Muddy River Design - Design Solutions for Small Businesses

Website Setup

1. Register your Domain Name (company name) with Register.com. Register.com offers the best in customer support and prices. (10-15 min.)
(35.00 a year)

www.register.com

2. Host your Domain Name with Hostway.com. Hostway is the #1 hosting company in America today. They offer excellent customer support and their prices are very competitive. Usually takes 24-72 hours to transfer domain names from Register.com.

(10-15 min.)
(39.95 one time setup fee)
(15.95 a month)
(26.95 a month for e-commerce sites)

www.hostway.com

3. (Optional) Setup an account with Google Adwords or Hostway Site Promotional Tools. With these two tools combined, your website will get the traffic it deserves. Google Adwords has been proven to work. (10-15 min.)

(Google Adwords: .05 - .25 cents a click)
(Hostway Site Promotional Tools: 99.95 a year)

Google Adwords

4. Click below to download the Website Planning Worksheet. I will use the information you provide on this worksheet to develop a preliminary design. (30 min.)

Click here to download the Website Planning Worksheet
(Abobe Acrobat required)

The website contract will also be presented at this time and should be signed and dated within a week of Step 4.

(Half of contract amount due)

5. I will develop a preliminary design from the information that you have provided on the Website Planning Worksheet. I will then present the design to you for approval and possible modifications. At this point we will also setup email accounts, forms, and/or shopping cart products lists.

(2 weeks depending on our schedules.)

6. Design approved and launched!
(1 week depending on extents of modifications to preliminary design.)

(Remaining half of contract due)