Setting up a webiste?

Ice Rich · 9 Jul 2007 at 16:04

Hi all,

I want to set up a site to sell my PC hardware as at the moment I sell quite a lot on auctions boards etc.

Was wondering what I would need to do to register and what costs are involved?

Would appricate any advice,

Thanks

Dingleberry88 · 9 Jul 2007 at 16:06

ZOMGZ COMPETITOR!

Ice Rich · 9 Jul 2007 at 16:09

Dingleberry88 said:
ZOMGZ COMPETITOR!

The pc hardware bit is irrelevant really, just said it so you get a better understanding of what i'm trying todo - Im not planning on using OCUK to advertise my site

Ice Rich · 9 Jul 2007 at 19:25

Guys would it be best to register the domain at 123reg then use another someone else for hosting? or are 123reg ok for that aswell?

Thanks

blade007 · 9 Jul 2007 at 19:32

usually it's better because you don't put all your eggs in one basket - so to speak.

Ice Rich · 9 Jul 2007 at 20:05

blade007 said:
usually it's better because you don't put all your eggs in one basket - so to speak.

Can you recommend anyone for cheap hosting?

Thanks

The_KiD · 9 Jul 2007 at 20:17

Cheap hosting = www.servage.net (pretty much unlimited everything, bandwidth, domains etc, but can be slow at times and db connections can be iffy)

Reliable good hosting = www.catalyst2.com (used them for years for important sites and no downtime so far [apart from once when my site was hacked, but thats my fault]).

The_KiD · 9 Jul 2007 at 20:21

Just remembered this as well: http://www.ochostreview.co.uk/

Ice Rich · 9 Jul 2007 at 20:35

Thanks, will look into them

blade007 · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:23

The_KiD said:
Cheap hosting = www.servage.net (pretty much unlimited everything, bandwidth, domains etc, but can be slow at times and db connections can be iffy)

Reliable good hosting = www.catalyst2.com (used them for years for important sites and no downtime so far [apart from once when my site was hacked, but thats my fault]).

who'd want "but can be slow at times and db connections can be iffy" though?

catalyst2 are OK for windows hosting, but I would guess the guy is asking for Linux hosting - check OChostreview

good hosting can be had for around £30 for 12 months

York · 10 Jul 2007 at 01:41

Having used many many different hosting companies (including some of the best around) I now use dreamhost.com. They're pretty decent for everything I want, and to be honest unless you're running a mission critical website I'd recommend them.

The huge amounts of disc space is great for backups as well. My girlfriend uses them to do a rsync backup of her 30gb+ digital photography collection - something that I should really think about doing!

Ice Rich · 10 Jul 2007 at 07:49

Thanks guys,

As I mostly use at the moment auction boards to sell my stuff, i accept all the common online payments etc. Is it easy to set up a credit/debit account so people can pay straight with their cards?

Thanks

The_KiD · 10 Jul 2007 at 09:02

blade007 said:
who'd want "but can be slow at times and db connections can be iffy" though?

Me

It isnt for any critical sites and it is £4.50/month and you litterally have as many domains, databases, bandwidth etc as you want, unlimited emails too.

Comes in useful when you host lots of silly little sites as well as for testing database driven stuff.

Plus it isnt always flakey, but can be at times.

York · 10 Jul 2007 at 09:09

Ice Rich said:
Thanks guys,

As I mostly use at the moment auction boards to sell my stuff, i accept all the common online payments etc. Is it easy to set up a credit/debit account so people can pay straight with their cards?

Thanks

If you don't want to use Paypal then you really have to setup a Business Bank account and use something like Worldpay.

I've used Worldpay before and its a great system, but was a pain to get my Bank to send worldpay all the confirmation they wanted that I had a business bank account!

Ice Rich · 10 Jul 2007 at 11:24

York said:
If you don't want to use Paypal then you really have to setup a Business Bank account and use something like Worldpay.

I've used Worldpay before and its a great system, but was a pain to get my Bank to send worldpay all the confirmation they wanted that I had a business bank account!

Hi thanks for reply,

I dont mind using online payment methods (I use paypal, nocheck etc now).

But what I also wanted to do was have the ability to pay via card e.g like when you order something from an online store and the money is taken from your bank account.

Thanks