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Welcome to the JEM Products blog, where we love writing about WooCommerce and e-commerce in general. Besides that, we write about WordPress, SEO, web design & development, and digital marketing. Through these articles, we will try to teach you a thing or two about the topics we have experience with and show you the best tools that will save you time and let you improve your business. For any inquiry, please do contact us anytime 🙂
Pick DigitalOcean if you want the easiest developer experience. Pick Hetzner if you want more server for less money and do not mind doing more setup yourself. DigitalOcean often feels like the friendly dev tool with clean docs, one-click apps, managed databases, and a tidy control panel. Its Basic Droplets
Most website email should be sent with PHPMailer through an authenticated SMTP provider, not raw PHP mail(). The reason is simple: inboxes now care about authentication, reputation, encryption, and clean headers. Google asks bulk senders to authenticate mail with SPF or DKIM and keep spam rates low, with 0.3% treated
Use Spamhaus when you need an authoritative answer on serious blocklist status, and use MXToolbox when you need a fast, broad reputation scan. Spamhaus is one of the best-known anti-abuse organizations in email security and says its data helps protect more than 4 billion mailboxes worldwide [source: Spamhaus]. MXToolbox is
Krystal is usually the safer choice for UK-focused reseller hosting, while InMotion Hosting suits agencies that want a broader US-based platform with familiar cPanel reseller tools. Krystal is based in the UK and says it hosts more than 220,000 websites, which matters for resellers selling to British small businesses that
Pick Google Workspace for clients who want Gmail and the smoothest everyday email, but pick Zoho Mail when price and reseller margin matter most. For hosting clients, email is not “just email.” It is the thing they shout about when it breaks. Google Workspace Business Starter is listed from $7.20
Shopify is usually the safer ecommerce hosting choice for merchants who want speed, support, and fewer technical chores, while WooCommerce fits teams that want deeper control over hosting, code, SEO, and costs. Both platforms hold major shares of online store usage, with Shopify and WooCommerce appearing among the most used
Pick Docker for most VPS app deployments. Use Kubernetes only when you have several servers, a real need for auto-healing at scale, and time to babysit the beast. Docker Compose lets you define and run multi-container apps with one YAML file, which is perfect for small VPS setups [source: Docker].
Use cPanel Terminal for quick hosting chores. Use SSH for serious command-line work, long sessions, scripts, and repeat tasks. cPanel describes Terminal as an in-browser terminal application for direct command-line access inside a cPanel session [source: cPanel]. That means you can run commands without opening PuTTY, Terminal on Mac, or