After discovering the profitability of selling Minecraft builds, Jhon Ortega knew he needed a website for his business: . His search for a fast and intuitive hosting service led him to . Read the story of how John became a self-taught webmaster and grew his business with our services.
His story
Jhon started in Colombia when he was ten years old. As an avid Minecraft player, he spent days and nights building Minecraft worlds with friends from all over the world.
As Jhon grew older, he became more adept at creating Minecraft builds and maps and saw other players selling similar things online. So Jhon started looking for ways to make money selling his own creations.
The challenges overcome
At first, Jhon used Discord to sell his maps. Eventually, he decided to create a website to make his business look more professional and automate his sales.
His first platform was a freemium website builder, which allowed him to create a site for free using a subdomain. However, the limited eCommerce features forced him to look for other options.
Jhon then moved to one of the most popular web hosting brands in Latin America. Unfortunately, the provider’s dashboard was not user-friendly, making it difficult for you to find everything you needed to manage your website.
It was just after watching some tutorials on YouTube that he was able to set up a WordPress eCommerce with a shared hosting plan. From there, Jhon started making more money from his Minecraft creations.
As Jhon’s business grew, he wanted to invest more in his website, so he started looking for more user-friendly hosting alternatives, as he was getting frustrated with the current provider.
After doing some research, he discovered .
John’s affair with
John first discovered the plan, which he found suitable for his needs.
allowed you to set up your hosting account within seconds of purchase. The process of migrating your WordPress domain name and website also went smoothly and quickly, thanks to the help of our Customer Success team and extensive library of .
However, later he encountered some complications. His websites were consuming a lot of resources due to them, which caused them to be suspended. In the end, he decided to upgrade his Premium Hosting to VPS 2 to further grow his online business.
Migration from shared hosting to VPS
When you are a beginner, the transition from shared hosting to can be somewhat difficult to learn.
VPS is an abbreviation for . This type of hosting is more suitable for advanced users with a fast growing website or web project. A clear example is the creation of a , for which also offers a service.
Since VPS is a self-managed service, customers are responsible for setting up their hosting. If you need help, our is always available to help you and our tutorials have more than 130 guides dedicated to the .
With the help of YouTube videos and tutorials, John spent about two weeks setting up his VPS for his websites.
Despite the initial struggles, there was some hope. Every mistake Jhon faced made him more skilled at website management and hosting. Also, thanks to the scalability of his VPS plan, he managed to grow his Minecraft building business. In fact, he went from winning $30/month a $2,000/month.
Upgrading to Cloud Hosting
When we contacted Jhon, we offered to migrate his websites to , a popular option for online stores and startup websites.
Compared to VPS, Cloud Hosting is much more beginner friendly as it comes with hPanel. Plus, high-speed CPUs, built-in caching, and Cloudflare CDN can make your website blazing fast while handling lots of traffic.
Using his VPS experience and a 30-minute conversation with our Customer Success agent, Jhon successfully migrated all of his websites manually to his new Cloud Startup plan in just one day. Now he can manage his business online with ease.
What’s next now?
Jhon represents ‘s key mission: empowering users to achieve online success. As he said, “creating a website is a big step for every business, but doing so will make your brand more professional and give it more visibility on the internet.”
Jhon has his eyes set on the official Minecraft Marketplace, where he can start creating cool projects for the entire community. A famous American gaming YouTuber also recently asked him to build a project.
About his experience with Jhon shared: “In general, it is very easy to host a site on . The hPanel is easy to use, since you will find everything in one place. ‘s guides have also been helpful in maintaining and supporting my websites.”
Be it shared hosting, VPS or Cloud Hosting, is proud to have empowered Jhon in his business venture.
Carlos is a professional in digital marketing, eCommerce and website builders. He loves helping businesses grow online through his tips. In his free time, he is surely singing or practicing martial arts.
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