STEP 1

Your domain name is your ' web address ' on the Internet however instead of being 8 Smith Street it is ' your-business.com.au ' (For example: IntaServe.com is our domain name).
A good domain name is short and memorable and reflects your business or business name. Registering a '.com.au' domain name reflects the fact that the vast majority of customers you wish to target are within Australia, and registering '.com' domain name reflects the fact that you also wish to attract International vistors to your site. Speak to one of our consultants about options and which is most suitable and use our Domain Search on our front page to see if it is available.

" I already own a domain name!"
You may have registered a doamin name elsewhere and simply want to take advantage of our hosting or email services. We will easily transfer your domain name to IntaServe. And of course, unlike our competitors, transferring a domain name to IntaServe is absolutely free.

STEP 2

You have a few hosting options open to you:

Shared hosting - For small to medium size Websites, shared hosting is the most popular and affordable solution. Your web site will share space on an IntaServe IBM e-server with other Websites. For extra stability your email is managed on a seperate IntaServe IBM e-server.

Think of it like renting office space in a large commercial or industrial building.

We support all variety of web sites including simple brochure sites, to e-commerce and database driven sites.

Dedicated hosting - If your web site is more complex, if high security is a concern, or if you have a high traffic site, you may need your own individual server. Many of our clients also prefer to have their own space for security or company policy reasons. Dedicated Hosting places your Website on its own award-winning IntaServe IBM e-server or DELL PowerEdge or PowerApp Dedicated server. It is the equivalent of renting an entire office building and is much more secure and suprisingly economical. This allows you to directly control the stability of your environment without being impacted by your neighbours. Depending on your plan; the web server is set up and fully managed by IntaServe, and you have sole direct access to the web server.

Co Location - This is for clients that own their own web server and manage their own server and wish to place it within our advanced data centre. We'll supply the secure environment, facilities, and redundent Internet connections.

STEP 3

Design Your Website.

Design your own site: There are many web design packages available that allow you to create professional web sites. Examples include, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or MicroSoft FrontPage. Many of our clients decide to design their own sites and we assist you as much as we can in this process. We also provide a great template driving site builder as part of mid level to high level shared hosting plans.

Designed by Professionals: You also have the option of having your Website professionally designed. A professional has the ready made experience and will do everything from the graphics, to the copy and programming. Ask us for a referral as IntaServe works very closely with Web Professionals across Australia and we would be happy to refer one based on your location and requirements.

STEP 4

Promote and Manage Your Website.

Promote your Web site - We recommend placing your new web address, and email address on all of your printed material and advertising including business cards. It's a fact that the buying habit of the average consumer has changed over the last few years; now consumers compare an average of seven (7) suppliers before making a buy decison and visiting web sites is a critical part of this process.

Speak to one of advisors on how to get the most out your site. IntaServe offers Search Engine Optimisation Services services that include checking your site to ensure that it is keyword and search engine friendly. When you consider that 80% of your web site traffic will probabaly come from search engine searches it certainly pays to ensure that you are maximising your potential of being found.

Manage your Web site - All of our hosting services include our advanced LiveStats monitoring tools. By measuring your visitors click throughs, seeing exactly how they found your site, studying which country they are visiting from and their patterns as they visit your site allows you fine tune your site and market to visitors accordingly.

For example our LiveStats allows you to see which pages of your site vistors have clicked through. You may find that visitors are hitting your home-page, going directly to the prices page and leaving. In this scenario you can redesign your site to promote greater visits through the rest of your site first therefore building value. This formula has proven very successful with many of our clients. Hosting a site without the ability to monitor is like opening a retail shop and not interacting with your customers.

For more assistance on getting a domain name registered, setting up hosting or email, call one of our friendly consultant now on 1-800-800-071 Freecall Australia or press our Live Chat button at the top of this page.