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Website hosting options

Our websites are reasonably advanced and require a powerful server running the latest in server-side scripting languages.

For the 'Rolles Royce' in web hosting, XTRA Business provide a commercial hosting service for around $50/month (their servers are based in Canada). But for a local hosting option with a ‘personal touch’, there’s none better than hosting your website on our own servers for as little $16.00/month.

You’ll get 24/7 personal telephone support to report any trouble, and benefit from modern, powerful twin Windows 2003 IIS Web Servers dedicated to servicing the requirements of our clients alone. Because your site is hosted locally, we can keep an eye on it for you and perform instananeous maintenance should the need arise.

Domain names

To get your website online, you'll need a domain name. We can assist you in this regard... in fact, we'll take out all the hassles and save you money too! From as little as $39.95 + GST PER YEAR, you can have your own .co.nz or .com domain name. There are no hidden extras, such as 'virtual hosting' (as charged by XTRA) which can cost up to $25 per month! And we can set this up for you in only a few hours. We don't host domain names ourselves; we do however know where to go to get the best deals since the deregulation of the industry.

» Already got a domain name? Ask us to transfer it to your own account; we know how to handle the 'big players' and you could save hundreds per year.

E-mail redirection

Increase your public profile by using your domain name as your e-mail address. For example, if your domain name is mycompany.co.nz, your e-mail address can be info@mycompany.co.nz, or perhaps enquiries@mycompany.co.nz; in fact, you can even have a wildcard such as *@mycompany.co.nz where all mail is redirected to your existing mail account(s). And all this for as little as $4/month per redirection. And there's nothing to change at your end (except optionally your reply address).

Anti-spam and anti-virus

Spam has increased exponentially in recent months. We use a superb anti-spam system by FireTrust - a New Zealand business (famous for its MailWasher software). All e-mail is now screened for spam and viruses. If required, you can access your quarantined mail from anywhere in the world. From here you can adjust the sensitivity and other settings, and rescue e-mail as necessary.