Yes, just be sure to specify that you are requesting a transfer and NOT a new domain. You should keep the service with your current provider while waiting for the completion of the transfer process. We will provide you with a temporary IP address so you can mirror the site on our server. All email and web pages will still be accessed from your current site. When the registration authority announces the completion of the transfer there is a 72 hour propagation period where visitors could go to either site. At the end of the 72 hours you should contact your previous host to have them delete the old domain from their records and update their DNS record. If you use this same provider for your Internet access you will not be able to access your domain site until they update their DNS.
New accounts are generally set up within 24 hours from the time we receive your order. Once an account is set up an activation notice will be sent to you via email including your user-ID, password, and FTP hostname. You can begin uploading files to your new web site immediately. Domain account users will be given a temporary URL to access their site via the web prior to the completion of either domain registration or domain modification.
You have unlimited access via FTP and Telnet 24-hours a day. As such, you can create and maintain your web pages on your own computer and upload files to your web site at your leisure.
Yes, for each additional domain we can mirror your main web pages and mail system. This is a great way to expand the marketing of your present business. Contact sales for current pricing.
Yes, We can give you a third level domain name such as anyname.yourdomain.com. Third level domain names are not subject to domain name registration so no registration fees apply. Contact sales regarding availability.
Yes, you can use your account for commercial purposes. The World Wide Web has become the most efficient and cost-effective means of making information available to the users of the Internet community and we encourage our customers to utilize such an enormous medium.
Yes, we do allow you to create subdirectories which you can use to offer friends or clients space as long as its within our policy guidlines. You can also request additional FTP accounts with limited access to a specific directory for a small additional charge.
No, you will need local Internet access in order to maintain your web site and retrieve email addressed to your site. If you have questions concerning your current Internet access, and whether or not it will comply with our web hosting services, please contact us via e-mail.
A Virtual Domain means having your own domain name (http://www.your-name.com) without having to install expensive server hardware and software. With a Virtual Domain, you utilize our server's storage space, however you are still professionally represented via your own personal Internet web address domain name (www.your-name.com) and by your own personal e-mail address domain name (you@your-name.com).
While we normally suggest that you wait until you're ready to put your site on the internet to avoid paying for a service you're not yet using, we do like to warn people that publishing their site, trouble-shooting it (making sure there are no broken links, images, missing pages, etc...) can take time. Also, you may want to add some of the features we provide such as a guest-book, multiple user forums (discussion boards) polling scripts, quiz scripts, free for all links page etc... and while these are very quick and easy to install, if you want to customize them to fit the look of the rest of your site, you will want to allow some time for that as well.
Also, if you plan to submit your site to the search engines, you should know that it can take weeks or even months to get listed on some of the more popular engines, so if your index page is ready (the meta tags, etc..) then it would be an advantage to start as soon as possible for that as well.
*(Just be sure you don't have any broken links from your index page as some engines penalize you for that - if you need to, you can take the links off and submit just the main page, and when you're done with the rest of your site, put the links back on the index page, and resubmit to the engines)
Many of our customers have signed up, and been live on-line within 24 hours, however, it's much better to be safe than sorry... so as a general rule, we suggest that you give yourself at least two weeks (minimum) to allow for unexpected changes, corrections, problems, etc.. that might need to be dealt with before you want your site to go live on the net.
All of our packages are priced in United States currency, however, you can easily find out how much it would be in your particular currency by clicking on the url (web address) below. (remember to use the back button on your browser to get back here)