugins, our Business plan would be the ideal fit. It provides the same seamless experience you currently enjoy on your site, and you can use our Move to WordPress.com plugin for a smooth transition. Unfortunately, our Premium, Personal, and Free plans don’t support plugins, making them unsuitable for your website.

    Opting for WordPress.com Business offers you an exceptional and flexible WordPress experience, akin to self-hosting but with added advantages. We take care of hardware and low-level configurations, allowing you to concentrate on what matters most: your content.

    With the Business plan, sites with plugins installed can effortlessly restore backups in just a few clicks. We also dynamically allocate server resources, sparing you the need for constant upgrades that some hosts might demand. Plus, our dedicated Happiness Engineer support team is available seven days a week to assist you.

    While self-hosting grants more control over server management and fine-tuning configuration files, it also entails more responsibility. You’d be tasked with handling site security, backups, spam prevention, and other functions that we consider essential. Here on WordPress.com, we provide automated tools to handle these tasks, and our support team is readily available—a service not typically offered for self-hosted sites.

    Additionally, we can mark your organization as a nonprofit, potentially reducing your tax burden with a copy of your state’s tax-exempt documentation.

    I understand this is a lot of information, but I wanted to ensure you have a comprehensive understanding of the top-notch hosting services we offer. Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions!

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    esetnik · Member ·

    @staff-heroponriki is there a discount on the $25/mo plan? We currently pay $12/mo for a different provider and would like to move it to wordpress.com but can’t necessarily justify the cost jump.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi @esetnik, it is a price jump from standard hosting, but bear in mind that also includes spam protection, maintenance, security, rewindable backups, and a bunch of other features a standard WordPress installation won’t have.

    If you don’t mind taking the time to rework some of your setup and import the site manually, we do have some form and newsletter options (like the MailChimp block and our forms feature) built into our services that might work for you, if you wanted to experiment with that. You could create a free site and import your content into that if you want to give it a go, then upgrade to our first or second tier paid plan depending on what customizations you need, and then connect the domain. It’s more work, but if it works for you it may be worth it.

    As for discounts, if you want to keep an eye on your email, we do occasionally send out offers so long as you’re subscribed for them. I’ll see if we’ve got anything running currently. Cheers!

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