Website Hosting Plans & Dedicated Reseller Servers
Fast, secure, NVMe-backed hosting — a managed plan or your own dedicated server, either way paired with the Care tier that fits your business.
Why Your Choice of Hosting Matters More Than You Think
Most business owners think about their website in terms of design — colors, layout, photos. Far fewer think about hosting, the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that determines whether their site is fast, secure, and reliably online. Yet hosting quality directly affects search rankings, customer experience, and the security of your business's data. Smith Consulting & Design, LLC offers two distinct hosting paths so you can choose the infrastructure that actually fits your business, built around a simple standard: your site should load fast, stay online, and stay secure, every single day.
Google's ranking algorithm places significant weight on Core Web Vitals — how quickly your site's main content loads, how quickly it becomes interactive, and how visually stable it is while loading — and all three are directly influenced by your hosting environment. Beyond speed, uptime matters: every minute your website is down is a minute a potential customer finds a competitor instead.
Register Your Domain Name
Getting a website online requires two connected pieces: a domain name and a hosting provider. Search for the name you want below to check availability and see current pricing. Once it's registered, we'll connect it to your hosting plan or dedicated server so your site goes live at your own address.
Already own a domain? We can point it to our infrastructure or handle a full registrar transfer. And if your website is hosted elsewhere today, we can migrate it to either hosting path with minimal downtime.
Domains are registered in your name through an ICANN-accredited registrar and renew annually. By registering, you agree to our Hosting Terms and the registrar's registration agreement. Domain fees are non-refundable. Learn about your rights in ICANN's Registrant Benefits and Responsibilities and Registrant Educational Information.
Website Hosting Plans
Our Website Hosting Plans are built specifically for WordPress on modern, high-availability infrastructure. Every tier includes: 1 WordPress Install, High-Frequency vCPU, NVMe SSD Storage, Free SSL Certificate, Unmetered Bandwidth, Automated Backups, One-Click Restore Points, Staging Sites, and Push-to-Live-Site deployment. If Smith Consulting & Design, LLC hosts your website on one of these plans, a Core Care retainer (one hour per month, $75.00) is included as a non-negotiable part of the arrangement — because when we host your site, baseline monitoring, security, and updates happen every month whether or not you request any visible changes. Need more hands-on attention than one hour covers? Growth, Pro, and Elite Care tiers are available any time, detailed on our Subscriptions page.
Basic — $84/year
0.5 GB memory, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD storage, 1 TB monthly transfer. A solid fit for a small, informational website with modest traffic.
Standard — $118/year
1 GB memory, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD storage, 2 TB monthly transfer. Our most popular tier, for growing businesses with regular content updates.
Professional — $202/year
2 GB memory, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD storage, 3 TB monthly transfer. For content-rich sites, active blogs, or higher visitor volume.
Enterprise — $346/year
4 GB memory, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD storage, 4 TB monthly transfer. Built for e-commerce and high-traffic sites.
Dedicated Reseller Servers
Want your own dedicated server instead of a managed hosting plan? Through our reseller program, you can provision a dedicated server exclusively for your website — more raw power, more control, and infrastructure that's entirely yours rather than a shared environment. This path is a good fit for businesses with demanding performance needs, larger e-commerce operations, or anyone who simply wants dedicated resources from the start.
Choosing a dedicated server is independent of website management: pick the server tier that fits your needs below, and separately choose whichever Care retainer level actually matches how much monthly attention your site needs — you're not locked into a one-hour minimum on this path, since you own the infrastructure. Available server tiers and live pricing are shown below.
Website Hosting Plans renew automatically each year and include required Core Care website management at $75.00 per month. Dedicated Reseller Servers renew monthly. See our Subscription, Billing & Refund Policy for renewal, cancellation, and refund terms, and our Hosting Terms & Acceptable Use Policy.
Which Hosting Path Is Right for Your Business?
If you want a fully hands-off experience where Smith Consulting & Design, LLC hosts, monitors, and secures your site every month, choose a Website Hosting Plan — Core Care is included as your baseline, and you can add more monthly hours anytime your site needs it. If you'd rather have your own dedicated server, more control over the environment, or already know you need serious processing headroom, choose a Dedicated Reseller Server and pair it with whichever Care tier fits — including none at all, if you'd rather handle updates yourself. Either way, we're happy to talk through your specific situation and recommend the option that makes the most sense.
What's Included Behind the Scenes
Every Website Hosting Plan includes a free SSL certificate — the padlock in your browser's address bar and a confirmed Google ranking factor — plus reliable, high-uptime infrastructure, SSD storage for fast page loads, and dedicated processing resources so your site's performance stays consistent. Larger e-commerce operations handling sensitive payment data may benefit from a paid, dedicated SSL certificate with extended validation; we can advise whether your business warrants that upgrade.
Choosing the Right Package
Choosing between Website Hosting Plan tiers doesn't need to be complicated: how much content and media will your site store, how much monthly traffic do you expect, and do you run or plan to run e-commerce? Most small, informational sites do fine on Basic or Standard; active blogs and larger media libraries benefit from Professional; e-commerce and high-traffic sites are best served by Enterprise or a Dedicated Server. If you're not sure, we'll make a recommendation based on your actual needs rather than upselling.
How Billing Works
Website Hosting Plans are billed annually, which simplifies budgeting and typically works out to better value than monthly plans elsewhere — we'll send a renewal reminder well in advance so there are no surprises. Dedicated Reseller Server pricing is billed monthly per the plan you select.
Get a Fast, Secure, Reliable Home for Your Website
Ready to move to hosting that actually supports your website's performance and search rankings? Contact Smith Consulting & Design, LLC at (813) 733-1582 or info@smithcd.com to discuss which hosting path fits your business, or fill out our proposal form to get started.
We provide hosting to businesses throughout Tampa, Plant City, Temple Terrace, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar, Gulfport, Seminole, Zephyrhills, Dade City, New Port Richey, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Auburndale, Mulberry, Bradenton, Palmetto, and Sarasota, in addition to our home base of Riverview and Apollo Beach.
Let's Build Your Business Together
If you're ready to work with a web designer and website manager who will treat your business like it matters — because it does — reach out today. Call, text, or email to schedule a free consultation directly with Brian Smith.