Looking
for the best web site hosting service with great features?
Planning to start a mini-site to sell your ebook?
With so many web site hosting services out there, choosing
the best one for you may be tedious. I consider myself
lucky to end up with Thirdsphere for my Authentic Tai
Chi mini-site. Since I began using it on April 2004,
I could say that I’ve fall in love with it!
With its server reliability, prompt customer support
and generous collection of useful tools and resources,
Thirdsphere is certainly a value-for-money hosting service.
Although it includes many useful tools to grow my online
business, the one I often use are:
Auto
responder with unlimited follow up message
I use this tool to email my Tai Chi lesson preview
to the subscriber, everyday each. At a predefined day,
it automatically sends my follow up message to keep
in touch with my prospects. This is important as some
sales are not made on the first contact.
With other cheaper web site hosting, auto responder
service may require third party plug-in with extra monthly
charges.
Recently I subscribed with a different web site hosting
company, “Site Build It” (more on in later)
for my new website. Their price is about the same as
Thirdsphere, in fact a little higher. But to my dismay,
their auto responder is limited to only 7 messages.
With Thirdsphere, I assign 14 follow up messages in
2 months time. I could add more if I want.
Mass
Email
For special announcement or season greeting, this comes
to use. Currently, I have email list for my prospect,
customer and affiliate. I can choose to email to all
list or only the selected list.
Previously, Thirdsphere provides unlimited number of
mass email. But due to increasing spam activity, now
it only allows 20,000 emails per day. This is more than
I can handle!
But for “Site Build It” (the one I just
registered), it only allows 5,000 per month. I need
to pay for each extra email I send. Luckily I don’t
use much email, but who knows?
Email
domain @authentictaichi.com
I use james@authentictaichi.com for my mailbox. I can
have any number of email addresses with the email name
I want.
Thirdsphere allows me to send and reply email through
Outlook Express. This saves a lot of time with better
usability. Most web site hosting service only provides
web based email which is harder and slower to use. With
web mail, data backup is more difficult too.
Web
statistic
To know how much traffic I get (at certain month, day
and hour), how my visitor get here, which country are
they from, how long they spend on my website and other
important traffic statistics, Thirdsphere provides 3
traffic reports:
• Webalizer Statistics
• AwStats
• Analog Statistics
I often use AwStats with user friendly traffic report.
Multipe
Domain Hosting
This is my favorite!
I can register any new domain and park it at my current
domain. The new domain shares the disk space, bandwidth
and all great tools provided with Authentictaichi.com.
It’s two or more websites in one hosting package.
A true value for money.
I only need to pay $10 for new domain registration
(1 year) and $10 for domain parking (2 years). Currently
I have one website parked on it. You can visit it at:
http://www.alternative-magnetic-therapy.com
Later on, I will park more domain for my future ebook.
A very cost effective way to expand my online business.
Other
features
The features mentioned above are only a tiny fraction
of what Thirdsphere provides. Other features include
web page builder, click tracker, free cgi script, traffic
tools and more.
Click
here to check out the complete list of
Thirdsphere powerful tools for your online business
Reliability,
Speed and Service
So far, I’ve only experienced server down time
on one instance. It was back to normal after a short
while. Data transfer speed is good. Customer service
is prompt and helpful. I couldn’t ask for more.
Recently, Thirdsphere undergone some changes with more
functionality and free valuable resources to help new
user getting started to build their web business.
If you’re looking for hosting service for your
mini-site or site for company information, I strongly
recommend Thirdsphere. Through this website, you can
actually try this powerful hosting service for one month…
totally free.
Click
here to visit Thirdsphere homepage and
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Hosting
for Search Engine Optimization
Recently, I tried a new hosting company, “Site
Build It” for my new website on Ganoderma at:
http://www.ganoderma-for-health.com
This hosting package provides complete tools for getting
high ranking in Search Engines (SE).
If your online business depends heavily on Search Engines
traffic, I recommend “Site Build It”. It
includes tools such as:
• SE auto submitter
• SE ranking report
• SE optimization
Their online forum includes people eager for success
with Search Engine and their online business. They actively
share their experience and knowledge with the beginners.
I believe this opportunity to ask and learn from those
who have done it, is invaluable for online success.
Click
here to check out Site Build It
