I'm often asked, "What is hosting?". Hosting is basically the placing of a website on a server so that it is available for people to access via the Internet by means of a domain name that has been linked or "mapped" to that particular server account. Hosting support - a real person to talk you through all the jargon - is only a phone call away for my customers. Simply choose one of the following options to best suit your circumstances:

For businesses with staff requiring their own email boxes. UNIX/Windows 2003 IIS6 servers in Yorkshire available, annual fee payable in advance, includes one domain name of your choice hosted (.eu domain option possible), unlimited email accounts each with their own username and passwords, local rate dial up connection if required and access to a user-friendly control panel - more ...

For businesses wanting a .com, .net, .org, .biz or .info domain hosted. UNIX/Windows servers in London and Yorkshire, including one domain name of your choice and multiple e-mail forwarding to a single email address. First year payable in advance, thereafter 6-monthly. Equivalent to only £7 per month.

For businesses wanting a .co.uk or .org.uk domain hosted. UNIX/Windows servers in London and Yorkshire, including one domain name of your choice and multiple e-mail forwarding to a single email address. First year payable in advance, thereafter quarterly. Equivalent to only £8 per month.

Additional Domain Name Registration
(second domain linked to your hosted site)
(.co.uk, .org.uk): £30 for 2 years
(.com, .net, .org, .eu): £40 for 2 years

The Web Builder offers full website hosting on servers in both London and Yorkshire (UNIX, NT/Windows, Windows 2003 IIS6 servers), with a proven history of reliability, at a really competitive price. A designated username and password can be issued for you to maintain your own site, if you wish.

Don't be caught out by companies offering "web forwarding" or "web pointing" of your domain name to your website. More often than not, this slows down the performance of a website and also can prevent the search engines from reading the meta-tag information on your main page (containing your description and keywords).

If you already have a website or wish to do your own site design, why not let me take care of the domain name and site hosting for you? Domains can be transferred across, providing you are the Registrant (owner) of your domain name. Alternatively a different domain name can be purchased and set up - the monthly hosting fee includes the cost of domain name purchase or transfer. Check your domain availability here.

I can also support you with the set up of a shopping basket system with secure server access to accept payments by credit card online.

Setting up a micro-payment system on the Internet using a premium rate dial up service to generate income for you via your site visitors' telephone bill, is another service that I'm able to offer my customers.