FAQ
If you want an online brochure, I can implement all of your information effectively into a website. However, it is important you understand that what works in a hand-held brochure, will not necessarily work for a website. Some content will need to be changed, and things will need to be reorganized into a logical flow for a website.
Any design idea or content that you have rights to, or have created yourself, can be put on your site as long it complies with your local laws.
Domain Name: First you need to come up with a domain name. A domain name is the address used by computers to find your website, like www.yourcompanyname.com. For most domains, you can register for one year up to ten years at a time. Prices vary, but it is not uncommon to find .com domains for as little as $10 US per year. You can get your domain name free here, with some of our packages.
Hosting: A host is the computer where your website “lives”, that is always connected to the Internet. It’s only purpose is to fulfill requests to view the websites that it contains. The cost of a host can vary greatly depending on the size and needs of the website you create. For most small businesses who are just starting their website, they come to us to Host their pages. Or they start out by uses our sub-domain packages. Until they know exactly what they want.
Website Design: Next comes the Design, this is by far the most costly aspect of creating a website. Have you ever heard the phrase, “You have to spend money to make money”? This idea is very applicable to websites. Think of a website as an investment. Just as you make investments in a computer, or advertising in the yellow pages or your local paper, you must invest in your website. The up front costs may seem costly, but the return on your investment will more than make up for the initial costs.
Some small business try to save money here by getting their friend’s cousin’s brother’s son to create the website for them because he’s “good with computers”. The problem with this is that the site will look like someone who is not a web professional did it and it will cost you more down the road to fix it. Remember, your website reflects your business. If your website looks professional, then your business will look professional. You never get a second chance to make a first impression!
Prices for web designers will vary depending on where you live, and what you want on your site. Make sure that you budget a minimum of $1000 for design fees for a basic site. If you need an commerce site where people can purchase items directly from your site, expect to pay more. Make sure you ask around and get a web designer who is willing to work with you on price and design. A good designer will listen to your ideas, and offer suggestions to improve on them while maintaining good standards of web design. Originals For You will not charge as much as these big designer companies, so call me today and I will build your pages for you and at a much lower price!
Maintenance: This is an expense that most people neglect. You’ve spent all this money to create a wonderful website, and you are paying to maintain the domain name and hosting services, but the information on the site is out of date! One of the many advantages of having a website is that you can update the information on a regular basis! Use this to your advantage!!! Hire someone to not only update the content with sales, new articles and other information that you provide them; but, also have them check your links to make sure everything is working and suggest ways to improve your site. There is nothing worse than going to a company’s website and finding that the information is no longer applicable and that the links don’t work! Most professionals who do maintain websites will work with you as a strategic partner analyzing your visitors and making suggestions on how to improve sales and traffic to the site. Originals For You also does website maintenance, for a small monthly fee, call me today for a quote.
Yes, your site will require its own domain name. Your hosted site will be on Hostings servers, and accessible to the rest of the world through that domain name. Some clients choose to start out using one of our sub-domains web pages, until they know exactly what they want. ex: www.originalsforyou.com/yourname.html. These pages are submitted to the search engines regularly. So there is no need to worry about them being found.
Yes, as long as it has not been registered by somebody else. Though many domain names are already owned by somebody, there are as many domain names as you can think of letter combinations, so you should be able to get something you like.
I can assure you that I can build an effective beautiful website for you quickly and accurately. The time factor has to do with how fast you get your information to me and how soon you need it online.
I will sign you up with all the popular search engines. Most people use a search engine when they are trying to find something on the internet. If your site matches any of the keywords a user has searched for, it will be displayed in the list of search results.
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