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Create/Maintain a Website. Younus Syed. Define the Problem/Issue. Most large businesses either develop their websites in-house or outsource the job. This leaves the smaller businesses. For every small business creating and maintaining their own site is a huge challenge.
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Create/Maintain a Website Younus Syed
Define the Problem/Issue • Most large businesses either develop their websites in-house or outsource the job. • This leaves the smaller businesses. • For every small business creating and maintaining their own site is a huge challenge. • With the idea of providing solutions to this challenge, we take a look here at some of the options that are currently available.
Ways in which the issue can be addressed? • Having a website provides a small business with numerous benefits. • Many people use the Web to search for all types of information, products and, with a website, small businesses can be one of the sources that they go to. • You can build a site, even with no programming experience, and reach more people than ever before. • All this can be accomplished in a matter of few minutes.
What vendors offer solution? • There are a lot of web-based vendors who offer a variety of web development services to small business. • For the purpose of this assignment I have shortlisted three web-based vendors: • Web (www.web.com) • Weebly (www.weebly.com) • Webs (www.webs.com)
Can easily make your own website with Web.com's simple Website Builder web design software. • Includes website templates for personal web pages, small business web pages, and ecommerce websites. • Web.com delivers secure, reliable web hosting and can help increase your traffic, sell online, and accept credit card payments. • Creating a website with Web.com is a simple 3-step process. • Sign-up and choose a free domain name. • Chose your package. • Design and publish.
Website Builder: • Free domain name for the first year. • 4GB bandwidth • 400 MB Web storage • Priced for an introductory price of $2.95 for the first month, then onwards $19.95 per month. • Website and Online Marketing: • All the features included in Website Builder. • Business profile in dozens of local search engines. • Search engine submission to Google, Yahoo, Bing • SEO consultation with Web.com’s experts. • Priced for an introductory price of $3.95 for the first month, then onwards $29.95 per month.
Website, Marketing and store: • All the features included in Website Builder and Website and Online Marketing. • E-commerce which allows the website to sell up to 500 products. • Accept credit cards with a secure shopping cart. • Powerful email marketing tools. • Priced for an introductory price of $4.95 for the first month, then onwards $39.95 per month. • Access your website on mobile devices, like iPhone, Blackberry, Android and other mobile devices for $9.96/year.
Simple and painless way to get a good website up and running fast. • “Weeblydrag & drop website buldier”, a drag and drop website builder which means you just click on what you want and where you want it and let go. • Offers features like: • Easy blogging • Photo Galleries & slideshows • Video & audio players • Easy form builder • Powerful hosting • Detailed traffic stats.
Create a website in 4-steps • Sign-up • Design your website/add content • Register your domain name • Publish • Offers a free subdomain with “.weebly.com” extension. • Example: “www.thisismywebsite.weebly.com”
Offers you to purchase the domain name for: • 1year for $29.95/year. • 2 years for $24.99/year. • 5 years for $22.46/year • 10 years for $19.27/year • The yearly domain subscription package include • No setup • 3GB bandwidth • 200 MB Web storage • Full ownership and DNS control • Rock solid hosting • $100 in Google AdWordsAdvertising
Webs.com is the number one leading website developing web-based vendor • Allows you to create your own custom website without any technical skills • Webs offer a simple site building tool, hundreds of professional designed templates. • The template you pick will do most of the work for you, all that left for you to do is adjust the color scheme, pop in your logo, and add whatever contents you like.
Offers features like: • Easy blogging • Photo Galleries & slideshows • Video & audio players • Easy form builder • Powerful hosting • Detailed traffic stats. • Offers a variety of apps like • Interactive Google map • Web store • Communicate with customers via e-blog • Book appointments online • Organize FAQ’s.
Create a website in 4-steps • Sign-up • Design your website/add content • Register your domain name • Publish • Offers a free subdomain with “.webs.com” extension. • Example: www.thisismywebsite.webs.com • Offers a free mobile version of your site that looks and works great on smartphones.
Webs offers three premium packages to choose from: • Starter: • This premium package costs $3.37 per month • Removes Webs Footer ad • 24/7 customer support via email • 5GB bandwidth • 400 MB Web storage • Ad-free Mobile website • 150 minutes of High Quality Video storage • 10 Web Store items.
Enhanced: • This premium package costs $5 per month • Includes all the Starter features • Custom Domain Name • 5 Custom Email Address • 24/7 customer support via email and live chat • 25GB bandwidth • 1000 MB Web storage • 1000 minutes of High Quality Video storage • 30 Web Store items • $100 towards Google AdWordsCredit • $50 towards Facebook Ad Credits
Pro: • This premium package costs $8.34 per month • Includes all the Starter and Enhanced features • 15 Custom Email Address • 24/7 customer support via email+ live chat + phone • 100GB bandwidth • 5000 MB Web storage • Premium Mobile Website • Unlimited High Quality Video storage • Unlimited Store items