WordPress website HOSTING for Kiwi businesses

Website care for your clients

so you don’t have to.

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This page is for web designers and agencies who build WordPress websites for clients and need a reliable third party to handle ongoing hosting, maintenance and support. Dear John is based in Paraparaumu, New Zealand, and operates in the NZ timezone.

You built the site. Now what?

Your client loves their new website. But once it’s live, someone has to keep it running – updates, security, backups, the inevitable support calls when something breaks.


That doesn’t have to be you.

Dear John handles WordPress hosting and website maintenance for your clients. We take the day-to-day off your plate so you can focus on building and designing.

We don’t sell hosting.
We sell maintenance.

There’s a difference.

A hosting plan keeps a website online. A maintenance plan keeps a website working – updated, secured, backed up, and monitored. When a plugin breaks or a site gets hit by spam, that’s a maintenance problem, not a hosting problem.

A Dear John care plan can include:

  • Software updates – WordPress core, themes and plugins kept current
  • Security monitoring – regular checks for compromise, malware and spam
  • Off-site backups – automated, stored offsite, restorable fast
  • Performance checks – site speed and uptime monitoring
  • Analytics reporting – monthly visitor and behaviour reports
  • SEO rankings – monthly keyword ranking reports

We pay commission.
Your client gets a discount.

When you refer a client to Dear John, here’s what happens:

  • Your client receives a 33% discount on our standard plan pricing, guaranteed for 3 years
  • You receive a personalised discount code to share with your client
  • You earn commission of up to 3 months of plan charges for any client who signs up for 12 months

No lock-in for your client. No awkward conversations for you.

Your choice: white label or direct

You can structure the relationship two ways:
Direct — your client deals with Dear John directly. They know who we are, they contact us for support, and you stay involved in WordPress administration if you want to.
White label — your client deals with you, and you deal with us behind the scenes. You remain their single point of contact.
Both options are available. We’re flexible.

How it works

01

You recommend us
You tell your client about our website maintenance plans and give them your discount code.

02

Your client signs up
Your client chooses a plan at their discounted rate.

03

You send us the site
You package the WordPress install and forward it to Dear John.

04

We set it up
We install the website on our hosting environment. You review and approve it before anything goes live.

05

You point the nameservers
You point the nameservers to our hosting. The site goes live.

06

We handle it from here
Your client’s site is maintained, monitored and supported by Dear John. You retain WordPress admin access. We handle everything else.

Want to talk it through?

Get in touch and we’ll walk you through how it works for your setup;
Whether you have one client in mind or a whole portfolio.

CONTACT US

OR Call Us: 04-242 8088

35+

Years Of Experience

Why work with Dear John

  • NZ-based — we work in your timezone and understand the NZ market

  • 10+ years maintaining WordPress websites for NZ small businesses

  • 24/7 infrastructure backup from our hosting provider

  • Plain English communication — no jargon with you or your clients

  • You stay in control — you keep WordPress admin access throughout

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