Consolidate & Simplify Hosting for Two Dormant Websites
Rozpočet: $20.0 - $50.0
HOURLY / PART_TIME
⭐ 0.00 (0)
United States
web-programming, administrative-support, web-hosting, english, backup-and-migration
I'm a non-technical solo founder with two dormant websites — laflife.com and luvlaf.com — that were built about 10 years ago. I currently pay for Rackspace, DigitalOcean (4 Droplets), Cloudinary, AWS, and GitHub every month. The sites have no active users right now. I want to preserve them at minimal cost until I'm ready to rebuild in a few years.
**What I need you to do:**
1. Audit what each service (Rackspace, DigitalOcean, Cloudinary, AWS) is actually doing for each site
2. Take a complete backup of both websites and all data before touching anything
3. Consolidate both sites onto a single small DigitalOcean Droplet
4. Migrate any images to AWS (I'm already paying $3/month there)
5. Decommission the old Rackspace server (Ubuntu 10.04 — very outdated)
6. Cancel or downgrade Cloudinary if it's no longer needed
7. Reduce from 4 DigitalOcean Droplets to 1
**Goal:**
Bring my total monthly hosting cost down to $15–20/month while keeping both sites live and intact.
**What I'll need from you when finished:**
- A simple written summary of what was changed and why
- All credentials, logins, and passwords documented and handed over to me
- Confirmation that full backups exist before anything is deleted
**Important:**
- Please explain what you plan to delete BEFORE deleting it
- I am not technical — clear communication is essential
- Fixed-price bids preferred, but open to hourly
**Estimated scope:** 3–6 hours
**Budget:** $150–$400 (open to discussion based on your assessment)
Please include in your proposal: your experience with DigitalOcean, AWS, and legacy PHP/web hosting, and a brief description of how you'd approach this project.
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