Domain Names

Registration:
Our yearly domain fee is R150 for .co.za, .com, .org, .net, .info, .biz
For .org.za the once off registration is R 250, alternatively the domain is free if you can provide us with a section 21 certificate.
Other domain types will need to be dealt with on a per request basis.

All domain fees are payable upfront.

Transfers:
.co.za - Free depending on the renewal date.
org.za - Free
All other domains such as .com, .org, .net, .info, .biz, cost R 150 and adds an additional year to the lifespan of your domain. (These domains need to be at least 60 days old before they can be transferred).

We offer free domain Parking and free Pointing to domains hosted by us, if you wish to point your domain to an external domain or website, the cost is R 10 per month.

Web Hosting

Email Only - R 29, 300MB server space, 500MB bandwidth and up to 10 mail accounts
Starter - R49, 300MB server space, 1GB bandwidth and up to 20 mail accounts
Intermediate - R99, 1000MB server space, 2GB bandwidth and up to 50 mail accounts
Business - R149, 2500MB server space, 3GB bandwidth and up to 100 mail accounts
Performer - R199, 4000MB server space, 5GB bandwidth and up to 200 mail accounts
Ultimate - R249, 7000MB server space, 10GB bandwidth and unlimited mail accounts

No contracts. No bandwidth overage fees, we monitor your usage and if required we recommend an upgrade. Its against our terms and conditions to send mass unsolicited email.
We also have an annual payment option, which gives you one free month as discount.

Website Design

Free One Page Site:
The following is a list of information that will fit on your free site.
- Company Logo
- Introductory Paragraph Text
- Contact Details
- List of services or products
- Four photos

Note: With the free website design options we require at least one years hosting.

Three Page Website Special: - R 980
The following is a list of information that will fit on your 3 page site.
- Company Logo
- Paragraph Text such as about us, history, mission, what you do.
- Contact Details
- Descriptions and a List of services or products
- Nine photos

Custom Site:
Graphic Design and Theme: R 960
Web Template including menus and site-wide assets: R 240
Per Page: R 240 including up to 4 content photos per page
Form: Spam Free form consisting of 7 fields R 360 [name, company, tel, fax, cell, email, comments]

Web Applications

We have many open source applications we recommend for a wide variety of uses, the most popular are...

Gallery: R 480
A photo gallery system that you can log into online and manage yourself by adding, modifying or deleting categories or Albums, photos, titles and more.
A sample of what visitors will see is available at: www.visualfoundry.co.za/gallery

News Feature: R 480
A news topic feature for your site that can be placed in a side column of any or all pages, or on a full page of itself. Login online and add, edit or delete news articles with formatting, links and photo capabilities.  Perfect for any specials that you run.

PHP List: R 720
Need to email out newsletters from a few to several thousand clients or subscribers? PHP List can do it for you and plugs into your website for visitors to subscribe. Unsubscription is also done automatically at the subscribers request.
To design a newsletter template to be edited by you and sent out as bulk mail will cost an additional R 720.

Online Shop:
We can buy an oscommerce template from www.templatemonster.com on your behalf (approx. $ 140) and install it to the web server for R 480 with standard configuration. ( NB! Make sure you search for oscommerce templates only. )
Additional configuration of items like tax, shipping, stock and others will be billed at R 240 per hour, these do not take very long but it depends on how your business is set up and how you want to trade online.
Payment gateway integration such as Paypal or Setcom and configuration will be R 240. A payment gateway account is required as well as a linked bank account, contact the payment gateway vendors for more info on which banks they are associated with.
You have the facility to add your own categories and products with or without options using the easy admin interface (no web design knowledge required), or we can quote a price to add your products for you.
To edit the template graphic i.e. with your logo R 240 - R 480 depending on complexity.
To edit the template graphic if it is a flash animation based design R 480 - R 720
There are template options with flash animations which may look great but they do slow down your site  and cost more to edit as they can be very time consuming and vary in complexity.

To add a static site to this for basic info such as who you are and what you do will require the below, which will link to the online shop as a product catalogue or online shop for purchases.

Reverse engineer the shop design for continuity R 720
Recommended pages: Home and About Us; Products and Services; Contact Us R 720
Additional Pages R240 each including up to 4 content photos per page (page size is based on a standard A4 document page with 10 -12 point size text.)

Search Engine Optimisation

Included for FREE with any website design.

Our website designs are professionally designed from the ground up to be easy to use and navigate as well as Search Engine friendly which is very important for future SEO work and rankings. With all our web designs, we include meta content and keyword formulation for Search Engines and manual submission to the 5 major search engines, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ananzi and DMOZ directory.

Email Stationery

Email Stationery and Signatures is a way of branding your outgoing emails for a personal and professional look. It usually consists of your logo, name, contact details and sometimes a graphic or background. This is also based on your corporate identity and website for synergy and brand identification.
This is another way to promote your website, and it can also include links to key pages of your website.

Email Signature: R 240 - Your logo, name, contact details.
Email Stationery: R 480 - The above plus graphics such as headers, and backgrounds.
Include key web page links to either of the above: R 120