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Services
Mind Your Own Website offers professional services for creating websites, focusing on the micro- or small- business and organisation market.
Above all, our goal is to equip you to mind your own website - keeping the content up-to-date without any help from a paid consultant.
Choose from our range of options to suit your business needs.
1. Basic online presence
We can set up a website with domain registration and email addresses, install content management software, create a template with the look and feel you like, based on the colour scheme and layout you select, with your logo. We include training and a user manual, and three support calls to help establish your confidence in managing your own site. By the end of the project, you have a professional looking site that helps your customers to find out more about you and contact you.
2. Simple online credit card payment or donation
For the business where customers will only be buying one product at a time, or making one-off donations from your site, it's well worth considering using hosted payments with PayPal or Paymate. These services are quick to set up to accept online credit card payments securely, requiring only an extra link on your product's page. Your customer clicks on a special link button which takes them to a payment page, they enter their information securely with the host, who then processes the payment, and returns the customer to your site. Regular contributions or subscriptions can also be set up this way. Your customer does not need to have a PayPal account to make payments.3. Shopping cart with multiple payment options
If you wish to offer your customer the ability to select a range of products from your online catalogue, you will need a shopping cart. You can choose the osCommerce or Zen Cart shopping cart, which are free, I can set up your shopping cart to calculate shipping, and integrate any of the following payment options:- PayPal
- Paymate
- eWAY - credit card payment gateway
- money order
- cheque
- cash on delivery
- direct deposit
If you are a startup business considering setting up an online shop, please be aware that accepting credit card payments aside from PayPal can be relatively costly to setup. eWAY is one of the best value providers for credit card transactions, and at best the setup cost will be around $500 (unless you catch them having a membership drive!), with ongoing yearly costs of $350, not including transaction charges and the cost of an Internet merchant account with a major bank. This is why PayPal and Paymate are popular with small businesses online. Another possibility is integrating directly with your bank, if you have a merchant account, and your bank offers an Internet Banking Gateway.
4. Ad hoc consulting
Perhaps you have a specific website issue and are looking for a local, competent, reliable, friendly, and down to earth I.T. specialist with good communication skills. I give clear estimates and timeframes, and keep in touch about progress. I am willing to help install MODs, backup servers, upgrade software. Just ask!
If you are unsure which option is best for you, contact me and we can arrange a time to sit down over a cup of tea or coffee and talk through what your business needs, obligation free.
