Website Hosting relaunch

[m8internet]

I've been providing website hosting and design services since 1998, although my commercial website celebrates 5 years in January 2008

The previous website was a basic interface and was coming up for 3 years old
It was decided it needed a revamp and was replaced last weekend

I am currently working on a discount code for members here

[retailworld]

Sounds good to me.

I'm happy to put you a small banner on the left side of the forum if you're interested?

[m8internet]

In order to keep costs down I don't do any advertising, just word of mouth and links
A simple text link based on the signature would be a good compromise

I also have Google Adwords running :
Business Website Hosting
Domain Name transfers are FREE
From £1.00 per year

[m8internet]

Our Domain Name prices were revised on Monday 31 December 2007

For .uk Domain Names the price remains at £7.50 per two years

For .com / .net / .org / .info / .biz / .name
The price has been reduced from £10.00 per year to £7.50 per year

Other Top-Level Domain Names are available, just contact us for a quoteWe have now launched two new packages, giving four options for under £10.00 per year

Today (Friday 11 January 2008) we have launched two new packages, highlighted in italics, expanding our range up to five packages with up to 1,000 MB of webspace

Basic : 100 MB of webspace for £1.00 per year
Economy : 250 MB of webspace for £2.50 per year
Budget : 500 MB of webspace for £5.00 per year
Dynamic : 750 MB of webspace for £7.50 per year
Lane 1 : 1,000 MB of webspace for £10.00 per year
There are also three packages with higher specifications

Customised packages are available, again just contact us in advance for a quote

[retailworld]

Those packages are incredibly cheap! Where are your servers located? Moreover, how can you manage to get your prices so low?

Thanks for your continued input into the forum.

[m8internet]

We have now updated our ordering page to allow Website Hosting to be paid :
Annually
Biannually, which also makes it easier when purchsing or renewing a .uk Domain Name every second year
For customers that pay every second year, we will apply a discount on the Website Hosting

[m8internet]

Those packages are incredibly cheap!
Where are your servers located?
Moreover, how can you manage to get your prices so low?

I have been creating and designing websites since about 1995
In 1998 I obtained my first Domain Name and later that year I joined the online support team for Lycos Europe, due to my experience with HTML, PHP, and MySQL
In 2002 I decided to leave Lycos Europe and provide the website hosting myself, for various reasons, and so M8 INTERNET was established at the beginning of 2003
The first server was very expensive, customers were typically paying £100 a year, for not very much!
In 2006 there were enough customers to move provider and sub-lease an entire facility
As a result the costs are far lower, and we have passed this saving on to customers
We also listened to customers and introduced a wide range of packages to meet all needs, but even then they don't always match what the customer is after!

The biggest cost is now Domain Names, at about £4.00 per year
That is about half of what they were last year, and again we have passed part of this saving on to customers

Since we are a UK-based company, and most customers are in the UK, our servers are based in the UK
85% of current customers are in the UK
10% of current customers are in other countries in Europe
5% of current customers are elsewhere in the world
I did trial a server in the US, but this resulted in slow page loads due to the cache which the LINX uses

Although M8 INTERNET is operated as a business, it is not my main business and is not designed to make any profit
However, I have registered with the Inland Revenue and NI since 1998, just in case...
One advantage has been the tax advantages this gives!