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AS I OFTEN GET REQUESTS TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ONE’S WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO TRY AND SUMMARIZE IT HERE FOR CLIENTS. BELOW PLEASE FIND A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED.

an explanatory video is available here: http://youtu.be/K5-cmTSQu5g

1. CHOOSE A DOMAIN NAME (WHATEVER.CO.ZA)
2. GO TO http://co.za/whois.shtml AND ENTER YOUR CHOICE IN THE SEARCH FIELD, AND SEE IF THE NAME IS AVAILABLE. IF IT IS AVAILABLE, THE RESULTS SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS :

3.  YOU THEN CONTACT US ON 0357721480 or  brettp@neotek.co.za AND TEL US WHAT DOMAIN NAME YOU HAVE CHOSEN. WE THEN APPLY FOR THAT DOMAIN NAME. THIS COMES AT A ONCE OFF COST OF R100 AND THEN AN ANNUAL RENEWAL OF R100. THESE FUNDS WE PAY ACROSS TO THE REGISTRAR.

4.  YOU THEN TELL US IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PARKED DOMAIN ( EMAILS ONLY EG:  INFO@WHATEVER.CO.ZA ) OR A WEBSITE.

5.  THE COSTING MONTHLY FOR US HOSTING YOUR WEBSITE IS AS PER THE BELOW PRICING STRUCTURE. THE FIRST 2 ARE EMAIL ONLY (OR A BASIC HTML    PAGE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHAT THIS IS), BUT FULL BLOWN WEBSITES WITH A DATABASE START AT R99PM (BASIC)

6. THE DESIGN OF THE WEBSITE RUNS ANYTHING FROM R2500 UP TO ABOUT R30000 DEPENDING ON THE CONTENT. WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO QUOTE    YOU, IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WEBSITE THAT YOU LIKE AND WOULD LIKE TO MIMIC (HEY HAVE A LOOK AT WHATCHAMACALLIT.CO.ZA , I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SIMILAR WEBSITE LAYOUT) OR ELSE SEND US A LIST OF THE CONTENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON YOUR WEBSITE AND WE SHALL TRY AND QUOTE FROM THAT. A FACE TO FACE MEETING IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO GET MORE PRECISE QUOTES. THIS IS A ONCE OFF COST.

I NORMALLY SUGGEST TO PEOPLE THAT WE DO A BASIC TEMPLATE FOR R3000 + VAT UP FRONT AND THEN YOU GIVE US THE ALTERATIONS ON A PAY FOR TIME BASIS.

FOR FURTHER ADVICE CALL BRETT ON 0357721480 OR 0721084190 ( I DON’T ANSWER PRIVATE NUMBERS) or  brettp@neotek.co.za