.What is a domain name?
A domain name is the name of a website, for example www.Star-Creations.com.
Your domain name needs to be registered. There can only be one
unique name for your website in the billions of websites. The
cost to register your name is $20 for one year, $35 for 2 years,
or $75 for 5 years.
What is a host computer?
Your website must be on a host computer. I create your website
on my PC, but I don't want the thousands of people that will
use your website coming to my computer, nor do you want them
going to your computer. There are companies with huge amounts
of memory that “host” websites. They are also called
server farms. They have layers of security that are not available
on home PCs. The cost is $20 per month, paid $60 quarterly or
$240 annually.
Why have a custom email
address?
An email address that includes your website shows your customers
that you are accessible and would like to correspond with you.
Remember communication helps all of us to satisfy the need of
each other.
How do you set up a
shopping cart?
I like to use Paypal. They have the security and shopping carts
set up. You’ll need to set up a Paypal account. It’s
free to set it up. Your customers don’t need a Paypal
account to buy an item. Paypal acts as a bank. When your customer
buys an item the money is put into your Paypal account, which
you can transfer into your bank account. Paypal sends you an
email with the item sold, the amount, the customer’s name,
address, phone and email. Paypal charges a fee; our Paypal fee
is 2.9%. That’s much less than a bank would charge for
a credit card machine.
What is Flash?
Flash is not necessarily something that moves quickly. Flash
is software that is used to create animated objects. They are
usually called Flash movies. I can use Flash to create moving
objects, objects that fade in, objects that change. The portfolio
examples that change on the home page is a Flash movie. Start
your imagination moving and let's see what we can dream up.
What make a font custom?
A custom font is a font that is not included in Microsoft Word.
If you have a special font in mind, I can find it and use it
on your website.
What is included in
your Basic Search Engine Optimization?
I will list your website with Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask.com, and
Lycos. If you're interested in more SEO I can refer you to a
company whose specialty is SEO.
