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If your Internet provider includes webserver disk space in your existing account, and if you don't need to have your own domain name ("you.com" for example), you're set. I'll create your website at my normal rates, and put it on your provider's server, at no extra charge. All done! Wasn't that easy?
Okay, you don't have an account with your provider that offers webserver disk space, and you don't feel you need your own domain name. There are plenty of website hosting options available to you, but I can offer you something the others can't - webserver disk space under my personal management. You can be hosted by Okay Design for far less than any of the other hosting services - only $10 per month, or $100 per year, with no setup fee! This gives you a spot on the web, at an address that looks like this: http://www.okaydesign.com/yoursite
If you don't already have a place to put your website, this is your most cost-effective option. It gives you a stable web address (you don't want to have to move around - you want people to find your site), and it gives you the added benefit of having your site hosted by someone you already know, the same person who designed it.
I cannot overstate the value of having your own domain name. If people know the name of your company and go looking for you online, the first place they'll look is "yourcompanyname.com" Don't disappoint them! Having that domain name means that your customers will find you.
First, go to Network Solutions' WHOIS site to make sure the domain name you want is available. Then give me your desired domain name and, for a nominal fee of $25, I will register your domain name. (You will be responsible for the actual registration fee - typically $35 per year.) You don't have to fuss with the more esoteric aspects of registration (domain name server addresses, technical and administrative contacts), just leave it to me to arrange all of that for you.
Next, I will arrange a hosting service for you. Your site will be hosted by a company I have dealt with for several years, whose level of service and technical know-how is exemplary. Their reliability is unsurpassed, and their servers are fast. And it doesn't hurt that I know the administrator personally -- if there's a problem, I can get it fixed with one phone call.
I do not charge a premium over and above the prices of the hosting service -- once you're set up, all server management and billing services are taken care of by the hosting service. I don't believe in charging you for a service I'm not providing myself.
Here's the rundown on pricing: