it's not your position to beg for hosting. If past clients don't see the value in your minor maintenance then it's best to let them go

We just sent an email and said due to the price increases of our CMS we are having to increase our monthly hosting fees from $--.-- to $--.-- Should you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to reach out to us. No one has said anything YET.

I have built in a margin that I am happy to wear despite any future changes to reward loyalty to my current clients.

I am planning on giving them a 30 day notice for each renewal and with the transparency of “platform increase” and if they can no longer afford it, I’ll tell them to pay for their own hosting with Duda so they don’t lose their site.

I am struggling a bit figure out how I am going to justify this price increase to them. Spefically I am struggling with the people who have simple brochuer sites

I’d never use Duda for SEO either, it’s crap for that.

Marco Celli their support group and support system has been much better than Duda’s as well. I’ve never seen it where the owner or CEO still answers the Facebook support group, even when their company is worth over $100mm. Also escalating tickets and such has been a breeze.

Makena Delaney is Brizy just a WP builder? Like Elementor? Or is it more than that?

Ben MungerMakena Delaney plus I’ve also got to know the owners and they are very supportive especially with all of our transfers. for Brizy so far!

Dewayne Anthony Black yes! But is honestly really cheap. I think like 50 bucks for up to 20 pages. But don’t quote me exactly. But it’s more than reasonable

Ben Munger ooooooh okay so excited that you’re loving it. I might have to pick your brain on a couple of things. I’ll ask the support team first but I might need help

Makena Delaney Brizy is awesome! I’ve moved over a bunch of sites for my agency and white label agency partners. Highly recommended. No white label fees like Duda. Huge savings. We also have been testing the site’s on page structure and optimization/ page speed because we have dozens of SEO accounts and they all perform just as good as Duda, which was a major concern for us.

Bruce Smith what’s your email? I can connect you to one of the founders! I’m hoping to spend some time this afternoon playing in the editor

I had a meeting with one of the founders of Brizy today and he’s just worked out a deal for us for making a transition because of the price increase! Message me if you want to know more.I don’t know much about the platform yet- just exploring today. But I was really impressed overall!

every couple of years there needs to be a " Push and shove and niggle" its what keeps us sharp and competitive. It can give us a reminder not to be complacent, I am driven so much on managing clients like I might lose them, but its also a two way street, I also need to feel the love from my clients. In this case? It was a good "blew" as we say in Australia but some of it? Was a little over the top and nasty. But we are all grown ups, some will stay some will go but in the end I pray we all succeed. Onward and upward hugs to all.

Duda used to be loyal to the agencies. Now they only care about their enterprise accounts. Their culture and family values and their love for the smaller agencies has vanished since their last round of funding! It has become EXTREMELY apparent as of the last couple of years and I feel that MOST will agree with me.

I choose loyalty and appreciation for Duda allowing my agency to grow by leaps and bounds

Duda has been loyal to agencies for years and protected our margins by not competing with us, like Wix does.

They do a good at SEO and a few other things but for it's Ecomm, Forms, and Membership options they are obsolete to other platforms.

DUDA is obsolete in damn near every aspect. I hate to see a company shoot itself in the foot, but shoot they must

t’s a 31% increase paying monthly and a 41% increase paying yearly!

What value are you giving me the agency I do not have now? I can tell you it's for Profitability and not Userability.

Justin R Sturges Idk, I’ve been looking hard at standing up a new WP environment for more reasons than just price.

Nick Kurnik I wonder if they gave their employees a 30% increase as well. You know they think it’s okay to increase the prices 30%. Do their employees get an increase crease as well? I would bet not!

just glad I haven’t put all my eggs in one basket. Before I transfer (back) to WP