1. Which website design package should I choose?
The web design packages listed here are guidelines as to what you can expect to pay.
We’ll need the final content that you would like to have on your website, the functionalities you require, and if you need domain registration and/or hosting in order to provide you with an accurate quotation.
Please contact us if you have any questions, or use our website estimated cost calculator.
2. How do I get started?
- Contact us via the live chat button, the “Enquire Now” button on any of the web design packages, fill out the form on our Contact Us page, or use our Create a Quote form.
- When completing the form, please attach your website content to the form to speed up the process. Download the free content example template here which will help you if you do not have any content for the website.
- We will review your website content and notify you if there’s anything else we may need from you to send you an accurate quotation.
- After we have reviewed your website content, we will send you a finalized quote.
- If you are happy with the quote and would like to proceed, we’ll create your account and order which will send you an invoice.
- We require a 50% deposit payment in order to book your project.
3. What content/information do you need from me?
We need all the information that you would like to have on your website, this includes the following:
- Written Content: This would be anything like the services you provide, the products you sell, company information, etc. Usually, a company profile will suffice.
- Images/Photographs: Your logo, images, and photos (Please enquire if you do not have this available)
- Contact Information: Telephone, Fax, Physical Address, Email Address, etc.
4. How long does it take to design a website?
The time it takes to produce a website depends on the size and complexity of your site. A basic 5-page website typically takes around 3 – 5 days to complete.
5. Will my website work on mobile devices?
Yes, using responsive design we ensure our sites work on all devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobiles.
6. What does the basic SEO include?
We optimize the page titles, descriptions, alt tags, create a sitemap, and submit your website to Google for indexing.
PLEASE NOTE: This does not include ranking your website on Google for specific keywords. This is only to get your website indexed/listed on Google. Indexing can take up to 4 weeks to complete.
To rank for specific keywords, please see our search engine optimization services.
7. Do you build eCommerce websites?
Yes, please see our eCommerce website design packages here.
8. Do you use WordPress to design your websites?
Yes, we only use WordPress to design our websites.
9. What are your payment terms?
We require a 50% deposit payment before starting on any project. We accept payments through EFT and PayFast (Visa/MasterCard/Instant EFT).
10. What customer support do I get?
Advertising Solutions is proud to offer our clients exceptional customer support. Our team is highly trained, friendly, and dedicated to your success that you can reach via email or ticketing support. We offer a knowledgebase with useful tutorials and videos.
1. What is web hosting?
Whether you’re in the process of designing a website, or you already have a website, web hosting is what makes it possible for people around the world to view your website over the internet.
Reserve your domain name with us and get trusted domain hosting in South Africa for your website on our lightning-fast & reliable web servers today!
2. Which web hosting plan should I choose?
If you are a home user wanting a personal website, then the Intro and Starter Hosting Plans should be suitable for your needs.
If you are a small business looking to host your company website, the Super and Mega Hosting Plans should be suitable for your business needs.
If you are looking to host directories, e-commerce websites, or forums, then the Ultra and Ultra Plus Hosting Plans should be suitable for your needs.
3. What's included with my website hosting plan?
The Website Hosting Package will give you everything you need to host your personal or company website.
All hosting plans include the Award Winning website hosting control panel, cPanel. cPanel will allow you to manage all aspects of your website hosting package from the creating of email accounts, managing databases, backing up your website, and viewing your website statistics. Our Knowledgebase is packed with informative step-by-step guides. Don’t worry if you get stuck, our support staff is always available to assist.
4. Can I upgrade/downgrade my hosting plan?
Certainly, you can upgrade or downgrade your website hosting package at any time. You may simply do it yourself through the Client Area, or send us an email if you require assistance. For cancellations, you’ll need to provide us with a calendar month’s notice.
5. What customer support do I get?
Advertising Solutions is proud to offer our web hosting customers exceptional customer support. Our team is highly trained, friendly, and dedicated to your success that you can reach via email, live chat, ticketing support, or telephone. We offer a knowledgebase with useful tutorials and videos that will assist you with all aspects of hosting your website.
6. What are 1-click easy app installs?
1-Click Easy App Installs make installing applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and hundreds more, effortless. There are over 300 applications that you can easily install with a click of a mouse.
7. What is a SSD?
SSD’s (Solid State Drives) are the next generation of hard drives that have no moving parts, utilize less power, and are up to 500% faster than traditional hard drives. We use them to ensure your website runs lightning fast.
8. Can I host more than one website on a single package?
Sure! Our Super, Mega, Ultra, and Ultra Plus Hosting Plans can host multiple websites on a single plan. No more needing to buy and manage separate plans for each of your websites, which ultimately saves you time and money. Now that’s great!
9. Where are the hosting servers located?
Our servers are located in Johannesburg. This greatly improves website loading speeds and may help to rank your website higher on search engines when local users are searching for your services.
We do not believe in the cheap overseas hosting and only offer our clients the best in reliability, speed, and security.
10. Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
Yes, we offer a 30-day Money-back Guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied with our hosting services. We will gladly refund you the hosting service fees that you have paid, however, we cannot refund you for any domains or SSL certificates you have purchased.
1. What is included with the On-Page SEO?
We optimize all the pages on your website so that search engines can better understand the content of your website.
This Includes:
- Page Titles + Page Descriptions
- Meta Tags, Alt Tags, Open Graph Tags (Social Media), Schema Markup
- Page Content Optimization (Ensuring the keywords are on the actual page)
- Robots.txt and Sitemap Creation
- Checking/Fixing any Indexing Issues
Please Note: We require your WordPress website administrator login details in order to complete the On-Page SEO.
2. What is included with the Off-Page SEO?
Our talented link building team will create links from high authority websites to your website. This helps to increase your website’s domain authority and boost your rankings for your specified keywords.
This includes but not limited to the following:
- Guest Posts (Used for “Link Juice” and driving traffic to your website)
- PBN Backlinks (Used for “Link Juice” to improve DA/PA/TF/CF)
- Web 2.0 Properties (Used for “Link Juice” to improve DA/PA/TF/CF)
- Blog Comment Backlinks (Used for “Link Juice” to improve DA/PA/TF/CF)
- Citation Creation (Adding your business on online business directories)
- Social Signals (Sharing your website on Social Media)
- Secret Sauce (Hidden processes to boost your rankings very quickly)
3. How long does it take to rank my website?
Ranking will depend on a lot of factors such as keyword difficulty (competition for the keywords), if your website is optimized for the keywords you would like to rank for, age of your domain name, the traffic you get, social media engagement, etc. Currently, there are over 200 ranking factors that Google uses for placing yours on the search engine results page.
As a guideline, you can expect ranking improvements within 3 to 6 weeks for low to medium difficulty keywords. However, high competition keywords may take 12 months or longer before you start seeing 1st-page results.
SEO is an ongoing process and has to be monitored, and updated over time in order to rank your site in the long run.
Please Note:
Please do not expect to rank on the first page of Google for highly competitive terms such as “make money online” or “internet marketing” for example.
Please contact us if you would like to know the competitiveness of your desired target keywords, the choice of keywords to target is ultimately your choice and your responsibility.
4. What do you need from me in order to get started?
We require your WordPress website administrator login details in order to complete the On-Page SEO.
5. What are your payment terms?
We require the agreed-upon monthly payment before starting on any SEO project. We accept payments through EFT and PayFast (Visa/MasterCard/Instant EFT).
6. What customer support do I get?
Advertising Solutions is proud to offer our clients exceptional customer support. Our team is highly trained, friendly, and dedicated to your success that you can reach via email or ticketing support. We offer a knowledgebase with useful tutorials and videos.