Optional web site extras
Earning money from you web site
Including advertising on your web site can increase your revenue. Links to affiliate schemes like Amazon Associates or Google Adsense probably can earn you commission. Examples are shown on this page and on various pages throughout this site. They probably won't make you a fortune - but every little helps.
Domain names
A domain name is an addressing system that enables websites on the Internet to be reached by a simple name rather than a string of numbers. Registering a domain name can be thought of as the equivalent of including your website in the telephone directory for the Internet. Domain names include an extension such as .co.uk, .com, .org.uk, .net, .info and .biz.
You can register one or more domain names for a web site. Charges for domain names vary considerably but unless they are already registered and need to be purchased from an existing company I usually include them with the annual hosting fee.
You can check below to see if the domain name you would like is available.
Photographs and images
I can use your own digital images, scan from original photographs and slides, or copy material from an existing web site. You must of course either own the copyright, or have permission to use, all the content you propose using.
I can ensure that images are resized, cropped, tidied, enhanced and fully optimised to suit your web site.
Although I am not a professional photographer, I have quite a large collection of local and wildlife photographs, which I have taken myself, a small selection of which of which can be seen on my photographs page. I can also source suitable images on your behalf, or arrange for a photographer to take specific photographs on request.
Web animation / Flash
Animated content can often compliment a web site, but needs careful design and implementation to avoid compromising performance for your visitors. I can include ‘Flash’ images, and slide shows, or simple animated gif’s.
Selling on-line
PayPal and Nochex payment gateways are a low-cost ways for you to accept credit card and bank account payments, and can be fully integrated with your web site.
PayPal or Nochex ‘Buy now buttons’, or a PayPal shopping cart can be integrated with your web site relatively easily and help you start making money almost immediately.
When you use PayPal's Shopping Cart on your web site, your customers can purchase multiple items with a single payment, browse your entire selection, and view a consolidated list of all their items before purchasing.
Web reports
If you have a business web site it can be important for you to know how many visitors are going to your web site, particularly if a good Google search engine ranking is important to you.
I can provide you with web reports using Google’s own analytical software, Google Analytics. This is a powerful tool for monitoring all aspects of your web site's traffic from referring web sites to search engine activity. It is one of the best tools out there for analysing traffic on your web site, it can give you an enormous amount of information about who is coming to your site, what they're looking for, and how they're getting there.
I can either set up an on-line account with Google Analytics especially for you, or provide reports on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly basis by email, so you can monitor your sites performance.