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• Name recognition and ultimate source for business information.
• Universal availability of business information. Websites are always open
• Create a “community” through the website
• Future resales- mainland buyers who want to add to their Hawaiian collections
• Main source of advertising; most cost effective advertising
• New potential customers will find you through Internet searches. Visitors can know about your business before they even arrive
• Establishment of reciprocal links to other sites for increased traffic
• Internet sales. Some products will be sold through the Internet, especially to mainlanders who won't be back to Hawaii soon.
The cost of a website depends on the size, complexity, and how readily available are graphics and copy. The basic rate for web design is $40 per hour including computer, scanning, photography, and copy writing. A simple one page site could be done in a couple of hours, depending on its complexity. Some sites require hundreds of hours, depending, of course, on the needs and demands of the client.
Once you have a web site designed and on a disk, you then need to put it in cyberspace (the World Wide Web/ Internet). This is done by putting all the information on a large computer called a server (uploading). If you already have a domain name (i.e. artsinparadise.com) then you are ready to point search engines (library card catalogs of the Internet) to your new website. Pointing search engines at your site is a matter of registering it with Lycos, Excite, Hotbot, Yahoo, Webcrawler, Infoseek, and many others. If you do not have a domain name, there is a charge of $20-$35 per year to register it. The server you put your website on can cost $20-$50 per month.
Arts in Paradise Web Design can combine many of these services in one hosting fee.
Level I
Smaller sites requiring few or no regular changes: (usually one to five pages).
• Space on a reliable server (up to 10 MB of information and graphics)
• Free e-mail alias and forwarding (anyname@yoursite.com) sent to your current e-mail address.
• Monthly submissions to major search engines
• No uploading fee
• Monthly fee: $25.00
Level II
Intermediate sites requiring monthly changes ( usually 6-20 pages)
• Space on a reliable server (up to 50 MB of information and graphics)
• Free e-mail alias and forwarding (anyname@yoursite.com) sent to your current e-mail address.
• Semimonthly submissions to major search engines
• One FREE hour of monthly site maintenance
• No uploading fee
• Monthly fee: $45.00
Level III
Large sites (over 20 pages)
• Space on a reliable server (up to 100 MB of information and graphics)
• Up to 50 Free POP-3 e-mail accounts with optional redirect.
• Semimonthly deep submissions (all pages) to major search engines
• One FREE hour of monthly site maintenance
• No uploading fee
• Monthly fee: $75.00
UNLIMITED INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE FOR $19.99 PER MONTH
DETAILED WEB STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $10 PER MONTH
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