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Run your organization's website on Exponential: what it offers a business, costs and support, hosting, security and choosing partners.

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  1. Businesses: start here The landing page for organizations that run their internet, intranet, extranet and mobile web applications...
  2. Adopters: start here The landing page for organizations and people adopting Exponential - evaluating whether it fits, deciding,...
  3. Customers: start here The landing page for organizations and people who run their own site on Exponential, and their teams: a sta...
  4. E-commerce: start here The hub for everyone who sells online with Exponential - merchants, store managers, e-commerce developers a...
  5. Local businesses: start here The landing page for small and single-location businesses - shops, restaurants, cafes, trades, salons and p...
  6. Non-profits: start here The landing page for charities, foundations, community organizations and other non-profits that run their w...

Good to know

  • A free website for your nonprofit

    Run your nonprofit's public website without a hosting bill - edit in Exponential, publish a static copy to GitHub Pages for free, and keep donations and sign-ups on services made for them.

  • Associations and small groups

    The landing page of the associations section - what clubs, societies, user groups, parent associations and other volunteer-run groups can run on Exponential, the pages of the section, and the order to read them.

  • Checklists for owners

    The site owner's checklists for an Exponential site in one place - daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly, plus before a campaign and after an incident - with who usually does each and how they fit with the store…

  • Choosing hosting and partners

    The landing page of the choosing section. How a business chooses hosting, a hosting model, an implementation partner and a support arrangement for Exponential, how it works with 7x and the project, what to put in a…

  • Costs and return on investment

    The landing page of the costs section. What it costs to own and run a website application on Exponential, what you do not pay for, and how to work out the return on investment with your own figures.

  • Customer types: a start page for every kind of site

    Nine kinds of sites that customers run on Exponential, each with a start page and a reading path: newsrooms, magazines, blogs, documentation sites, online stores, membership sites, intranets, multilingual sites and…

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