Easy migration from Business Catalyst to WordPress

Released way back in May 2003, WordPress is the world's most popular CMS powering over 30% of all websites on the Internet.

Being an extensible platform has resulted in a huge community of over 100,000 WordPress developers. The best coders have built commercially successful plugins, refined over many years, that focus on delivering a premium solution to a particular feature-set.

As a result, using best-in-class plugins on top of the core strength of the WordPress platform is the ideal Business Catalyst replacement.

Why invest your business in a newly developed proprietary product and risk the possibility of another platform shutdown in the future?

The open-source nature of WordPress means, unlike other SaaS solutions, there is zero chance of it being discontinued.

Our product is much more than just another WordPress hosting service.

We bundle US$994 worth of the best premium plugins to go way beyond Business Catalyst functionality...

• Beaver Builder - an advanced page builder add-on that makes updating content much more visual and easier than the default editor (Agency version valued at US$399/year).
• Beaver Themer - an extension to Beaver Builder that enables the same powerful editing to all parts of your site, not just the page content (valued at US$147/year).
• Gravity Forms - the premier form builder for WordPress, including all add-ons (Elite version valued at US$259/year).
• ACF Pro - the framework for our experienced coders to convert and enhance your Web Apps (valued at US$100).
• Monarch - a social media sharing plugin (valued at US$89/year).
• Calendar, CRM, Secure Zones, SEO and Shop functionality via Booking & Events Calendars, Groundhogg, Restrict Content, The SEO Framework, Redirection and WooCommerce.

Other managed WordPress hosting providers like WP Engine will only upgrade the core WordPress installation, but we also ensure all our themes & plugins are kept up to date so you don't have to.

In addition to the option of cPanel backups, we perform secondary full weekly backups saved off-site to Google Drive.

Our partnership with a premium local hosting provider means we can offer big savings for our Australian and New Zealand customers - you are charged in Australian, not US dollars.

1. Cost your requirements using the Site Migration form.
2. Invite bc2wpcoder@gmail.com as an Admin User to the site and we will confirm all is in order for a successful project.
3. Pay a 50% deposit.
4. Within 3 to 4 weeks the staging site will be ready for you to check and approve the go live.
5. Pay the remaining balance.
6. The site is launched to its live domain.

Beaver Builder includes a range of interactive modules enabling us to replicate Business Catalyst features, as well as adding some extra ones:

• Photo galleries using the Gallery or Slideshow modules
• Sliders using the Content slider module
• FAQs using the Accordion module
• Testimonials
• Embed Video and Audio players
• Pricing tables
• Tabs
• Countdown
• Number Counter
• Maps (no API key required)

These elements are included as necessary when migrating the design and page content.

If there is any custom-built interactivity, this too can be incorporated using the HTML module.

This service includes moving over all current products/categories and customers. We can't bring over past orders, but you can export these to a CSV or PDF before the site is deleted.

The front-end layout will be as close as possible to the Business Catalyst layout (there can be a slight variation because of how WooCommerce renders category lists/single products, but nothing major).

Shipping (in particular, real-time calculation) and payment options my require installing a plugin/s depending on the customer's requirements. There is no additional charge for us to install extra plugins but you will need to pay for a license if required (most of the popular ones, in particular payment gateways, are free).

Check out the official WooCommerce extensions store which has Shipping and Payment sections to see if there are any costs involved with implementing the customer's specific requirements.

Do It Yourself

Beaver Builder includes over 30 stunning templates to make it easy to give your site a facelift. Choose from a range of landing pages and content elements to build a professional-looking, fully mobile responsive new site.

Watch this Getting Started video to see how easy it is to build your pages.

Divi Theme & Builder

If you have (or are) a designer who prefers building sites using Elegant Theme's Divi, we can install that instead of Beaver Builder (no extra charge for the license).

Custom Design Service

We offer a custom design service making it easy to create a fresh, unique look-and-feel for your site.

The process is simple:

• Define your design brief by completing our Website Questionnaire document.
• One of our talented designers will mock-up a screen layout concept design of your new site. This can include a new logo if required.
• Give us as much feedback as possible so we can refine the design into something you will love (you have unlimited revisions until we get it just right).
• We then convert the mock-up into a fully functional WordPress theme ready to build-out the rest of the new site.

The site will be optimised to look great on any device be that smartphone, tablet or desktop.

The cost is $700 when you provide a logo. If you also need a new logo, this is an extra $200 for 4 options with unlimited changes.

An important part of re-building your website is to think about your online marketing objectives and then write site content optimised towards these goals.

For example, what is your site's main "call to action" and what constitutes converting a visitor to a lead/customer?

To help, we recommend Colette Chorley's creative content and marketing services.

These include an initial interview and research, up to 2000 words of copy (approximately 3-4 pages), 1 major set of revisions and 2 further small revisions.

Your web pages will –

• Showcase your products/services and unique selling points
• Be interesting, engaging and easy to understand
• Convert potential customers into actual customers
• Be optimised for SEO – being found in Google searches
• Be written by a highly experienced Marketing and Communications expert

Contact Colette to discuss further.

Yes, absolutely!

There are no restrictions to using your own theme and plugins.

If you have (or are) a designer who prefers building sites using Elegant Theme's Divi, we can install that instead of Beaver Builder (no extra charge for the license).

Prefer Yoast for SEO? No problem, let us know and we'll install that rather than The SEO Framework, along with anything else you like.

In fact, we will even automatically upgrade these for you as part of our ongoing site maintenance service.

Plus, a major feature of Beaver Builder is that it works with just about any theme. Site owners will enjoy a great page editing experience regardless of the software you choose to build the site.

Want to build a new site instead of migrating from BC? Signup today for a free 3 month staging site, no credit card required.

No.

You get full admin and FTP access with no restrictions, giving you complete freedom to customise the site however you like.

By default we automatically update all theme(s) and plugins. If there is any reason you would prefer this not to occur (eg: you have custom coded something and don’t won’t it updated without being able to manually test it first), then simply nominate what you don’t want included in the weekly software updates.

With the White Label CMS plugin you can:

• Customize the admin login page
• Add your branding to the header and footer
• Customize the dashboard including creating custom panels
• Control which menus appear for your client

It is also simple to white label the Beaver Builder plugin and theme. For example, it can be called Page Builder if you prefer.

• Up to US$994 worth of plugin licenses
• Unlimited pages, posts, forms, users/customers, products, etc
• Full administrator access to the WordPress admin console
• FTP & cPanel access
• SSL certificate
• 1GB disk space ($5 per extra 1GB per month) *
• 10GB monthly bandwidth ($5 per extra 5GB per month)

* An approximate 25% overhead is required for full off-site backups.

Email accounts are not included. Like WP Engine we believe in providing a website-focused service, leaving email to dedicated email providers.

We highly recommend using Google's Gmail at AU$8.40 / US$6 per month per 30GB mailbox including 30 email aliases.

Alternatively, if your client wants to leave their Business Catalyst-based email where it is, contact OpenSRS to discuss.

No.

B3 Accelerate is a software-as-a-service product that is bundled with non-transferable licenses for Beaver Builder (Agency version US$399/year), Beaver Themer (US$147/year), Gravity Forms including all add-ons (Elite version US$259/year), ACF Pro (US$100) and Monarch/Divi (US$89/year).

Booking & Events Calendars, Groundhogg, Restrict Content, The SEO Framework, Redirection and WooCommerce are free plugins. Any paid add-ons/upgrades for these products will need to be purchased separately, if required.

We offer a wide range of post-launch support services:

• Assistance with any publishing requirements such as content layout or CSS/Javascript features.
• Enhanced form functionality such as calculations, multi-step, quizzes, surveys and payment gateway integration.
• Custom data importing.
• API-like workflow automation via Zapier integration.
• Any help whatsoever including training via remote desktop access.

All activity is simply charged on an actual time-taken basis with credit purchased as follows:

$180 for 2 hours work (ie: $90/hr)

or

$600 for 10 hours work (ie: $60/hr)

Tasks can be as short as 15 minutes and are published to an online spreadsheet that essentially looks like a bank statement. This gives an itemised account so you know exactly what you get in return for your money.

Note that your balance never expires, so you can rest assured that you have access to premium support via phone/skype and remote desktop assistance for help solving any IT problems.