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excerpt: "I was at Flywheel for the longest time. They are a good service. But they lost their personal touch when the were acquired by WPEngine. I recently moved 40 sites to Rocket.net (affiliate link). And I’m very happy with them...."
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# Having A Good Host And Knowing Who Runs It Helps

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Seth Goldstein

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October 7, 2023

Sol 3226

![Rocket.net Astronaut](https://sethgoldstein.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-07-093308.webp)

I was at Flywheel for the longest time. They are a good service. But they lost their personal touch when the were acquired by WPEngine.

I recently moved 40 sites to [Rocket.net](https://rocket.net/?ref=nthinjz)
 *(affiliate link)*. And I’m very happy with them.

Just yesterday, I stupidly deleted a former client’s site without first grabbing a backup. I thought I was toast. Nope, Ben the CEO came to rescue. He found the deleted files and I now have them safe.

Lessons to learn:

1. Save your backups before taking them off the server
2. Find a good host that has your back

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, [hosting](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/hosting/)
, [personal service](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/personal-service/)
, [wordpress](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/wordpress/)