Robin and Marion Jones, Croque-en-Bouche, Underdown - Grooms Cottage, Gloucester Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2JE. UK

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I rent my dedicated webspace from NamesCo. The company has a very good reputation, and also supplies quality broadband.
If you are interested, use this link. Need advice? Ask me. I’ll get an affilliate fee, and will credit your account with me, to the value of £20 plus VAT. Domain names are best renewed through me, as I get 50% discount. I only charge you the cost price to me for domain registration and renewal anyway.

Your site needs somewhere to live on the net. The free space from your ISP is OK for playing around, but serious sites need serious space. I have my own top-notch virtual dedicated server, to get very fast, very reliable service.

Costs from £8.00 per month per site (cheaper than you could buy independently), and depends on size and traffic, plus a bit extra for each extra referring domain. You do need back-up and maintenance to keep the site 100% working. Sites are not static. Restaurant sites always need to up-date their menus and wine lists. The minimum charge is £3.00, and most cost £5 - 10 per month, especially if there are forms.

Full e-mail - no problem, with spam filters if you need it. You are not then tied to your ISP, so, mail@yourdomain.co.uk is with you permanently. Also, when you go on holiday, I’m happy to field your e-mail, and send acknowledgements to messages.

Be aware of trademark and established usage

of company names.  Just because you have bought a  domain name, does not mean you automatically own

all the rights.

Two of my customers have been challenged!

If your trading name needs protecting,

do it.

Domain names are cheap! If there is a possibility of needing one, get it and its variations. The basic cost for a .co.uk domain is £6.00 for two years, and £18.00 for a .com (try to avoid the others). I charge you, only the cost to me. Generally, .co.uk domains are the ones, with .com if necessary. The only reason for not having several variations is that they have a small maintenance cost, and renewal after two years is more expensive: £10.00 for two years, .co.uk, and .com’s, £30.00

Let me know what you’re after and I’ll check it out. But even if you don’t use me, make sure registration is in your name and address. Changing details later costs £35.00

If you already have a domain name, it can be transferred in free. Your existing host may, or may not, charge for transferring out. Should be under £15. My server company charges £10 transfer-out fee.