Take Back Your Temple, a faith-based weight loss program with over 7,500 users, struggled with its previous slow and expensive hosting provider. After switching to Rapyd hosting, they achieved blazing-fast website speeds, significant cost savings, and exceptional customer support. This led to a more positive user experience for their members.
Customer Introduction
Kimberly Taylor’s story is one of remarkable personal transformation and a deep commitment to helping others achieve the same. Once struggling with emotional eating and a size 22 frame, a profound experience at a Christian women’s conference marked a turning point. Kimberly recognised that emotional wounds often lie at the root of weight struggles. So, Se dedicated herself to a program centred on seeking God’s love and strength. This shift led to a remarkable weight loss of 85 pounds, dropping to a size 8, and a lasting commitment to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Driven by her success and a desire to empower others, Kimberly built a thriving online community around Take Back Your Temple. With over 7,500 members, the program has become a beacon of hope and support for those seeking sustainable weight loss through spiritual growth and practical tools.
Problem
As Take Back Your Temple’s online community flourished, exceeding 7,500 members, its website began to experience growing pains. Once sufficient, its previous hosting provider, Kinsta, needed help to keep up with the increasing traffic. This led to a critical challenge: slow website performance.
“Our old hosting company couldn’t handle increased traffic because it was (already) struggling to keep up with our current traffic!” shared Kimberly Taylor, founder of Take Back Your Temple. “This resulted in sluggish loading times, particularly for our BuddyBoss community features, which are essential for fostering interaction and engagement among our members.”
Beyond the performance issues, Take Back Your Temple also grappled with Kinsta’s high costs.
“Kinsta was woefully slow and expensive. It did not provide the excellent experience we felt our members deserved.”
Solution
Already facing performance and cost challenges, Kimberly and her team got to know about Rapyd through a BuddyBoss email.
They opted for different plans for their membership and main website, confident that this combination would provide the necessary resources.
“We have the Startup plan for our Membership site, plus Developer (plan) for our main website.”
Results
The switch to Rapyd hosting has delivered a transformative experience for Take Back Your Temple.
One of the most significant improvements has been the dramatic increase in website speed.
She shared, “Our Membership site news-feed load time is ONE SECOND on several devices, compared to 16 seconds in times past.”
But at the same time, Rapyd was also much cheaper than their previous hosting.
Kimberly added, “We pay $500 less with Rapyd for our yearly subscription, and it provides 4 times the PHP workers. We love getting more resources for less money.”
In addition, Take Back Your Temple has been particularly impressed by the exceptional support provided by the Rapyd team.
Take Back Your Temple has a reliable team to rely on as they navigate the ongoing growth of their membership website.
Conclusion
Kimberly Taylor and her team have overcome the challenges of slow website speeds and high costs and gained a valuable partner invested in their success.
Their website now delivers lightning-fast performance while being on a cost-effective hosting plan. The dramatic improvement in loading times has increased engagement and satisfaction among their members.
“We highly recommend other dynamic websites get “Rapyd-cated” and move their website hosting to Rapyd too!” Kimberly concluded.