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Helpful Links:
For domain name registration, we recommend GoDaddy.
For hosting, we recommend HostGator.
Yes, we provide hosting services, but we typically only work with design and photography clients referred from Kestrel Designs, with a few non-profit organizations we support, and with friends and family. Because our accounts are set up manually, we do not necessarily offer the cheapest rates out there or the fastest technical support. For that, we really do recommend HostGator!
For a shopping cart program, we recommend eCommerceTemplates.
All product updates and invoicing are done very easily via the control panel that comes with the shopping cart. You can even purchase a "Generic" template and then hire your designer to pull out the code and insert it into your site's pre-existing design.
If you need a merchant account, we recommend opening a business account with PayPal. If your budget requires, you can start off with the free Business Account for now and then upgrade to their full Merchant Account program when you're ready. (We have yet to find any bank that can beat PayPal's price and service.)
If you are already ready to go full steam ahead with your eCommerce site and would like to purchase a Security Certificate (SSL), we recommend that you read our article on SSL before you make your certificate purchase.
For page content maintenance and updates, we recommend a program called Contribute from Adobe. You install this program on your hard-drive, it connects to your existing website on your server, and then you can make changes to your pages very easily, just like you would in a Word document.
Ready to submit your site to search engines? Try these links:
Google |
Yahoo | Open Directory (for AOL etc.) | MSN | Alexa
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