| Feature |
ThisChurch |
Average Competitor |
| Support |
ThisChurch offers top-notch support - you are our lifeblood
and we don't forget that. All requests are answered (by real humans!)
within
a day, most within an hour, usually within minutes Email support is completely free to subscribers and trial users.
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Few providers can match our fast response time. When you do hear back,
expect a canned response that may or may not address what you really
asked.
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| Easy Editing |
ThisChurch provides an online HTML editor to edit your
website contents. You don't need to know any HTML to create rich
web pages. Pages are automatically templated in your site's theme, and
you can change the look of all in one fell swoop. |
Most church web hosts don't give you the
ability to edit your content online in the first place. Most of
those who do require that you know HTML. Need to change your site
template? Get busy, you'll be editing a lot of pages. |
| Experience |
We bring years of experience to the table.
Our software has been in use since 1999. Since this time, it has
served over a billion pages. We know our system inside and out,
and use this experience to give you a rock-solid website with reliable
support. We are here to stay. |
Web hosts have a well-earned reputation
of being fly-by-night operations. It's a difficult business, and many
hosts launch with bargain basement prices, hoping to make a profit from
volume. They eventually fail and close, taking your website along with
them. |
| Interaction |
ThisChurch was built around online interaction.
It's at the heart of the system. Users can chat, send messages, post
prayer requests, use email discussion lists, and much more. It makes your website fun, it brings
your members closer together, and it shows people on the "outside" that
your church is a welcoming place. |
Interaction? With most providers, all you get
are a bunch of web pages that sit online and gather dust. A few have
simple prayer request features, but not a true online community. |
| Price |
We know your budget is a concern. Times are hard
and a website may seem unnecessary. That's why our prices are so
reasonable. We don't nickel and dime you for features.
We keep costs low with our turnkey solution.
We don't even charge a setup fee!
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Most companies charge based on how many features you want, when it
doesn't really cost them any extra to offer them. On top of that,
their base rates are higher than ours.
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| Built For Churches |
At ThisChurch, church websites are our focus.
It's not a side business.
We focus on this -- our software was designed for churches, and we
give you this power for a very reasonable price.
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Try finding a church website provider that isn't just one of the many
arms of a large web hosting company. Many are just bare-bones web
hosting providers that make you do all the work, and charge you
just as much to do it!
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| Unlimited Pages |
You can create as many pages as you wish for your site. You're only
restricted by your site's disk space quota, but unless you're planning
on creating tens of thousands of pages, this won't be an issue.
We want your church to be able to express itself without worrying
about artifical limits.
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It's common for church web hosts to limit the number of pages you
can create. There's no good reason to do this, other than to get you
to pay more money.
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| Free Trial |
We don't expect you to decide on a website without seeing it first.
Demo sites are fine, but why not start working on your own? You get
your trial site within one minute, and you can personalize and
administer it free for two weeks.
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Almost no other providers give instant free trial sites. Some do give
trial sites, but you need to request them and wait. Some require
setup deposits.
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| Fun! |
ThisChurch gives you an intangible but important feature: it's fun!
It's fun for the administrators to add news and edit pages. It's
even more fun for your users to talk on your site. Both you and
your members will love the site, and want to return often.
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How many church sites have you visited that make you want to return
on a regular basis?
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