Improving "Early Life" — What’s Your Take?
So we've got some shocking news here at IPOWERWEB.
We've been informed that some of our customers get confused when landing in the control panel for the first time. Yeah, apparently it's not intuitive that when you click on "POP Mail," it's the same as clicking on "MailCentral." And who knew that it wasn't obvious that the "Set Site Editor" page doesn't actually let you start creating your website.
These nuances, which we tech geeks at IPOWERWEB have come to know and love (okay, not really), present a bit of a problem for new customers coming on board. Our site essentially says, "Our hosting plans include great website building tools, unlimited email boxes and a free domain name! Go after it!" And I guess the process of signing up and logging into the control panel for the first time doesn't mean customers instantly know that clicking on the "WebSiteCreator by CM4all" icon is probably their best bet for starting a new site if they don't know any HTML.
So where does that leave us? With a bunch of somewhat confused customers calling our support team within their first 48 hours on IPOWERWEB. Our bad.
But, before you throw in the towel, let me say this: we are looking to make a change. We get it now. We realize it's not fun for you to employ the "hunt and peck" method to figure out just which of those little icons will actually be the key to creating your first mailbox. We want you to be happy with your IPOWERWEB account, not feel like you've just stepped into a 2 sq. mile corn maze with no iPhone serving Google Satellite View.
And without further ado, let me present the first step to our solution. Our support, product management and development teams have designed and developed a QuickStart Wizard to walk customers through the first three steps to setting up a hosting account (which, coincidentally, are the top three reasons customers call us): adding a domain to your account; setting up mailboxes; and getting a site started and learning what the heck your FTP settings are.
But the greatness doesn't stop there. After you've run through the QuickStart Wizard for the first time (and completed all the tasks), it turns into a QuickStart Manager, which will always be accessible from the top of the control panel (next to the "Preferences" icon), should you want to go back and manage your domains, email and website from the wizard. Same goes for existing customers: even if you've already set up your account, just click the icon and try the wizard on for size the next time you want to create another email box, etc.
Okay, so bottom line? We want your feedback. When this product launches next week (fingers crossed), we want to know -- is it intuitive? Does it make setting up a domain, email address and website easier? What do you like? What don't you like? Tell us by leaving a comment! With your input, we'll be able to improve the next release, and ultimately use this tool as a model off which to base revamps of other tools in our control panel.
$7.75 Domain Names
You may have noticed the image above on the left-hand side of every IPOWERWEB page. For only $7.75 (less than two gallons of gas) you can register your own domain name with IPOWERWEB. This is a great deal and one of the lowest prices in the domain name industry. To learn more either visit our web site www.IPOWERWEB.com or call us at 888-511-HOST(4678).
.Com Domain Names Below the VeriSign Price
VeriSign recently announced that it will increase the price to register .com domain names to $6.86 per year.
IPOWERWEB domain names currently cost $6.85 per year, making IPOWERWEB one of the world's most affordable domain name registration providers.
Register a New Domain Name for only $6.85
If you are looking to purchase domain names, IPOWERWEB is the right company to go with. For just $6.85 per year you can register a .com, .net, .org, as well as many other domain name extensions. You are not required to host your web site with IPOWERWEB if you register your domain name with us. So if you are looking to just register a domain name without creating a site, you can do that.
IPOWERWEB domain name registration services are not only affordable (we offer some of the lowest prices in the industry) but every new domain name registered with IPOWERWEB comes with free WHOIS privacy protection.
$1.1 Million Domain Name
Domain names are essential and have grown in terms of importance in recent years. Having a good domain name can go a long way in making your web site a success. Cruise.co.uk recently purchased the domain name Cruises.co.uk for $1.1 million. This may seem outrageous when you already own Cruise.co.uk but regardless of our personal beliefs it is clear that the value of domain names will continue to rise. If you see a domain name that has value and is currently available, do not hesitate before registering it. For only $6.50 per year you can register any available domain name and not have to go through purchasing your desired domain name off an auction where you might find it selling for $1.1 million.
Internet Real Estate
Domain names are and should be regarded as valuable online real estate. Many domain names can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and this trend will continue for a VERY long time. It is great to have the best domain name possible for your web site, but you should also consider having the best domain names available on the Internet as well. Having one domain name for your business is great and this is fine, but as the Internet continues to grow, domain names are like real estate - just cheaper. You won't need a mortgage in order to pay for your domain names and if you are lucky, your domain names can pay themselves off quite quickly. At IPOWERWEB you can register a brand new domain name for only $6.50 for one year. YES that's true, only $6.50 per year for one domain name. So domain names can actually be very cheap real estate - but the profits can be greater than the actual profits of land real estate if done right. Hundreds of people register new domain names with IPOWERWEB and setup web hosting accounts. But please remember that you are not required to have a web hosting account in order to properly register domain names. You can simply park a domain name and maintain ownership of a domain name for as long as you wish.
Baidu Domain Name Registration Services
Baidu, a popular search engine in China (some even regard Baidu as the Google of China), has recently become an accredited domain name registrar through the China Internet Network Information Center also known as the CNNIC. Is this important in terms of your search engine ranking? There is no proof at this moment, although there is belief that the search engines do use whois information as part of their ranking algorithms. But at the same time a search engine like Baidu may have become a registrar in order to register domain names internally. The reasons for why Baidu and other search engines are registrars are not known to the general public and in most cases it does not effect many people directly. Just continue optimizing your web site and practice search engine optimization within the terms and conditions set by the major search engines.
Domain Name Misspellings
IPOWERWEB offers domain names at an extremely affordable price. For only $6.50 per year, anyone can register a domain name. This is a great price for domain names, therefore if you are yet to register your own name, your company name, or your next big idea - do it as soon as possible.
$50,000 NBA Domain Name
The Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association have recently purchased the domain name www.bobcats.com from Barbara Roe, a bobcat breeder who lives in Montana. For its first three seasons in the NBA, the Bobcats used the domain name www.bobcatsbasketball.com because the domain name belonged to Barbara Roe. The Charlotte Bobcats have been pursuing the domain name since 2004, according to ESPN Roe has agreed to sell the www.Bobcats.com domain name for $50,000.
We have talked about domain names in relation to property in the past. This case is a great example of a person (Barbara Roe) who most likely had no idea that an NBA team was going to share the same name as her domain name and because she owned the domain name, Roe was able to sell the name for $50,000 and easily pickup another domain name. Roe now uses the domain name www.bobcatsmt.com and the domain name switch seems to be completed.
Register Your Name
Domain names should be viewed as real estate over the Internet. We can only have one www.AOL.com and one www.iPowerWeb.com. The same principle should be used with regards to your name. For example if your name is Jeremiah Trolly, the Internet will have only one www.JeremiahTrolly.com. Do not let others register your name, if your name is available register it as soon as possible. This includes the name of your children. If you have kids, do your children a favor and register their name for them. It only costs $6.50 per year to do this and it is a very easy process. All you have to do is visit our domain name registration page at, http://www.ipowerweb.com/products/domain-names/index.html and register your new domain names. If you wish to do this with the assistance of an IPOWERWEB representative, please call us at 888-511-HOST. We look forward to seeing your name registered as a domain name.