The WP Minute+ Bluehost Unveils Cloud Hosting Built for WordPress Professionals
In a recent interview on the WP Minute+ podcast, host Matt Medeiros sat down with Chris Vano, Senior Director of Product Management at Bluehost, to discuss the company's latest offering: Bluehost Cloud, a WordPress hosting solution powered by WP Cloud. Vano shared insights into the development process and key features of this new product, which targets agencies, freelancers, and professionals.
Vano emphasized the importance of customer feedback in shaping the Bluehost Cloud offering, revealing that the company conducted interviews with agencies and professionals to understand their specific needs and pain points. This research led to the decision to partner with Automattic, leveraging their proven WP Cloud platform to deliver a high-performance, WordPress-optimized hosting solution.
Key features of Bluehost Cloud include dedicated resources for each site, scalability, a global CDN, and a choice of data center locations with automatic failover. The solution also boasts a 100% guaranteed network uptime, backed by a promise to refund customers if they experience downtime. Additionally, Bluehost Cloud incorporates Jetpack features such as backups and malware scanning at no extra cost.
Vano also discussed the role of Bluehost's core contributor team in optimizing the Cloud solution and the company's plans to expand the offering to cater to enterprise customers in the future. The product launch is supported by a dedicated WordPress expert support team, setting it apart from competitors in the market.
Episode Takeaways:
- Bluehost Cloud is a WordPress hosting solution powered by WP Cloud, targeting agencies, freelancers, and professionals.
- Customer feedback played a crucial role in shaping the product's features and offerings.
- The solution offers dedicated resources, scalability, a global CDN, and multiple data center locations with automatic failover.
- Bluehost Cloud guarantees 100% network uptime and includes Jetpack features like backups and malware scanning.
- The company plans to expand the offering to cater to enterprise customers in the future.
- A dedicated WordPress expert support team is available to assist Bluehost Cloud customers.
Important Links:
- Bluehost Cloud landing page: https://bluehost.com/hosting/cloud
- Webinar recording with Chris Vano and Devin Sears (to be added to show notes)
- Matt Medeiros' interview with Jesse Friedman about WP Cloud (to be added to show notes)
- Chris Vano's Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/tallkidzdad