Web Services and Support
Whether you run your entire business online, or are using a web
site to help promote your off-line business, web services are essential
to most businesses today. You will need to register a domain name,
find hosting, design your website, as well as make use of e-mail
hosting and e-commerce solutions. CDN Technologies can assist you
with all of these requirements.
If you are looking to promote your business on-line, the first
thing you will need to do is register your domain name. You should
aim to register as many suffixes as possible, but can have these
all re-direct to the same page for ease of design. Domain name registration
is done through special domain name registrars who can also provide
other services to get your web site running.
Once you have registered your domain name you will need a web host
where you can store your web site on-line. CDN Technologies offers
a number of different web hosting packages from the basic bronze
level to the more advanced gold level. Before deciding what web
hosting package you are going to select, think about what you want
your web site to include and whether you will need the more advanced
solutions or whether you can save money by choosing a more basic
package.
The design of your web site is crucial to your on-line success.
Think about what will appeal to your target market in terms of colors,
logos, and content. If you are going to run an e-commerce store,
you also need to take into consideration e-commerce solutions such
as a shopping cart and payment processor. Flash is also quite controversial
at the moment, it can add a more professional appeal to your website,
but can also harm your search engine rankings. Think carefully about
whether you will gain greater benefit from using or avoiding Flash.
E-mail hosting solutions are often included in your web hosting
package. These web services should contain a number of e-mail boxes,
autoresponders, spam filtering, virus protection and other email
tools. CDN Technologies offers 10-1000 e-mail boxes in their different
web hosting packages, which all contain these different services.
If you are going to be running an e-commerce store it is important
that you have the right web services available. The basics for this
include a shopping cart and payment processing software, but more
advanced packages are also available including other tools. Speak
to CDN Technologies about the Easy Store Maker, Easy Store Maker
Pro and Ad Manager solutions.
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