Your website is an extension of your business - make sure that you don't compromise when it comes to web hosting!

From: Gian Visser
Thursday, 10:54 a.m.

Dear Friend,

Do you sometimes wonder how to know which hosting company to trust with the many many companies out there offering web hosting?

Would you like to be assured that your website is as quick, safe and secure as it can be?

Does the speed of your website make the visitor stay surfing or decide to go and find the info or product they are looking for at a faster website?

If there is a problem is your Web Hosting Company quick to reply and sort out the problem? Are they a simple phone call away?
 

What we are about to go through will enable you to be 100% sure that you are choosing the best web hosting company with which to safeguard your website.
 

Here are the Top 25 questions to ask yourself to make sure that your Web Hosting Company is the Best Available:
 

1. In which country does your Web Hosting Company host their client's websites?

Make sure that your Web Hosting Company has both International and South African based Web Servers - thus if your target market is either South African or International you can be assured of your website being super fast for your visitors.

Afrihost.com has Web Servers both in South Africa and Internationally
 

2. Does your Web Hosting Company have a landline number you can contact them on?

Make sure that they have a land line number as cellphone numbers usually mean that the company does not have an office. In this way you are assured that you can speak to someone in person should you ever have to! Can you phone your Web Hosting Company and ask them questions now?

Phone Afrihost.com on 011 485 5045 to speak to a real live person
 

3. Is your Web Hosting Company friendly and helpful?

When you are experiencing problems you don't want attitude on the other side of the line! Phone up the Web Hosting Company first and make sure that the voice you hear on the other side is smiling! Make sure that they are passionate about hosting!

Everyone at Afrihost.com is friendly and passionate about web hosting!

N.B. - Find out what their Clients say about their service - Ask for testimonials and references!

To see what Afrihost.com's clients say about them Click Here or See below
 

4. Are the Web Hosting Company's servers monitored 24 hours for downtime?

Make sure that if the server on which your website resides is continually monitored in case your website crashes - you want as little downtime as possible.

Afrihost.com's technicians are immediately notified of any server problems
 

5. How long has your Web Hosting Company been running for?

There is nothing as frustrating as setting up your website only to have the Web Hosting Company disappearing and forcing you to start from scratch again. Make sure the Web Hosting Company is financially stable and in the hosting game for the long term.

Afrihost.com was formed in August of 2000 and is made up of 14 staff

6. How fast is your website going to be?

Make sure that your Web Hosting Company 'backbone' connection to the internet is superfast - Ask them exactly where your website is going to be hosted. Ask them to set-up a test website on their servers so you can see the speed your site is going to be.

Afrihost.com uses the Internet Solutions (IS) backbone - the quickest in South Africa
- Click Here for more details

7. Do you have complete control over your email addresses or do you need to constantly contact your Web Hosting Company if you need changes made?

Make sure that you can log into your account and add / edit email addresses to your own domain (i.e. john@yourdomain.co.za ). Make sure that you have a Control Panel on which you can admin your website yourself directly.

Afrihost.com has the AfriPanel which gives you complete control of your site
- Click Here for more details

8. Do you have your own account for your website so that you can upload changes to your website 24 hours a day?

Ensure that you have your own, unique FTP account so that you can make changes to your website whenever you wish by connecting directly to your Web Hosting Company's servers

You have your own, unique FTP account with every hosting account at Afrihost.com

9. What extra value does your Web Hosting Company add beside just offering a website on the Internet?

With certain Hosting Companies you can add many additional features to your website to make it even more exciting and interactive: chatrooms, bulletin boards, shopping baskets and counters can easily be added to your site.

With Afrihost.com you can add many extra features to your site AT NO EXTRA COST!

10. Does your Web Hosting Company offer you tools to aid you in submitting your Website to Search Engines.

Make sure that they are willing to offer you advice in the marketing of your site to Search Engines. Also look to see if they have any tool which will help you to easily add your website to the more important search engines.

With Afrihost.com's AfriPanel you can add your site to the 6 biggest search indexes
 

Are you getting the best web hosting for your site?
Read on and make sure you're getting best value

11. Can you add unlimited number of forms to your website so that when they are submitted they will get directly emailed to you?

Make sure that your Web Hosting Company provide forms which you can customise to your website so that visitors can easily contact you directly from your site if they need to.

Afrihost.com provides you with a secure form to use so that you can add an
unlimited number of forms to your site that will get emailed directly to you

 
12. How many people work for your Web Hosting Company? Make sure that there is always someone qualified available to help you should you experience a problem.

There is nothing worse than having the one person who can help you being away on holiday for the next 2 weeks! Make sure that there are many skilled employees available to help you out with any problem you may have.

14 employees work at Afrihost.com always making sure there is
always somebody to help you out in your time of need

13. What is the main focus of your Web Hosting Company?

Is their main business focus hosting? Are they passionate about web hosting or are they juggling lots of other services as well? Make sure that they specialise in Web Hosting and are an industry leader!

Afrihost.com generates 90% of it's revenue through Web Hosting alone

14. How many clients does your Web Hosting Company have?

Make sure that they provide excellent service to many clients - This will protect you against a company's service levels decreasing as the number of clients they have increase. This will also set your mind at ease that they can do the job - If they have many clients then you can be assured that they are good at what they are doing!

At last count Afrihost.com have in excess of 3000 clients

15. Does your Web Hosting Company offer lots of Client Testimonials?

Are their client's happy with the web hosting they get? Make sure that your Web Hosting Company has left many happy clients in their wake rather than a group of disillusioned website owners. If they have pleased people just like you before you can be sure that they will please you as well!

To see what Afrihost.com's clients say about them Click Here or See below

16. Can you visit your Web Hosting Company's physical premises?

Do they welcome your visit with open arms? Make sure that your Web Hosting Company has an office where you can visit them whenever you wish. This will allay your fears that they may disappear with your website and domain.

Come and visit the people at Afrihost.com at any time you wish!

17. Does your Web Hosting Company register your domain in your name or theirs?

PLEASE make sure that your Web Hosting Company has registered your domain in YOUR name and not theirs. As long as it is in yours it will be possible to move to another Web Hosting Company without your website being held hostage.

Afrihost.com registers domain names in the Client's name not their own

18. If your company's needs grow can your Web Hosting Company grow with your website?

Ensure that your Web Hosting Company has the capability to host a much bigger website than you currently have. Thus when your website grows your Web Hosting Company will continue to please you and provide the best service!

Afrihost.com hosts some of the biggets internet traffic movers in South Africa

19. Are your Web Hosting Company's web servers secure?

Make sure that they are continually protecting their servers against all those viruses and hackers out there. Ensure that they have a security expert looking at their server security daily. Make sure your website is not easy meat for the hackers out there!

Afrihost.com have a full time Security Expert continually monitoring new
viruses and hacking movements to ensure your peace of mind.

20. If you sign up with your Web Hosting Company how quickly can you have your website up and running?

Let's face it - you want your domain registered ASAP. Make sure that your Web Hosting Company systems immediately begin the registration and setup process - You don't want your new domain registered by someone else in the time it takes your Web Hosting Company to register it!

Afrihost.com's system automatically registers any domains registered
to have you up and running as soon as possible

21. Does your Web Hosting Company have somebody who pro-actively deals with the transferring of your domain if you are moving?

The most difficult part of moving from one Web Hosting Company to another is the domain transfer process. If this is not handled properly then their is bound to be serious delays in the transfer of your domain. Ask if there is someone whose job it is to make sure domains are transferred with as little hassle as possible.

Afrihost.com will proactively phone, beg, borrow and plead to
make sure your domain transfer is successful

22. Does your Web Hosting Company continually backup all the websites on their web servers?

Make sure that if there is a disaster there is a backup of your important website files! Make sure that your Web Hosting company not only backups but backups off site away from their main servers in case of fire or any other calamity.

Afrihost.com backup daily onsite and weekly offsite away from their server environment

23. Ask to get exact specifications of the Server Environment your website will be in.

Make sure that all the failsafe backups are in place. Ask about their Uninterrupted Power Supplies, Airconditioning and redundant lines - Make sure that you are hosting in a safe and secure environment! Ask if you can visit the Web server on which your website resides.

Afrihost.com's servers are in the most technologically advanced environments out there
- Click Here for more details

24. Does your Web Hosting Company offer a tool which provides you with web traffic statistics and makes your life easier in the managing of your website?

Make sure that your Web Hosting Company has a easy to use Client Control Interface where you can control what needs to be 24 hours a day. Make sure that web traffic stats are included in your hosting package. Ask them to view a demo of this Client Control Interface.

Afrihost.com provides traffic statistics and a client control interface 24 hours a day with each and every hosting package - Click Here for a full explanation and Demo

25. How powerful is the Web Server on which your website resides?

Ask your Web Hosting Company for the exact specifications of the server to make sure that it can deliver websites fast and securely.

The current Web Server used for all new Afrihost.com clients is a
dual 2.4 Gigahertz (GHz) Xeon with 2 Gigabytes (Gb) of RAM
 

 
Here are what some realworld people have to say
about the Best Web Hosting - Ever:

If you'd like to start getting web hosting of a similar calibre then it is time to use Afrihost.com for all your web hosting needs!
 

Here's What's Included In Your Web Hosting Package:

All of the features below are included in ALL hosting packages unless stated otherwise

24 hours per day, 7 days a week Web Hosting
The service which allows you to put your website on Afrihost.com's web servers which are constantly plugged into an Internet backbone (i.e. always connected to the internet). This will enable anybody anywhere in the world to visit your website if they type in your internet web address (domain name i.e. www.yourdomain.co.za ) at any time of the day or night

Your website is hosted in a State of the Art Datacentre
When it comes to the Web, location is critical.The Afrihost Website Servers are at the hub of corporate Internet traffic in South Africa. The state-of-the-art hosting facility in which they reside has the biggest connection to both the South African internet network and the International Internet backbone - Click Here for more details

Your Domain Name also known as your Website Address
(Initial once off payment for domain necessary in some packages)
Your unique name and address on the internet. There are different domain name extensions (i.e. .co.za, .com, .net, .org, .co.uk). The two most popular in SA are .co.za and .com and both are equally recognisable within SA. If your target is mainly international then it is probably a better idea to register a .com domain. Once your domain is registered it is yours solely and no-one else is able register or make use of it.

Your Website Control Panel also known as the Afripanel
You have your own Hosting Control Panel which is 100% secure. This is set up by Afrihost and is available for you to use 24 hours a day, every day. You are able to log onto your own Control Panel with login details which Afrihost will supply. You are able to do all of the following:

• Set up your email addresses (e.g. john@yourdomain.co.za)
• Set up all your email pointers (e.g. sales@yourdomain.co.za forwarded to
  yourname@mweb.co.za )
• Check out all your traffic statistics for visitors and hits to your site
• Instructions on scripts you can use (forums, guest books, shopping carts, counters, forms, random generators, search, clocks)
• Create password protected folders

Your Webspace for your website
(Size dependant on your hosting package)
You have a certain amount of hard drive space available on the Afrihost webservers for your website. Most single web pages average 100KB to 150KB. There are 1000KB in 1MB. Therefore, on average, you can have approximately 450 to 600 pages in 60 MB of webspace

Your Pop3 email boxes
(Number of Emails dependant on your hosting package)
You have a certain amount of Email boxes on our servers @your own domain name (e.g. john@yourdomain.co.za ) - dependant on your hosting package.
You can collect email sent to these addresses by either setting up your Outlook or Outlook Express or by your Internet browser via a webmail interface. All these Email addresses can be created and edited via your Hosting Control Panel.

Your own Webmail Interface to read your email
You have the choice of 3 different Web based email programmes to use if you wish to get your email via a Web Browser such as Internet Explorer (i.e. similar to Hotmail) instead of via Outlook or Outlook Express

Unlimited email aliases
These are email addresses which are set up to point to existing email addresses e.g. all email sent to sales@yourdomain.co.za will automatically be forwarded to yourname@mweb.co.za. All these Email addresses can be created and edited via your Hosting Control Panel.

You own, unique FTP Account
Your own account on our web server which you can connect to with a FTP program (e.g CuteFTP or WS_FTP). This enables you to upload or make changes to your website at any time of the day or night.

FrontPage Extensions
(Not available for certain packages)
If you use the software package Microsoft FrontPage to design your site you are able to publish your site to the web using the publish feature on FrontPage and make use of any of the FrontPage extensions included on your website.

CGI Scripts
(Certain Scripts not available for certain packages)
Scripts which you can enable from your Hosting Control Panel. There are also instructions on
how to set these scripts up if you wish. The following CGIscripts are available with your Hosting Control Panel:

• Bulletin Board (phpBB)
• Advanced GuestBook
• Random HTML
• Guestbook
• CGIWrap
• Counter
• Clock
• Countdown
• FormMail
• CGI Email
• Entropy Banner
• Entropy Search

Members' Help Section
A section on the Afrihost website where the most frequently asked questions are answered and there are step by step instructions on how to do and setup many of the features we offer.
 
 

 
It's Easy To Get Started

Getting started couldn't be easier. Simply decide on the hosting package that best suits your needs - The costs for a fully fledged hosting solution starts at just R65.00 per month and goes up to R595.00 per month for the higher full E-Commerce solution.

Even though the price is extremely reasonable, here's what's really important: If this hosting was just normal, average hosting that left your website slowly downloading and left you feeling broke and frustrated, it wouldn't matter what the price was - It wouldn't be worth it!

But if you can know with complete certainty that your website will load quickly every time you have visitors to your site, and that if the unusual were happen and you experience problems then Afrihost are only an email or phone call away and will fix your problem within a short time, what is that actually worth to you?
 

Let's Take This Up Another Notch -- We Invite You To Sign up for Web Hosting While Putting All Of The Risk Entirely On Us

Now, in case you have any lingering doubts whatsoever that Afrihost.com does provide the best Web Hosting Ever, I want to make it foolproof for you. You see, I completely guarantee that Afrihost's Web Hosting Service will leave you absolutely delighted with the speed and performance of your website.

You've already heard what Afrihost's clients have to say about their web hosting and what they think of it. So here's what I'd like you to do. Sign up and use them for your Web Hosting needs. The risk is completely mine.

Get your site up on their super fast, secure and stable servers and if you are dissatisfied for any reason then you will be refunded all monies paid to Afrihost for the first year.
 

  Your "Nothing To Lose And Everything To Gain" Guarantee

 
We designed this guarantee for the 99% who are honest, but naturally skeptical -- not the 1% who'll take advantage of me. But more importantly...

We've been offering this same guarantee for years, and only a handful of customers have reportedly been unhappy with the service Afrihost provides.

... Sure once in a while there is the "never-happy" client who hosts a site with us and claims to be unhappy with the service provided and asks for a refund. But as you can see from our testimonials our clients are delighted by our web hosting and the fast and friendly service that we offer and wouldn't think of asking for their money back because of the great service we have offered them.

Anyone can offer you a "100% money-back guarantee." - What do they have to lose if you send their product back? When you host with Afrihost, We take all of the risk. If our web hosting doesn't deliver, We are the ones who can't afford to put bread on the table - not you!

We know that our hosting prices starting from R65.00 per month are not the cheapest and that you can get Web Hosting for cheaper elsewhere. There's a reason: Our web hosting will give you a competitive edge - your website will be faster and more reliable and you can concentrate on your own business not the business of web hosting.

If R65.00 per month is a lot of money for you, then ask yourself this: Is what you're doing a hobby? Or is it a serious business that you believe can make you real money?

If it's a serious business, then what's it worth to ensure that you don't waste the next year of your life while your website stutters and sputters? What's it worth to ensure that you don't waste time trying to sort out your website hosting ... while you fall behind in the race to claim customers who could have been yours for life?

Hosting with Afrihost.com is an investment - An investment in your peace of mind and the success of your website. Do you want the best web hosting for your site?

If you answered "Yes," and you want your website to super fast, super stable and super secure here are three easy ways to order:

1. Click here to choose your ideal hosting package and sign up right now with our Secure Server. Remember: If you're not delighted with our web hosting then simply let us know and we will write out a cheque for 100% refund of all the monies you paid to us in the first year
   
2. Call us on 011 485 5045 and sign up for your desired hosting package telephonically
   
3. Click here to have us call you for your ordering information.
    

If you choose to pay via Credit Card or Bank Debit Order system then you can have all your website details in the next half hour! Your site can be up and running by later today!

Sincerely,

Gian Visser
Managing Director
Afrihost.com

P.S. Usually at this point you are probably asking yourself "Are they really the best web hosting company for my website?" Friend, This is exactly why we offer you our "Nothing to Lose - Everything to Gain Guarantee" - If we don't deliver to your expectations we will refund you 100% of all cash paid to us - We take the risk - not you!

P.P.S. Don't forget that web hosting your website is tax deductible as a business expense - be sure to remind your accountant to claim it from the Receiver!

P.P.S. Still not convinced that your website needs to be hosted with the Best Web Hosting - Ever? Let me give you one more reason why hosting with Afrihost is imperative.

If you do not host your site with Afrihost.com you run the risk of losing money because your website does not perform as well as it could. If you feel that we have somehow let you down then we will cheerfully write out a cheque for a 100% refund of all the cash you paid us in the first year! Click here to order online now.

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