- Black Friday is upon us
and I've got deals to get 75% off hosting,
50% off WordPress themes and 83% off VPNs.
I have the rundown on the best Black Friday
and Cyber Monday deals
for all my favorite products that I talk
about regularly on my channel.
Getting started, I want to talk about WP Engine.
Now, WP Engine is the sponsor of this rundown video
and they're a longtime supporter of the channel.
They've quickly become my favorite WordPress host.
Right now, WP Engine is actually offering four months free
with any annual plan as part
of their Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotion.
I recently switched my craylor.media website over
to WP Engine and it runs so much faster.
I never realized
that the web host you use makes that big a difference
with the speed of your website, but it does.
WP Engine has all the tools I look
for in a WordPress host like automatic backups,
a staging environment, and hands on customer support.
And once you get four months free with WP Engine
I actually have an entire free series
on my channel on building a WordPress website
from start to finish using WP Engine.
Thanks to WP Engine for sponsoring today's video.
And now let's take a look at some other deals.
Moving on to some other hosting deals.
We've got Flywheel offering four months free
on any annual plan.
And if this sounds identical to WP Engine
it's because it is because Flywheel is owned by WP Engine.
So, you're gonna get the same quality as WP Engine
but they have a tiny plan for $15 a month
which is half the cost of WP Engine's introductory plan.
So, Flywheel is a great way to get started
with some powerful web hosting on a budget
and this offer only makes it better.
Next, we have Cloudways offering 40% off
your first four months.
Cloudways is great if you have multiple websites
because you actually get an entire hosting instance all
to yourself and you can host unlimited websites
on an instance.
Cloudways even offers a three day free trial
with no credit card required, so you can try it risk free.
And if you put in that promo code when you start
your account, if you decide to keep Cloudways
you automatically get 40% off your first four months.
Moving on, we've got Liquid Web offering 75% off
the first two months of a managed dedicated server
and then 50% off for life after that.
This is great if you need a dedicated server
because the cost can add up, but Liquid Web
is a wonderful web host.
I can definitely recommend them for a managed
dedicated server.
And if you know, you know as far as your hosting needs
if you need a dedicated server, this is a great way
to save money on Black Friday.
Moving on to domains, we've got Namecheap's annual
Black Friday Sale and Namecheap actually doesn't reveal
what their sale is until Black Friday,
but, from all the past years
we can speculate that they usually
have great first year prices on domain names
and wonderful discounts on their hosting products.
I like to look out for deals on their private email hosting.
I'd guess you can get a year of custom email
hosting for less than $10.
I still use private email hosting on a lot of my domains.
I've talked about it on my channel
for years and I can definitely recommend it.
Porkbun and Dynadot have also mentioned
that they'll be having Black Friday sales, but once again
like Namecheap, they've not said which TLDs are gonna be
on sale or exactly what their sale prices are gonna be.
So for domain names
you're really just gonna have to check registrars
on Black Friday and see what each one is offering.
DreamHost is actually doing a sale on domains this year.
I've recommended DreamHost
in the past for budget web hosting
and I still think they're a great option for that.
I wouldn't typically think
of DreamHost for buying a domain name
but that's the Black Friday sale they're doing this year
and they're having great first year prices on .co
for 2.99
and .US for 99 cents.
So, I'd say if you're going to use DreamHost
for your web hosting
it makes sense to buy a domain from them on sale.
Otherwise, maybe you just want to check Namecheap
or Porkbun or a different registrar
for Black Friday deals on domains.
Moving on to WordPress themes.
We've got Themeforest doing their annual
Black Friday sale.
Themeforest is my preferred marketplace
to buy WordPress themes
because they have so many amazing options to choose from.
Salient is on sale for $39.
It's normally $60.
Salient is my personal favorite WordPress theme.
I use it on all of my websites.
And I actually did a free series
on building a WordPress website
with Salient that you can check out on my channel.
Be theme is also on sale for $39, normally $59.
I have a tutorial on using Be theme on my channel as well.
Other popular themes like X are on sale for $29.
That's 50% off.
Bridge is on sale for $34, that's also 50% off.
And Flatsome, which is a popular WooCommerce theme,
is on sale for $39 down from $59.
Moving on, Divi is also doing a Black Friday sale
so you can get the theme of all WordPress themes
for 25% off.
The discount applies to both annual and lifetime licenses.
And if you already own Divi, you can also get up to 50%
off items in the Divi marketplace or 44% off Divi Cloud.
Astra is also doing a sale.
It is a Divi alternative with a free version
but you can get the paid version for up to 50% off.
They also offer annual and lifetime plans.
Taking a look at some WordPress plugins, LearnDash
is an eLearning plugin for WordPress
that allows you to create and sell online courses.
They're offering 40% off for new customers.
We also have The Events Calendar.
It's a WordPress calendar and events management plugin.
They're offering 40% off for new customers and 25% off
renewals for existing customers.
Now, switching gears to VPNs, if you're looking for a deal
on a VPN this year, you have to be aware that
VPNs are one of those industries where
they're having constant promotions and sales.
And even though every VPN company is going
to claim to have a Black Friday sale
a lot of them aren't any cheaper
than their constant promotions that they're always running.
You can actually usually get a better price
through affiliate links.
So, I have all my affiliate links linked below.
You're welcome to use them or if you don't want to
you can just go to the VPN website
but you may pay slightly more if you do that.
So, I've got all my links below.
Now, let's take a look at some specific options.
NordVPN is offering a two year account
with four months free for $80.73, using my link.
Surfshark is also offering a two year account
with four months free for $53.28 with my link.
Surfshark is a powerful VPN that's almost as good
as NordVPN and getting 27 months
of service for $53 is a steal.
We've also got AtlasVPN offering a two year account
with six months free for $49.19.
AtlasVPN does offer a free account
with five gigabytes of data per month, so you can try it
before you buy it to see if it's a good fit.
And lastly,
Private Internet Access is offering a three year account
with three months free for $79 and you can also
get a one year account for their standard $39 price.
One other security product I wanted
to feature is 1Password.
It's my favorite password manager.
And if you're not using a password manager
you should make it a priority to sign up for one
it doesn't have to be 1Password
just get a password manager
and start using randomly generated passwords.
You will thank me later.
But, if you've been keeping an eye
on 1Password right now you can get 25% off
your first year of the individual plan using my link.
So, that's about $27 for the first year.
I do wanna note this is not a Black Friday sale,
1Password is just a supporter
of the channel and they're offering 25% off
the first year for Craylor Made viewers.
So, if you're in the market for a password manager
now's a great time to get started with 1Password.
And those are my favorite deals
for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Thanks again to WP Engine for sponsoring this video.
And don't forget to get four months free
on any annual plan at the link below.
Once you have your WordPress hosting
I have an entire free series on building a WordPress website
from start to finish using Salient and WP Engine.
Both Salient and WP Engine are having Black Friday sales
so you can get everything you need
at a discount to build your WordPress site.
Then you can check
out the free series here to learn how to build it.