Case Study: MLTD (Moose Shirts) achieves 33% faster load times and reduced downtime with Linode Managed

MOOSE Limited Finds 33% Faster Load Times, Less Downtime, & Peace-Of-Mind under Linode Managed

MLTD (MooseShirts.com), founded by Ori “Moose” Kainen, is a California-based online street‑wear and skate retailer that grew rapidly from a niche urban-apparel distributor. As traffic and sales climbed (over 50% annual growth), the company outgrew a single, dedicated server and—with only two part-time IT staff—faced costly downtime, performance bottlenecks and the need for 24/7 monitoring and redundancy to support a global customer base.

MLTD adopted Linode Managed services and Longview monitoring, moving to separate Linodes for its database and website (including an 8‑core DB node and a high‑throughput web node), with regular backups and around‑the‑clock incident response. The result: about 33% faster page loads (from ~2.0s to 1.35s), minimized downtime, rapid issue resolution, consistent monitoring and reliable backups—giving the company improved performance and peace of mind.

MLTD

Ori Kainen

founder MLTD