help please on web site bulding

cit_k

Therefore, their is a limit on the bandwidth, per server, the limit the server can transfer.
That could be published, instead of claims of no limits.

PCease

cit_k wrote: »

Therefore, their is a limit on the bandwidth, per server, the limit the server can transfer.
That could be published, instead of claims of no limits.

just like "unlimited" re-fills in a restaurant.... until you pop! You still buy it because its unlimited!!

this could go on for ever!

thebyp

Just to throw in an extra comment, most hosting providors will provide easy to install shopping carts for free as part of the package. The most common being OScommerce in conjunction with cpanel / fantastico / installatron.

Lil306

PCease wrote: »

Two of my fastest dedicated servers are rented from Webfusion... they own their own data centers. I also use a webfusion server for web development and testing and upload / download in excess of 1TB per month.... you dont get that with the cheap hosting...

You contradicted your first post, first you say you owned them now you admit you rented them

That's not much of a problem to be perfectly honest it's more to do with advertising your own services. I'd like to work out how it's done myself on this forum but never looked into it

Regarding cheap hosting / bandwidth, varies who you go with. Where I live in the North East, Datacentres are rare as hell and our bandwidth allocations are pretty tight, but when it develops it will boom like everywhere else

The host I'm going with offers 0.5Amp colocation, 500gb b/w for £39 per month, it's not much but the host is developing and when they get bigger those bandwidth requirements will aswell...

Anyways, it's good that you have your own Business, just don't promote it..I've fallen foul of the rules myself and got stung for it :D

Syman

has anyone actually answered the OP's questions yet?

(keeps head down under the mudslinging)

jamesb1239

mummyleads wrote: »

hiya i am new to all this techie stuff

i am planning on setting up a bussness selling gift hampers and was wondering about setting up a web site my brother says there are free ones but dont really understand it all so was hoping you could help please i have limited funds avalable to set up the bussness so all help needed thanks

I think that the other forum members are trying to tell you that a completely "free" would not be suitable as these are usually un professional looking and quite commonly ad supported.

But for a low cost you could set one up yourself and be in control of everything, but in my opinion the costs quoted a few posts in are overrated.

.co.uk domain - £2.99 per year (usually bought in 2 year increments)

hosting (the place to put your website on the internet) - max £20 per year for your requirements

and for the shopping cart a product like OS Commerce or CubeCart would be perfect - £0

cit_k

Lil306 wrote: »

You contradicted your first post, first you say you owned them now you admit you rented them

That's not much of a problem to be perfectly honest it's more to do with advertising your own services. I'd like to work out how it's done myself on this forum but never looked into it

Regarding cheap hosting / bandwidth, varies who you go with. Where I live in the North East, Datacentres are rare as hell and our bandwidth allocations are pretty tight, but when it develops it will boom like everywhere else

The host I'm going with offers 0.5Amp colocation, 500gb b/w for £39 per month, it's not much but the host is developing and when they get bigger those bandwidth requirements will aswell...

Anyways, it's good that you have your own Business, just don't promote it..I've fallen foul of the rules myself and got stung for it :D

I would love to live near a reasonably priced data centre....
Would co-locate my own servers.

PCease

jamesb1239 wrote: »

I think that the other forum members are trying to tell you that a completely "free" would not be suitable as these are usually un professional looking and quite commonly ad supported.

But for a low cost you could set one up yourself and be in control of everything, but in my opinion the costs quoted a few posts in are overrated.

.co.uk domain - £2.99 per year (usually bought in 2 year increments)

hosting (the place to put your website on the internet) - max £20 per year for your requirements

and for the shopping cart a product like OS Commerce or CubeCart would be perfect - £0

One thing you're forgetting is if you are hosting an e-commerce shop and accepting credit cards you need a secure server and SSL certificate, which means you need a static IP address and normally a dedicated server (in most cases).

Alternatively, you could use a service like paypal / google checkout / world pay etc and this re-directs to their respective website for payment (which does put people off but ok for starting off).

I've used most shopping carts (osCommerce, CubeCart free etc) but the best one I have found is Xcart. Looks professional and easy to use plus it doesn't look like all the other free OScommerce based websites out there as you can see these from a mile off!

jollyhosting

Check out prestashop, its a free, easy to use and professional e-commerce package.

You should be looking for a host that will offer you a dedicated ip to run ssl certificates for taking credit card payments, which will normally cost you around £2.00 per month on top of a hosting package (around 4-5 pm) for a decent host. PM for a suggestion for a good one!

smk77

cit_k wrote: »

I could rent a full dedicated server for that amount.... Less than that amount even...

chachu201 wrote: »

Youre joking right? I think youre being thoroughly ripped off, or else youre hosting some massive site!

Was £80 a month not an obvious typo given that I was responding to a post that said £80 a year was expensive? :rotfl:

£80 annually.