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Part 1 in selecting Yahoo as our Web Host
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
3 Very Important Steps In Selecting A Reseller Hosting Package
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010When you are hunting for that reseller host that fits your need, you must take care to research the host’s reliability and read reviews from previous customers. You will want to take a look at the various reviews coming from customers that have been in the same situation. Paying hundred’s of dollars for a terrible host can lead you down the red-inked road of no profits.
First, I highly recommend that you research the host and their background on the web. Find your favorite search engine and search by the host’s name. Find reviews and what people are buzzing about. You will find that previous experience is always the best when selecting a Reseller Host.
Second, you are going to be needing to make a profit from hosting sites so you need to select the best “bang for the buck”. Does the reseller have all the reseller hosting software provided to you at no additional cost? Are you looking for a budget reseller? Take all this into consideration when you actually plug in your credit card number. I have found that budget resellers offer good variety of services and software preloaded like WHM CPanel manager.
Third, are you hosting your own websites or someone else’s? My experience with reseller packages is that if you are planning on doing multiple web projects and even designing websites, you will find that reselling can be an added profit. If you are a web designer you can build the site for your client and host it for them too! To illustrate, you designed a website for a local pizza shop for $600. Instead of uploading the site to another host and have them pay for it, just offer to host it for them for $20 a month. The price you pay to host 200 websites is $50 a month via a reseller. You just made almost half your money back from ONE DEAL. If you designed 10 websites a month and hosted all of them for your clients you would be getting revenue of $400 to cover that $50. The key to being successful at reseller hosting is the selling point or the return on investment in the hosting package. Your benefit of picking a good hosting company that is reliable and perfectly priced can lead to more profits the easy way.
You can easily make hundreds of dollars a month reselling your hosting bundled with other services. The possibilities are endless in marketing your space. By selecting a host that allows a good amount of space (start with at least 5GB), your business will thrive.
Another easy trick I how I use reseller hosting is setting up multiple niches and purchasing domain names that fit the niche you are trying to conquer. After you found the niche that you can make serious money in, choose a good reseller host to put all your purchased domain names. WHM Cpanel Manager (Web Host Manager) allows you to make separate cpanel accounts for each domain.
Now as far as selecting the best reseller host, I have listed several of my favorite and the most reliable I have come across. You can find these below.
Tips for Selecting a Domain Name and Web Hosting Service
Saturday, May 1st, 2010In order to make that first online sale, you need to choose a domain name and web hosting service. The domain name is the website address that directs visitors to your site, and the web hosting service is the company that stores your website information on the Internet and displays it to visitors who call up your domain name in the address bar.
Choosing the right domain name and web hosting service for your online business requires preparation, knowledge and thoughtful planning.
Tips for Choosing a Great Domain Name
*Always check to see if your desired domain name has previously been registered, penalized by search engines or labeled as spam.
*Consider choosing a domain name that will capture type-in traffic. This is traffic that a user generates by typing keywords directly into the address bar instead of using a search engine.
*If you opt for negative publicity, purchase a domain that advertises the drawbacks of your competition (for instance, “MyCompetitorSucks.com”).
*Register multiple domain names that draw in traffic and redirect it to your business’s homepage.
*Consider registering domain names that are similar to your desired domain name, as well as common misspellings. The folks at GEICO lose business to the owner of GIECO.com because they do not own both domains.
*Keep your domain name as short as possible.
*Include your website’s keywords in the domain name if possible.
*Choose a .com extension if available. Regional extensions such as .USA, .CA, and .UK are great for attracting local business.
Once your online business becomes well known, you should purchase as many forms of your current domain name as you can think of to keep your competitors from snatching your potential customers. Sometimes even adding an “s” to the end of a popular domain can redirect customers to a completely unrelated website. It can also redirect them to a website that looks surprisingly similar to the original, but with a different owner collecting the profits.
Choosing a Web Hosting Service
Web hosting services are plentiful, and many offer an array of features for different prices. If you are expecting heavy website traffic, keep in mind that you get what you pay for in a hosting service. Heavy traffic requires a dependable server, and this may not be available on an inexpensive hosting site. Before signing up with a company, find out about billing practices and important supported services such as e-commerce, shopping carts, discussion forums, blogs and customer support. If these features are vital to your website, make sure your hosting service can support them. Be sure to ask about customer support and website design support as well.
It is also imperative to sign up for an e-mail feature when choosing a web hosting service. This gives your customers a sense of security when they see you@YourCompany .com on the contact form.
Selecting a winning domain name and finding a web hosting service that is capable of meeting your business’ needs are two of the most critical steps in creating your online business. Choose well and you will be rewarded with increased profits and website traffic.
Selecting Top Web Hosting Sites
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Most people must rely on word of mouth to learn how to select the top web hosting sites that will handle all of their business transactions in an online retail environment. Since there are numerous prices offered for various services, some website business owners must take an uneducated guess on which one would give the best value for the prices that are paid on a monthly basis.
If the website owner has products to sell, then they are most interested in a web hosting site that offers services such as establishing merchant accounts and helping the owner with accepting payments through a variety of methods. Some shoppers prefer to use their favorite credit card that earns them miles, and others prefer to use a debit card that has a preset limit on it that keeps the shoppers shopping trips under control throughout the month.
Some business owners want to add some pizzazz to their internet retail site and prefer to use web hosting services that are compatible with their Windows operating system where they can use various programming languages to project moving images on screen and allow them to maintain accountability of their inventories using programs that they edit and maintain on their personal computer.
There are many business owners that have learned how to create their own web pages using such programs as Microsoft FrontPage. The web hosting services that they choose must allow them this type of flexibility and be willing to help them if the HTML coding gets quite involved and is not presented on the page exactly as the business owner desires.
Good web hosting service providers are always willing to go that extra mile to help business owners expand their businesses. They might provide small business web hosting that allows the small business owner the chance to operate on a smaller scale that is more affordable and realistic. The web host provider will probably offer the use of a MS exchange server to the new business so that customers can access the products in an easy and fast manner.
Many web hosting providers will always have a website builder program that anyone can use to create dramatic web pages and websites that are sure to grab the attention of every prospective customer that visits the site. The web host is certain to offer the business owner the option of owning their own domain name so that customers will always know the custom address they need to enter in order to reach that specific business location.
Some of the best web hosting sites will not dicker with prices. They will generally have a pre-set website price list that business owners can pick and choose from to fulfill every aspect of their online business needs. This also allows the business owner to see the value that they are getting for their money and they generally like the idea of being able to expand their business further one day if they should ever need to.
How To Create A Website – Part 3 – Selecting A Web Host
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Free Guide: planettucker.com Home page: planettucker.com For Affiliate Webmasters ecommerceaffiliatewebmaster.com Hosting Recommendations acegxhosting.com Site Builders planettucker.com planettucker.com planettucker.com planettucker.com This video series is a lecture style series with little video component. This is not intended to show “detailed” steps of functions but designed to serve as an overall guideline in getting set up online from conception to completion. I have other channels at youtube.com that go over detailed functions within Joomla1.5, and this channel will have more coming in terms of Cpanel functions and other specific affiliate tasks.
Selecting Domain Names
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
When you consider Web hosting for your new website then you need to figure out creative yet memorable domain names. Domain names offer a wonderful way to harness creativity to beat the competition. If you’re new to the online world you would have spent hours using the DIY site builder to create a wonderful web design. Would you do with it now? You’d have to get a creative and memorable domain name in order for you to inform the world on how to access your wonderful website.
If you want your domain name to be taken seriously and your website to be well established overtime then you must think clearly and carefully on the kind of domain name you would purchase. The name of an online business makes a lot of difference on generating site traffic as well as creating a thriving business base. Using personalized and expressive domain names can get you started on generating wonderful revenues and driving traffic to your website thereby achieving is ultimate aim.
Selecting An Effective Domain Name
While you might have creative ideas on domain names, there are a few things you need to consider. The domain name itself must reflect the ideology behind the website. It might not speak about the content of the actual website but must have the ideology instilled in it.
For example red herring could refer to a dynamic Web design company or a catchy name for a home delivery service. Whatever name you choose it’s a form of self-expression and should be easily recalled. Don’t confuse clients with names like the red herring, red heading, and red herrings. Keep the dense as simple for a good impact and memorable name.
The second thing you need to consider is the length of the domain name. The shorter the better because it is retained in memory faster and can be retrieved without much thought. Avoid using characters like hyphens and do not use a name that can be easily confused with rivals and competitors. Even though the name icebox may be perfect for ice cooler manufacturers it won’t help you if your competitor has a domain name called icedbox because you might end up driving traffic to them.
Keep a few options ready because you do not want to be disappointed when you check for availability of your domain name. It is quite possible that the name has already been taken. In this case you can check out a few extensions for your website which might include .org,.net, for a geographical domain name extension like .co.uk. These offer good options without losing your core domain name.
Purchasing A Domain Name
Once you have selected and check the availability the next step is to purchase the domain name. But make sure you run a trademark search to ensure you’re not breaching any copyright and trademark. You will have to utilize the service of an accredited registrar for domain names.
Generally the web hosting service provider can arrange for the purchase of your domain name. There are no fixed values for registering your domain name and prices can vary 100% to 200% depending on the choice of your domain name. However, a great name will take your website from a starting point to unbounded access and success.
Selecting the Right Cheap Web Hosting Provider
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Many internet business owners wonder if it is possible to find cheap web hosting, getting set up with cheap web hosting can be a challenge these days in the world of web hosts that provide services like domain bundling, name registration, and free email to get users aboard as when you talk about cheap services then there can be some chances of cheap service or support also. Without having to sacrifice much needed features for their business. If you are looking for a cheap web hosting company you may wish to know where to look. With so many choices for web hosting available today it can be very confusing for people doing business on the internet to get the information that they need to determine if cheap web hosting is a good choice for their website. Finding a quality service provider that is cheap is a tedious task. All web pages are downloaded from a source called the web server.
Check company’s background and verify that whether the hosting company is reputable or not. If you do not need a whole lot of bells and whistles with your web hosting. Shopping for cheap web hosting is not an easy task simply because there are so many options today. You are very likely to be able to find a cheap web hosting package that will meet your basic needs. Be sure the hosting service provider offers as much disk space as you want. Many companies that offer cheap web hosting have packages available that start at around ten dollars per month. The web server where your web site’s html files, graphics, etc. reside is known as the web host. You want to decide what types of web hosting features are vital to your Internet business.
Shared hosting can be another alternative for those looking for cheap web hosting. Everything from basic beginner’s web hosting packages, some will actually register your good domain in their name. Shared web hosting is when several instances of the same service can be found on a single server. They lock you into service with them as switching web hosting providers now means losing your domain name. This can be an extremely economical way for a website owner to get cheap web hosting and you can generally upgrade your service as needed and still get website hosting for a reasonable price. To see if you can use cheap web hosting you need to know how much disk space you will need.
VoIP Reseller Programs: Selecting Private Label or White Label VoIP
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
While dealing with the latest call termination technology, the industry is realising the benefits of communication over a single IP network. Considering the facts, IP services have raise the ratio of VoIP users compared to users of pre-existing PSTN services. The advanced VoIP technology delivers its services via the internet which results in reduction of costs and improvement in the call quality.
As a matter of fact, the IP services hold a definite prospective in the industry, as services are getting popular among small or big organisations along with the residential users. With the passage of time, the demand of the VoIP telephony services and opportunities are increasing rapidly. On the whole, there is tremendous opportunity for resellers to venture into VoIP reseller programs. This domain is well suited for users who possess effective marketing skills and a large client base to cater to their services. Moreover, users do not need any sort of detailed technical knowledge.
The best part of voice services is that the telecommunication market also encourages the users with the low investment to venture into various streams; thanks to the VoIP reseller domain, as the hardware required for call termination are provided by the voice over IP providers or wholesalers. To sum it all up, VoIP resellers act as a mediator between the wholesaler and end users. To pursue its services to end users, resellers avail some portion of the IP switch from the wholesaler.
The end-users thrive on VoIP services to reduce the cost of long distance and international calls by almost half of the cost. The wholesaler sells his services to resellers in choice of two programs, namely private label VoIP and white label VoIP. The white label program allows resellers to re-brand their services i.e. the reseller can sell his services with his own name.
Lastly, VoIP reseller programs are considered as a good option for users that posses specialised marketing skills in their geographical domain.
Selecting the Most Effective Adult Dating Sites
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
The Internet is full of Adult Dating Sites all claiming to be the biggest, best and most effective. Only a very small proportion of them have any right to make such claims. Those with a really large membership, are well established and deliver a truly effective adult dating service, are certainly worth joining and will deliver. Finding these highly effective sites is not difficult if you know what you are looking for.
Start by considering what the essential requirements of an effective adult dating site are. Firstly the site needs to be based in your country. There are several good U.S., Canadian and Australian adult dating sites but if you live in the U.K., it is best to look for a U.K. site. Although it is perfectly possible for these non-U.K. sites to have a lot of U.K. members, all other aspects being equal, a U.K. site will be better at delivering a U.K. service. But don’t try to guess where a web site is run from by it’s domain extension. There are many dot coms that are British – take Tesco for example! Instead, look up the site owners’ address. It should appear on one of the prominent web pages, such as a ‘Contact Us’ page. An absence of any address might well indicate that the site isn’t worth joining anyway!
Having established that the adult dating site is based in your home country, the next thing to check out is how long they have been established. Use either Network Solutions or Nominet (for UK registrations) to find out when a domain was registered. There are two reasons why the age of a site matters. Firstly because it takes several years of active website development and search engine optimization to make a site popular enough to attract the constant daily supply of new members that are necessary for effective adult dating. Secondly, because the longer an adult dating site has been operating, the more likely it is to have been doing so effectively. Most fail within the first two years of their existence.
The third thing to check is to get some idea of how many active members the site is likely to have. Unfortunately there is no way of being absolutely certain but if the site has been running for more than ten years and is based in your country it is almost certain to have the membership numbers needed to make it effective. Use a free search for members in your local or chosen areas to provide further evidence that the number and current level of membership activity are as good as the other factors indicate. You can eliminate any sites that do not allow you a free search.
The final thing to look for is whether the site claims to be free. If it does, you should be hearing alarm bells rather than celebrating the fact that it isn’t going to cost you anything. Just ask yourself one simple question; why on earth would anyone provide a free service when the setting up, maintenance, developing, marketing and search engine optimization of an adult dating site costs thousands of pounds per year and is often the work of a large team of people? If it’s free its because they are either just starting up and desperately need some members or it’s true purpose is not to deliver adult dating at all but it exists to capture personal information for scams ranging from email spamming to identity theft. If you want to avoid being the victim of those sort of things, stay well clear of adult dating sites offering entirely free membership.
However, totally free sites are not the same thing as partially free sites. Those that offer you limited free membership to browse profiles and make searches are likely to be absolutely genuine. They offer limited free access because they are confident that you will like what you find and quickly upgrade to full membership. If you are satisfied that the site matches the other criteria discussed above, a limited free membership of this sort should be seen as a further positive indication of the site’s effectiveness.
Your Guide Towards Selecting Your Potential Web Hosting Provider
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
One must be aware of the fact that there is a host for every type of website. My host that is good for me might turn to be a nightmare for you. In other words, it is you alone who have to decide your best web host. You must take interest in selecting your potential web hosting provider. Other wise, your reputation with regard to your website will suffer and you will be considered as being unreliable, unresponsive and uncaring. Some of the guidelines towards selecting your potential web host are as follows:
1) A checklist must be created:
It is very essential to know well before hand about what features you want your future host to offer. You must then prepare a checklist of features based on the needs of your website. With the help of using the check list, you will be in a position to make comparisons between many web hosting providers. Thus you will easily be able to decide whether a particular host is suitable for your website. If you adopt the method of preparing a check list, you will then save both time and money, in the long run.
2) Rate each host accordingly:
After having acquired a checklist containing web hosting features, you can then go ahead to rate each of the hosts. Based on the features mentioned on your checklist, you can proceed towards awarding points on a sliding scale. For example: you can rate 1 for the least important feature, 2 for the second least important thing and so on. So, when you actually visit hosts, you can start rating them based on the set points mentioned in the check list. The points are based on the basis of the features that are provided by the host. Some of the features that you should look into a web host are as follows:
1) Support for PHP script
2) User control panel
3) The right statistics of the website.
4) Lookout for ASP and Perl support
As soon as you visit a potential host, you must compare the features available
with your checklist. The host that offers most of the wanted features mentioned in
your check list is fit to achieve a higher score. Using a check list is the best way to
figure out the best hosting provider.
3) You will end up getting a host based on your payment:
Many people come up with small hosting budgets. Although they have paid a small price for a hosting service, they yet expect the host to offer the kinds of service which is similar to a costly web hosting plan. How can you have such high expectations with low budget web hosting providers? You must consider your web hosting as an investment rather than treating it as an expense. If you pay for good service, you are automatically free from issues such as infrastructure, back ups and security.