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A .md domain and hosting: what to check before you buy
A domain registered to someone else, a renewal notice sent to a former employee, hosting nobody can log into any more. How the .md registry works, what its rules say about expiry and transfers, and the questions to ask before you pay for a domain and hosting.
Read the articleWebsite maintenance: what it includes and what happens when nobody does it
A site doesn't stay the way it was on launch day. PHP versions run out of support, plugins collect security holes, certificates expire faster every year. What maintenance actually covers, what goes wrong without it, and how to check your own site in ten minutes.
Read the articleBackups for a small company: the 3-2-1 rule, explained simply
Three copies, two kinds of storage, one copy outside the office. The rule fits on a sticky note, and most small companies still break it without noticing. What it means in practice, and the test that tells you whether your backups actually work.
Read the articleWhat to hand an AI agent first: five repetitive jobs in a small company
Every small office has work that eats an hour a day and needs no judgement: copying invoices, sorting the shared inbox, re-typing orders. That is where an AI agent earns its keep. Five jobs to start with, and how to choose one.
Read the articleCompany passwords: one password manager and two-factor login for the whole team
The spreadsheet called "passwords", the login everyone knows, the account only a former employee could open. How to move a small team to a password manager and two-factor login without stopping work.
Read the articleHow much does a website cost in Moldova in 2026, and why do the quotes differ so much?
You can't compare a business website and an online shop on price. What the total is made of, which costs appear after launch, and what to ask before you accept a quote.
Read the articlee-Factura in Moldova: connecting e-invoicing to your CRM and your accounts
The same invoice typed by hand into three systems means mistakes and wasted hours. How to join the sale, e-Factura and the accounts into one flow, and what to check first.
Read the articleFrom Excel to a CRM: moving your client base without losing anything
Migration is the part everyone dreads and then rushes. How to clean the sheet, which fields to keep, what to do about history, and how to check nothing went missing.
Read the articleOff-the-shelf CRM or custom-built: how to choose without paying twice
A ready-made CRM can be running in days. A custom one fits your process exactly. We compare them over three years, look at local integrations, and ask who ends up holding the data.
Read the articleAn AI assistant on Telegram and WhatsApp: what it can do for your business, and where it falls short
Customers write in the evening, at weekends, in Romanian and in Russian. An AI assistant can answer the questions that keep coming back and take simple orders. Where it helps, where it gets things wrong, and how to keep an eye on it.
Read the articleA website in Romanian and Russian: getting found on Google in both
Some of your clients search in Romanian, some in Russian. If your site serves both languages from the same address, Google only sees one of them. What a bilingual site needs to be found.
Read the articleChoosing an IT company in Chișinău: ten questions to ask before you sign
The expensive IT projects are the ones that get built twice. Ten questions to put to any supplier before you sign, us included.
Read the articleBusiness website, online shop or landing page: which one does your business need?
Not every business needs an online shop, and a single good page sometimes brings in more enquiries than a ten-page site. How to choose the format.
Read the articleWhat a CRM is, and when a small company in Moldova needs one
If client enquiries get lost somewhere between the phone, Viber and an Excel sheet, your team isn't the problem. What a CRM does, what it doesn't, and when it's worth the switch.
Read the articleWhy your company email lands in spam, and the three DNS records behind it
Quotes go to spam and the website form looks broken. More often than not it comes down to three DNS records. Here is what each one does and how to check yours.
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