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This Page: The Cost Need something more sophisticated? Want your own .dot.com? Will anyone see my site? Will I know if anyone has seen my site? No miracles - but a solid partnership Related Pages: The Internet? Why Bother? Questions You Should Ask Home Page |
Your Own Page Many people have been put off the Internet as a result of having been given exaggerated expectations of the effectiveness of a website and having been overcharged for the service provided. If you are weighing up the idea of having your own site, why not read the page The Internet? Why Bother? The Cost A basic site costs just £25 per year. For this you will be given an internet address of the form www.net-cymru.co.uk/mysite, a photograph or logo, and about one A4 size amount of text. For a mere £5 extra you can have an enquiry postbox put on your site, enabling customers to contact you by email simply by entering their comments and clicking on a button. One of the nice things about dealing with businesses small enough to be below the VAT threshhold is that you don't have to add 17.5% to all the prices you are quoted. Need something more sophisticated? A range of designs and graphics is available. The best thing to do is to look at the sites on the Electronic Gateway and see if something similar would suit you. Whatever your needs just say what you want and there's a good chance it can be done! To look at sites on the Electronic Gateway: The Sites Want your own .dot.com? You can register your own company name (provided no one else has taken it already). What's more the address will belong to you, not net-cymru. There's no reason to think you'll every be dissatisfied with the service, but it's always nice to know you can take your all-important internet address with you if you need to. This is important! Don't get stuck with a service that you don't like but can't switch unless you change the address that you've spent a lot of time and money advertising. Will anyone see my site? The Electronic Gateway is itself a great asset! There are parts of a website which are invisible to visitors - but they are extremely important. Visitors will be attracted in all sorts of ways and once they are there, there's a good chance they'll look at things they didn't intend to when they arrived. If you have a shop you are better off in a High Street than on your own! To see how visitors can be attracted, look at Freebies Of course there are many things you can do to help increase visitor numbers. It is important that you mention the site in any advertising you do. Establish mutual links to other commercial or non-commercial sites. Most businesses underestimate the amount of help they can be to each other. Everyone who is not a competitor is a potential friend! Will I know if anyone has seen my site? In any business, feedback on how you are doing is essential. Statistics on visitor numbers can be collected and posted to a part of your site that only you can access. No miracles - but a solid partnership No website, no matter how much you pay for it, can guarantee you business. Put your site on the Electronic Gateway and everything that can reasonably be done to attract visitors will be done. But you can also play your part to see that the public sees your address. Your website provider is a bit like your landlord - and like any landlord they can abuse their position. What net-cymru proposes is a partnership - working together to make your site work for you. Eddy Hunt, Webmaster, net-cymru |
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