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Outgrow Shared Hosting Without Overcomplicating Your Stack

I set up DigitalOcean droplets, managed databases, and load balancers for WordPress sites and custom stacks that need more power without AWS-level complexity. You get a fast, secure server that your team can actually understand and maintain.

Hire me and my team at Gatilab for DigitalOcean hosting setup backed by 800+ client projects and 16 years of server management experience.

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What you get
  • Droplet provisioned and hardened for your specific stack
  • Managed database with automated backups and connection pooling
  • Nginx or Apache tuned for your CMS and traffic patterns
  • SSL certificates with auto-renewal via Let’s Encrypt
  • Firewall rules and SSH key-only access configured
  • Monitoring alerts for CPU, memory, disk, and uptime
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Shared Hosting Is Cheap Until It Costs You a Client

I’ve migrated 60+ sites off shared hosting after the same pattern plays out. Site slows down during business hours. Support tickets go nowhere. A traffic spike from a newsletter or social post crashes the site. Then the hosting company says you need to ‘optimize your WordPress.’ The real problem is 200 other sites sharing your server’s CPU.

Noisy neighbors

Your site shares CPU and RAM with hundreds of others. One bad neighbor’s cron job slows your checkout page.

Slow support

You open a ticket about downtime and get a canned response 6 hours later. Your business lost a day of sales.

No real access

You can’t tune PHP settings, install extensions, or configure caching properly because you don’t have root access.

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What You Get

Server Setup 4 deliverables

DigitalOcean droplet sized for your traffic and application stack

Managed database with daily backups and connection pooling

Web server (Nginx/Apache) tuned for your CMS performance

Firewall, fail2ban, SSH key access, and unattended upgrades

Migration & Monitoring 4 deliverables

Full site migration with DNS cutover and SSL provisioning

DigitalOcean monitoring with CPU, memory, and disk alerts

Deployment workflow documentation for your team

48-hour post-migration monitoring with rollback plan

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How I Work

01

Assessment

I check your current hosting performance, traffic patterns, and stack requirements. You’ll get a specific droplet recommendation with monthly cost projections.

02

Provision

I spin up the droplet, configure the web server, database, PHP, caching, and security hardening. Everything is tested before your site touches it.

03

Migrate

I move your site with zero downtime using DNS pre-propagation and parallel running. You’ll verify everything works before the old host is cut.

04

Monitor

I watch the server for 48 hours post-migration, tune any performance bottlenecks, and hand off a maintenance runbook to your team.

results.log recent client result
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Proof and Outcomes

Migrated a WooCommerce store with 3,200 products from GoDaddy shared hosting to a DigitalOcean droplet with managed MySQL. Average page load dropped from 4.1s to 1.1s. The store handled Black Friday traffic (8x normal) without a single timeout. Monthly hosting cost went from $45/month to $54/month. Better performance for $9 more.

Your site runs on dedicated resources, not shared CPU Database backups happen daily with 7-day retention Server is hardened against brute force and common exploits You have root access to tune anything your business needs Monitoring alerts catch disk full and high CPU before downtime Your team has a clear runbook for updates and restarts
Related Services 3 services

AWS Hosting Setup

Cloudflare Cache Setup

Performance Optimization
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Starting-at Pricing

Price depends on site complexity, database size, and migration requirements. DigitalOcean costs are billed directly to your account.

Starter
$800

Single-site droplet setup with migration and basic hardening.

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Standard
$1,800

Full setup with managed database, monitoring, and detailed runbook.

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Premium
$3,000

Multi-site setup with load balancer, staging environment, and CI/CD.

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Custom scoping available for high-traffic sites or multi-server architectures.

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FAQs

Have a question not listed here? Get in touch and I’ll respond within 24 hours.

How much does DigitalOcean cost per month?

A solid WordPress setup runs $24-$72/month depending on traffic. That gets you a dedicated droplet with 2-4GB RAM, managed database, and automated backups. Most of my clients land in the $36-$54/month range and get dramatically better performance than their old $30/month shared plan.

Why DigitalOcean instead of AWS?

DigitalOcean is simpler, cheaper for single-site setups, and easier for your team to manage. If you don’t need auto-scaling, managed failover, or enterprise compliance certifications, DigitalOcean gives you 90% of the performance at 40% of the complexity. I’ll recommend AWS if your requirements genuinely need it.

Will I have downtime during migration?

No. I use DNS pre-propagation and parallel running. Your old site stays live while the new server is configured and tested. The DNS switch happens after everything is verified. Most migrations have zero downtime. Worst case is 5-10 minutes of propagation delay.

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Start Your Hosting Brief

Tell me your current hosting, traffic numbers, and what’s frustrating you. I’ll recommend the right DigitalOcean setup for your site.

Call/WhatsApp: +91-9565804301 · Email: gaurav@gauravtiwari.org

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