How to Change a Domain Name Without Losing Your Customers

Changing your website's domain name is a big deal. It’s more than a quick technical switch; it’s like moving your entire business to a new street address. You must register the new domain, but you also need to make sure all the traffic from your old address gets forwarded to the new one. Managing the details of a domain change requires a steady, experienced hand. At The Affordable Web Guy, we handle the entire process to protect your brand's online presence and make sure the change is smooth and successful. Contact us today to get started. This process takes careful planning. You’ve worked hard to build up your search engine authority, and you definitely don’t want to lose that. Most of all, you need to make sure your customers can still find you without a problem. Deciding if a New Domain Is Right for Your Business Choosing to change your domain name is a major business decision, not just [...]

Website Designer Helping Small Businesses Stand Out Online

We’re a website designer and SEO team that helps small businesses grow online. We don’t make it fancy. We make it work. Whether you're in Denver, Boulder, Westminster, or somewhere in between — our websites get you found. Website Hosting That’s Fast and Easy Nobody likes a slow website. If it takes more than a few seconds to load, people leave. We keep your website fast and safe with simple hosting plans. You don’t have to do anything — we set it up, manage updates, and keep everything backed up. If anything breaks, we fix it. Fast. Hosting with us means your site stays online, stays fast, and doesn’t leave you guessing. Website Maintenance That Doesn’t Fall Through the Cracks Think of your website like a car. You wouldn’t drive it for years without changing the oil, right? We take care of updates, plugins, security checks, and everything else your website needs to stay running smooth. No weird error messages. [...]

Why We Don’t Offer Email Accounts

Looking For A Company Email System? Run, Don't Walk From Accounts Tied To Your Hosting Small Business Insights: Email Any self-respecting website designer that includes hosting as a service likewise offers email accounts as well, right? That's just how things are done. I mean not only email accounts, but unlimited email accounts with unlimited storage. And a free dessert. And a ride home after the show. At The Affordable Web Guy, we've decided to not offer email accounts and here's why. The big boys do it better and we can't match the services, scope, and scale of major players like Google Suite (Gmail) and Microsoft's Office 365 (I just threw up in my mouth). Yes, it's true. While we appreciate your confidence in our top shelf personal service, we don't offer what some might consider a cornerstone feature. It's not a complicated explanation. The long-story-short answer is: We could offer free accounts but we've found them regularly unreliable and stripped [...]

It Ain’t Magic. It’s Just Good Service

Earn Your Client’s Trust & Keep It Small Business Insights: Customer Service Just about every time I turn around, there is some new piece of technology or some new buzzword-filled marketing trend, that is claiming to be the magic pill that web-based businesses have been searching for to get more sales. Just do this one unique thing, they tell you, and all your e-commerce dreams will come true. The “one thing” almost always conveniently involves spending money on a product or service that promises to be the “it factor” you’ve been missing. Can I tell you a secret? In all my decades of experience as a small business owner myself, I’ve only found one thing that really works, and it’s as old-school as it gets. What I’m talking about is great customer service. Taking care of people is the oldest practice in the book, but it works. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten contracts because, according [...]

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