Site Owner Administrated Small Business Website starting at $750.
(with optional e-mail publishing and e-commerce available)
ServerSmiths Offers a high-value alternative to the $20 a month website account
Normal $20 buck a month (personal) or $50 a month (business) account
DNS service : Included
Space on the hard-disk : Included
An FTP account with login/password : Included
Site design : Not Included
Site development : Not Included
Navigation design : Not Included
Updating : Not Included
Distributed workflow : Not Included and difficult to implement
ServerSmiths Dynamic LightningSite
DNS service : Included
Space on the hard-disk : Included, But entire site is stored in RAM
An FTP account with login/password UnNeeded, browser-based uploads
Site conceptual design : Included, Advanced user-friendly design
Site page development : Included, All pages pre-built
Site Navigation design : Included, Integral and fully automatic
Updating Ability : Included, Update via your web-browser
Distributed workflow : Included, Update the site from anywhere on the Planet
The overall costs to build and maintain a website are in the initial site conceptualization, page development and
the monthly fees for an expert to update the content on the site.
The ServerSmiths LightningSite minimizes or eliminates these costs.
Small Business Site (Dynamic LightningSite) Standard Features
Dynamic 20 - 25 + Page Professional Business Website
Splash page (for splashy graphics, sound, first time visitor impression)
Home page (for visitor bookmarking, bypassing splash page)
Table of contents of site (lists all content pages detailed below)
Up to 5 Corporate pages (expandable to 15)
Mission statement
Map to business
Corporate overview
Who's who etc.
Top story with photo (the site page with the most important content on the site)
Up to5 What's New pages (expandable to 15)
Up to 5 timely items about the business
Up to 10 Detail pages or Line Item pages (expandable to 30)
Detail pages could be brochure pages about the company products
Dynamic intelligent previous/next page navigation system
Administration setting to only show splash page, when site content is being changed
Variations on the Standard Site
Gallery site.
Adds a table map to the top of every section for images. Vistitor clicks on the image and is shown a detail page. Capability is included with the Pro version and shopping cart.
Showcase site.
Adds the table map above but does not include the shopping cart. Adds $15 month to hosting fee. No charge for setup. Useful for showcasing
Restaurant menus
Equipment listings
Full commercial site.
Has full access for public side with showcase of product catalog. Exact same site with login/password takes orders for goods listed in the showcase. Pricing based on number of items. 2 sites but updating one, updates the other.
Affordable base hosting package of $50/month includes :
State Of The Art ram based dynamic website design
Entire site is read into ram and is served directly from the high-speed ram cache at all times
DS3 connection to the Internet (equivalent to 28 T-1s)
24 hour monitoring of the webserver hardware
UPS backup with diesel generator in the event of any extended PG&E outages
DNS: www.yourdomain.com or yourcompany.serversmiths.com
Up to 10 email boxes, any combination of corporate and personal
Hourly, daily (last 64 days) monthly visitor stats, both server hits and site vistors
Extremely easy to use owner site-administration system for lowest long-term site costs and timely updates.
Site editing modules are extemely easy to understand and operate
All changes to site content made via Netscape browser
Changes made to the site appear instantly
Highly optimized code for speed at both the server and at the visitor's browser.
Site will be one of the fastest on the Internet!
Optional Features
Expand site content pages
Mission :$5 setup per additional page, $1 hosting per page in increments of 5 pages
What s New :$5 setup per additional page, $1 hosting per page in increments of 5 pages
Tracks/Lineitems :$10 setup per additional page, $4 hosting per page in increments of 5 pages
e-Commerce: Lineitems pages show products that can be ordered online
Any combination of the Lineitems may be ordered online
Intelligent invoice calcs shipping and state sales tax (if applicable)
Per item
Or by flat rate
Allows offering free shipping when user exceeds preset
Quantity ordered
Or invoice amount ordered
Secure webserving included
Email notification of online orders
Secure access for business owner
Online ordering adds $150 to setup / $50 to site hosting fee
Email announcement listserving
Site has email subscribe/unsubscribe form
True listserver with automatic subscribe/unsubscribe functions
Site owner (i.e. the list moderator) can send email announcements, subscribe, unsubscribe users etc.
Listserving adds $150 to setup / $50 to site hosting fee
Add both optional features above at initial setup for $250, Hosting : $85
Site search-engine and directory marketing
ServerSmiths submits site to 50+ US international search engines:
First submission : $85, subsequent submissions : $45
Site Consulting included with setup fee
.5 hour per $100 initial setup fee. .25 hour/month per $50 hosting
Pro Model
Adds shopping cart functionality to website sales
Visitor can add/delete items from cart
Visitor can view cart, update quantities ordered etc.
Adds category catalog sections in place of tracks on table of contents page
Each category page is a summary of the items listed in that section
Allows sensible and easy to use navigation of large catalog of items
Site can offer up to 1000+ items for sale
10 sections each with 100 items or 100 sections each with 10 items etc.
Adds category sections editing suite for easy updates of entire category in one online form
200 lineitems Setup : $150 Hosting : $45
400 lineitems Setup : $250 Hosting : $60
1000lineitems Setup : $450 Hosting : $85
Above fees added to standard e-commerce setup/hosting fees
Extra Cost Setup Options
ServerSmiths creates site graphic images
Basic site : adds approx. $250+
Pro site : $500 +
Site Cost Scenarios
Minimal Site
Setup : $750
Graphics : site owner supplied
Hosting : 50/month
Total first year with prepaid discount
$1200
Recommended Minimal Site
Setup :$900
Graphics : site owner supplied
Options : email list, (can list items for sale on site, have visitor call to order)
Hosting :100/month
Total first year with prepaid discount
$1800
All Options Site
Setup :$1150
Graphics : site owner supplied
Option s: e-commerce & email list
Hosting :150/month
Total first year with monthly hosting billing
$2950
Terms
12 month initial hosting contract
Renewable every 12 months
Renew at least 90 days prior to site expiration to secure existing hosting rate
ServerSmiths hosts DNS : Setup fee and first month s hosting due at contract signing
Other ISP hosts DNS : Setup fee and first quarter s hosting due at contract signing
Prepayment & Referral discounts
Prepay quarterly : 10% / Prepay annually : 25%
Each successful new site referral earns a full free month of hosting 
