Domain name & web hosting
When you go all the trouble and expense of getting the right name for your web site, create the domain and make it usable - then the last thing you need is for the site to be slow or worse go offline! Merrehill uses hosting in the USA - and can set yours up to be mirrored on each coast - each with a back-up. This way you effectively have four sites instead of one and even if there is a power cut and the back-up generators fail it would have to happen twice and 2,000 miles apart as well. We think you would agree that is pretty unlikely this gives stability to your Domain name web hosting.
Domain name web hosting with speed
We don't put hundreds of web sites on one machine. This may be profitable but it isn't good service if your site becomes sluggish either because you are doing really well in generating traffic to your site or some other sites on the same machine are. By keeping no more than 30 web sites per server - all with extra band-width - we have yet to experience any slows or traffic problems as there is so much spare capacity in the system at all times.
Mail accounts are no problem - how many do you want? Re-directs to keep things simple at your end - php, Microsoft Frontpage, MySQL or MSsql can all be catered for - just let us know your requirements and we will endeavour to set up the system you need.
Our Domain name web hosting service is complete from start to finish - we can help you choose the name itself (some are better than others from a marketing perspective), design the site, host it and then promote it. Whether it's an Email Campaign, fax campaign, Search Engine Optimisation, Google Ad words, Directory Listings etc. we cover a broad spectrum of marketing idea and we're always looking out for new ones. But all of it relies on your having a good site that is stably there and running at good speed. Your internet connection may be slow - but that doesn't mean that your prospects have a slow connection! Just because your current web site loads as fast as any other on your PC doesn't mean it can keep up with others who have a much faster 20 MB connection. This could be a particular problem if you have Video or large pictures - these can really help to push your product or service but can prove to be more of a hindrance if your current server can't download them fast to those visiting at peak times.
As a final point on Domain name web hosting bear in mind that it is small think to have just one web site - why not have twenty or more. Even if you don't have that many products or services you may cover that many areas of the country. This way you can tailor make each site to cover a particular aspect of your business or cater to a particular aspect of your public. It also allows you to experiment with various kinds of marketing - either the web site itself or even by using different links to monitor the results of other promotional actions you want to try. Why blow the whole budget on one fancy website that isn't pulling any traffic when you can create three of them - promote each selectively and then start spending money when you know what works and it is actually getting traffic - so it is worthwhile. How much traffic - that rather depends on what you're selling and the amount of profit you have in each one. Some products would only need two visits a month with a 50% close rate to justify a £10,000 budget. Others may need tens of thousands of hits to warrant the same spend. Call to discuss Domain name web hosting.
