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Candidates and campaigns

Websites for candidates and campaigns.

A campaign site has a few months to do its job, and its busiest hours come with a debate, an ad buy and election night. Donations and volunteer signups run through the platforms you already use, and we test those links before each big night.

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What we look after

What a campaign website has to do.

Take donations

Contributions run through ActBlue, WinRed, Anedot or the processor your treasurer picked, which handles the payment and the donor records. We link or embed it and test the buttons before every big push.

Sign up volunteers

Volunteer and event signups can go to Mobilize, NGP VAN or your own list. We connect the forms and check that new names reach the people organizing them.

Stay up on the big nights

A debate, an ad that spreads or election night sends a crowd at once. We cache the pages ahead of those dates, and with Cloudflare in front most of the rush never reaches the server.

Post a response quickly

When the race takes a turn, a statement or a fact check has to go up fast. Staff can post it with their own logins, or send it to Ryan.

Carry the disclaimer

The "Paid for by" line goes on every page in the wording your treasurer or counsel gives us. What it says is their call.

Wind down after the race

When the race is over, the site can stay up, become a thank-you page or come down with a copy of the files handed to the campaign, whichever you decide.

What we often hear

What usually goes wrong.

  • The donate button went to an old fundraising page on the night of the debate.
  • Volunteer signups from the site were going to a staffer who left in the spring.
  • The site went down on election night, when supporters and reporters were looking for the candidate's statement.
  • Bots flooded the site with junk traffic the week before the vote.
A note from Ryan

Follow the donate button to the end

Before a debate or a new ad goes out, I click every donate button on a campaign's site and follow it to the end. Fundraising pages get swapped often during a race, and an old link on the homepage can lose a night of donations. I do the same with the volunteer form.

Ryan Lovett, founder of Hosterr
Ryan Lovett
Founder, Hosterr
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Is the site ready for election night?

Tell us the dates that matter, like the debates, the ad flights and election night, and we'll write back with how we'd get the site ready for each.

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Plans

How much do you want us to do?

Organizations like yours usually go on a Custom SLA, with response times and the terms written into the contract. Smaller sites can still use Managed.

Managed

$50 /mo

per site

You already have a site and you update it yourself. We look after everything underneath it.

What we take care of
  • Plugin, theme and WordPress updates snapshot saved first
  • Server, PHP and database updates planned and tested by us
  • Backups twice a day verified and kept off-site for 30 days
  • Security and monitoring scanning with a firewall and alerts
  • Same-day replies from the developer who does the work
  • Regular email updates what we did, in plain English
  • Free migration we move it for you
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Changes to the site itself are quoted first at our standard $95/hr.

A new website included

Managed + Website

$99 /mo

per site, built and hosted by us

We build you a new website, then host it and keep it current. After that, send the requests, like text changes or new pages, and they get made.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • A new website, built for you up to 10 pages, designed and built when you join
  • 1 hour of developer time a month worth $95 at our standard rate
  • Site problems fixed out of that time no quote to approve first
  • Checks after updates we test your forms and checkout
  • A monthly review a look at speed and security
  • First in line your email gets picked up first
  • A design refresh after two years your existing pages, made current
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12-month minimum, then month to month. Unused time carries over one month. Extra hours are quoted first at $95/hr.

Custom SLA

Quote

after we look at your sites and the terms you need

For agencies, larger organizations, and custom web apps and software that need more development, resources and attention.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • Set up for agencies white-label, every client site on one bill
  • Response times in the contract agreed before anything gets signed
  • Uptime commitments in writing with a named person to escalate to
  • A dedicated server, if you need one sized to your traffic
  • Update windows that suit you scheduled around your busy hours
  • Custom software and integrations web apps and tools built around how you work
  • A development team when you need one vetted US-based developers for bigger jobs
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We agree on the terms with you first.

Add-ons for either plan

Common questions

What people ask us.

Yes, with some planning. Tell us the dates and we cache the pages ahead of them, then watch the site while the results come in. Cloudflare in front takes most of a rush and a lot of junk traffic. A busy statewide race may need a dedicated server for the final weeks, and we'll tell you what that costs first.

No. Donations go through the platform your campaign uses, like ActBlue, WinRed or Anedot, which handles the payment and the donor records. The website sends donors there, and we test those links before every big push.

Yes. Managed is month to month at $50 a month, so the hosting stops when the campaign does. A larger race that needs terms in writing, like response times on election night, goes on a Custom SLA.

Yes. We quote it first, at $95 an hour or a fixed price, with the date it will be ready. You review it on a private copy, and it goes live at the time you announce.
Clients

A few of the businesses we host.

A few of the businesses whose websites and apps we look after.

ANPC
Go Auto
Congruity 360
500+ sites supported
Cortex Building Intelligence
Public Counsel
Animal Flow
The Pharmacist Choice
10+ years building & managing sites
Boston Carpentry
City Construction
Speak Local
My Allergy Experts
RYCO Inc
The Mobile Locker Co.
Optiline Enterprises
Pivotal Talent Search
Sara Ray
PRO+GRIP
World Academy
Southern New Hampshire Vertigo and Balance Center
UserGuard

What customers say.

Reviews from Trustpilot

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Creators and public figures

Others we look after.

Creators and public figures

Websites for people whose name is the brand.

Authors

Writers with a book launch, a newsletter and events.

Speakers and coaches

Personal brands that book talks and clients from the site.

Musicians and bands

Tour dates, releases and merch on one site.

Tell us what you need.

Tell us what you're running and what's getting in the way. We'll write back the same day with a plan, and if Hosterr isn't the right fit, we'll say so.

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Every message goes straight to Ryan.