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Purchasing A Domain
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Here Are 24 Questions To Ask Before Purchasing Web Hosting
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Any business these days requires a website. It has become an expectation. Herewith, a list of 24 questions that you should ask your web hosting company before you purchase web hosting.
Technical Support:
Technical support must be available to you.
1. What do they provide?
– SoftSmart.co.za provides live chat (link available through all pages of our site).
– We provide telephone support (numbers on our contact page).
– We provide email support which is tracked via a support ticketing system.
– Knowledge base with FAQs.
2. When are they available?
– Telephone and live chats are available from 8H00 till 17H30, Monday to Friday, and usually beyond that.
3. Does tech support cost extra?
– There is no fee for tech support
Storage:
Ensure that you have enough space to expand in the future.
4. How much storage do they offer? (A typical Web site uses between 20-30 MB)
– LOADS. Our smallest package is 500Mb of disk space
5. Do they offer enough extra space for your business to grow into? 100MB is a good starting point.
– Sure. Our largest package has 10Gb disk space. If you need it, please email us to find out about dedicated hosting.
Domains:
Getting a Domain name for your business is one of the most important things you could do.
6. Will they register your Domain name on your behalf?
– Yes, when you order your hosting package, you enter the domain name of your choice.
7. How long will it take?
– Average time is
8. Is there any extra cost to you?
– Most packages include a free domain name for the first year. Thereafter domain names cost R100 (+- $15) per year.
Design:
There are 3 basic website design options. 1) Hire a web developer to design the entire website. 2) A template solution that is inexpensive, but designs are not unique.
9. Do they have a builder that you can manage easily?
– Yes, we have Site builder (link to demo here).
– We have thousands of FREE web templates within our CPanel area.
– We have a great online tutorial for web authoring (link here).
10. What type of computer background do you need to design your site?
– Dependant on what option you prefer above.
11. Do you have control over content and updates?
– Yes, your site is loaded via FTP, so you control every step.
Email:
12. How many email aliases comes with your package?
– This differs with the packages, from 5 to unlimited.
13. Will your emails have the domain name in them for a more professional appearance (eg, joe@mydomain.com)?
– Is there any other way???
14. What is the cost to add extra emails?
– You can easily add up to your package maximum in CPanel at no cost
15. Are there any additional costs?
– No!
Cost:
Make sure there are no hidden costs.
16. What are the initial setup fees and what do you get exactly?
– We charge no setup fees.
17. Are there any additional charges?
– Not really… If you go over your data allowance (which is huge, 5Gb on the smallest package) for 3 consecutive months, we will require you to upgrade your account.
Contract:
18. Am I locked into a contract?
– No, you pay per month.
19. May I cancel at anytime?
– Yes you can! (to paraphrase president Obama).
20. Are there any penalty fees for switching or closing my account?
– Only that you loose out on great service.
21. What happens to my content?
– Your content is yours. You can simply get it all via FTP (or as a backup from CPanel) before cancelling. Your domain will also be transferred (note that some registrars charge about $10 to transfer domains, so you may need to pay that to them directly).
Value:
22. What makes them better than their competition?
– We provide great support. We use our own servers for our own websites and we have all the value added services, like web development, custom software development, graphic designers, etc. Because we are software / web developers we can answer technical question which extend beyond just hosting support
23. What exactly sets them apart?
- We believe the old adage that the “customer is king”, give us a try. Mail us and ask about your first 3 months ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
24. Does the web host provide the features that you need for your web site?
– We have many free scripts like ecommerce applications, Wordpress, etc for free and easy to setup in CPanel.
Purchasing space on web hosting. What is the difference between “domain register only” and “build a package”?
Saturday, May 1st, 2010I’m looking to rent some space on A2 hosting.
I need to have php and postgresql.
But, now that I’m trying to make a purchase, it’s asking me to select “domain register only” or “build a package”???
If I chose “domain register only”, I won’t get php and postgresql??? I’m just gonna own the domain that I make up the name for??? Is that the difference???
And, with “build a package”, I’ll gain access to php and postgresql???
I’m thinking this b/c “build a package” causes more than “domain register only”.
thanks in advance!
I’m interested in purchasing a domain name and I was asked to make an offer. How much should I offer?
Friday, April 2nd, 2010I’m looking into starting my own business and I would like to purchase a certain domain name. I was asked to make an offer but I don’t know how that works. Can someone help?
5 Important Points to Note When Choosing and Purchasing a Domain Name
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Choosing an effective domain name is a crucial first step to setting up an affiliate business. To be taken seriously, you need to purchase a domain name of your own. It is also an important factor when it comes to branding yourself and your online presence that your affiliate business creates. Therefore, it is important that you take note of the 5 important points listed below when you have decided upon an affiliate program to promote as an affiliate business.
1. Avoid “free” domains
Your domain name will be your business’s “address” on the Internet, so it’s important that you choose the right one. That is why you MUST get your own unique name, as opposed to one you can get from a web hosting company that includes their name (eg. /YourWebHost/yoursite). With your own domain name, you can easily move your site to another host while keeping your domain name if you are unhappy with the current host’s range of services.
2. Always register a “.com” name first.
Everyone remembers a “.com” before “.net”. Even most web browswers, if the extension is not entered, will default to “.com”.
3. Consider registering other top-level domains like “.net” and “.org”
No, this is not a contradiction to the previous point. Rather, it’s always a good idea to protect your business and your domain names by registering the less popular top level domains as well.
4. Protect Your Business by Registering Product Names and Plurals
You should also go beyond the basic top level domains and register some variations on your domain as well, including plurals and even misspellings. Now, you may ask why misspellings? Because believe it or now, there are “typo-squatters” out there who make a point of registering misspellings of popular domain names just to scoop up the traffic of people who made an innocent typo error.
5. You can create your own sub-domains
If you cannot find a domain name that has the keywords you want to focus on, there is another solution. You can take advantage of a sub-domain, which is anything that comes before the main domain. Search engines love keyword-rich domains. Well, by using your keywords in your sub-domain, you can have the same effect.
wats the differece between buying a domain name and purchasing a web host?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010i dnt understand wat im buying….which will will let me edit the web page to ?
Purchasing Domain and Web Hosting
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Purchasing Domain and Web Hosting
How do I go about purchasing a domain name and a web host?
Friday, March 5th, 2010I am new at web design and I was told that I need to buy a domain name and a web host to make my site “live”. I am doing this for a coffee shop. Also, is it really necessary to buy those? Any advice and information pertaining web design is welcome. Thanks
What are the cheapest websites for purchasing web domain/hosting?
Friday, March 5th, 2010I’ve been looking around but I’m looking for a fairly cheap price. The lowest I’ve found is a one year plan for $20/year
Video 1 – Purchasing A Domain Name and Hosting
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
freesalespage.com – Video 1 – How To Purchase A Domain Name and Hosting through godaddy.