The PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond: Overview
How is PriscillaPress Basic, “streamlined?”
Competitors sell subscription access to many of the tools you need BUT in the end—you have to build your site yourself. How much time do you have to learn and build your Web site?
PriscillaPress Basic is a streamlined, pre-configured package that anticipates your needs and includes the basic labor* to launch your site as soon as possible**.
- MailChimp-for automated lead generation
- SendinBlue-for transactional emailing
- Vimeo Plus, YouTube, or Amazon Web Services S3-for video storage
PriscillaPress Basic is designed to save you money. Everything you need bundled into one package for the your first year†.
PriscillaPress Basic is ready to present your project as elegantly simple as possible. This means less design, more functionality. When you are ready for to enhance or expand—PriscillaPress services is ready to assist you with that too.
How is PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond “robust?”
The PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond package maintains licenses for the following features: theme, premium plugins, and hosting—all for one year†:
- The top rated membership plugin for powerful and compelling WordPress membership sites
- The Genesis Framework, an industry standard design framework for WordPress
- A wildly popular page layout plugin to create beautiful and easy page and post layouts
- A trusted WordPress security plugin
- The most popular form plugin packed with features for WordPress powered websites
- WPEngine optimized and managed WordPress hosting for dependable performance
+$600 VALUE!
All this plus 22 hours of PCGS services to consult, configure, and customize your project.
† Pricing for the first year PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond package includes installing your site plus one year of maintenance, support, and premium plugin licenses. After one year, a PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond account transitions into an annual PriscillaPress Maintenance program at a greatly reduced annual fee.
PCGS offers PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond
Service is big difference between PriscillaPress and the competitors. PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond does not require you to build or learn everything for yourself. Once you purchase the PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond package:
- PCGS learns your opinions and preferences
- PCGS collects the site assets* you provide and…
- PCGS configures your PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond site.
Your Involvement as a Client
You are part of the team! As with any Web site project, client involvement, is essential to success. As a client you will be providing access to:
Your marketing assets such as, logos, graphic elements, color palettes, photographs, written marketing copy, and access to vital services like your domain registrar, Stripe, MailChimp, SendinBlue accounts.
Teamwork: How We Get Your Project Done!
Of course in order to offer you a great price—the amount of hours spent working on your site and the number of features is limited. But if you can live with a simple site in the beginning (knowing it is expandable), the PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond streamlined package method will be perfect for you!
The PriscillaPress Basic: FAQs
YES! Once the PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond package is completed, of course, you are welcome to purchase a PCGS service bundle and purchase more hours to complete the customization desired.
Consider this a list of items you will need to gather and share to get underway:
Logo/Design
PriscillaPress Basic does not include logo design or any other branding assets. If you want them included, you need to provide those graphic asset files.
Don’t have a logo, graphic assets, or branding? No problem, but to create branding elements or collect them for you will cost an additional fee. Your site can function without them and look great. A custom design can be added later.
Email Marketing
PriscillaPress Basic does not provide email marketing services like MailChimp. But your MailChimp account will definitely be integrated into your PriscillaPress Basic site.
Transactional Emails
Transactional email (like email auto responders) are best handled by a third party service and not through your site. I will send you to sign up for a FREE SendInBlue account to handle your transactional emailing. All you need do is send your login details.
Your Domain
Most clients already own a domain, so access to your domain registrar’s account will be important. If you don’t have a domain yet—PCGS can help you with securing a domain.
Asset Storage
Often sites that sell protected content are delivering videos or downloadable documents to their subscribers. For the sake of efficiency don’t store in your WordPress site—use Amazon Web Services’-S3 Storage or the Vimeo Plus plan instead. I will connect your new video storage account to your PriscillaPress Basic site.
eCommerce and SSL
You will need to have a payment gateway to do business. PriscillaPress recommends Stripe but you may opt to use PayPal Standard (Personal account). Both Stripe and PayPal Standard require no monthly fees but you will pay transaction fees. Configuring any other merchant account will be at an additional charge. Again, please share your login and I will get this working. In case you are wondering the PriscillaPress Basic site includes a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate installed at no additional fee.
YES! Hosting and maintenance are included with each PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond. The first year fee includes the installation of your site and customizing. The second and subsequent years transition to a hosting and maintenance program. Hopefully you will continue with our relationship far beyond the first year.
In addition to building your site and after your site launch, PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond includes:
- Hosting
- Daily backups
- WordPress core and plugin updates
- Hardened for security
- Lightning fast page load speed
- Includes quarterly 30 minute edits, sorry no rollovers.
Hosting is included in the first year of PriscillaPress Basic.
Please see the next FAQ…
Hopefully you will continue with our relationship far beyond the first year.
PriscillaPress Maintenance is annual hosting and maintenance features for PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond sites beyond the first year. Which include:
- Hosting
- Daily backups
- WordPress core and plugin updates
- Hardened for security
- Lightning fast page load speed
- Includes 1 hour of quarterly edits, sorry no rollovers.
Annual cost after first year: $600
Yes! There are a number of third party plugins installed in PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond. Plugins are how one easily extends the features of WordPress sites. Some plugins are offered free for public use. Some plugins are premium which requires a one time or annual fee in order to get updates, support and to keep the license valid.
Premium Plugins currently used with PriscillaPress Basic:
- The Genesis (Theme) Framework $60
- A top reviewed membership plugin $119/yr
- A top reviewed security plugin $80/yr
- A top reviewed page layout plugin $99/yr
- The most popular forms plugin for WordPress: $199/yr
This is a WHOPPING +$600 VALUE which is included in the first year and continues as long as you retain PriscillaPress Maintenance after the first year!
Relax! Once you purchase the PriscillaPress Basic & Beyond package you will be contacted via email. This email will give you links where you can sign up for the vital services mentioned above. The email also provide a link to a form to collect your information, preferences, and files. We will also set up a time to have a real time chat.
Go for it! But once your PriscillaPress Basic site is released to you any PCGS troubleshooting or maintenance is at an additional fee. Please remember that you will also need to secure valid licenses for all premium plugins. See the FAQ regarding third party plugins and licensing.
PCGS is ready to help you expand upon your vision! Examples of what you might want to add:
- Additional Membership Levels
- Course content
- Logo and Graphic Design
- Galleries
- Search Engine Optimization
- And more…