Information Online Limited

This is an exciting service available now on the Internet. This rapidly expanding medium has thousands of new users every day!

The service we offer will allow your customers and potential customers to find out more about your products or services via the World Wide Web. From there they will be able to make enquiries or place orders with you.

It is because technology today is so cheap that this service starts at $5 per month(excluding GST). Your site on the World Wide Web will be available 24 hours a day, every day.

This page gives information outlining the service’s charges and benefits. After reading it please don’t hesitate to call to discuss this service. I know you may not know much about computers but that is our strength. You do not even need to own a computer to put your company on the Internet.

We look forward to hearing from you to arrange a professional image for your company on the Web.

 

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Service Rates:

(all prices exclude GST)

Basic Service:

• Only $5 per month (6 monthly in advance).
• No set up fees
• Your pages go under the Information Online domain as www.iol.co.nz/<yourbusiness>
• Gives you 5 megabytes of web space.
• ftp access

Standard Service:

• Only $15 per month (minimum of 3 months).
• Hosting of your own domain name.
• $15 set up fee. ($35 domain registration fee is seperate)
• 30 email addresses
• Up to 1000Mb of data traffic free each month. ($0.10/meg thereafter)
• ftp access
• Statistics on visits to your pages - free.
• First two hours free to get you started.
• Windows or linux account
• php, cgi bin, perl, asp scripts.
• SQL Server and MySql and Postgre database support
• guest books and bulletin boards

Other Services:

• Photo or artwork scanning service available.
• Graphic creation service available.
• Digital camera hire $90 per day
• Web page development and brochure/photo scanning/digital photography $65 per hour.
• First two hours free to get you started.

Benefits:

• No computer knowledge required.
• No computer hardware needed.
• Available 24 hours, 7days a week.
• Managed, secure Web site.
• Your web page is much larger than any newspaper ad for a much lower cost.
• Viewable world wide.
• email replies are much faster than post.
• Increase your awareness.
• People can search for your service with out knowing your Internet address.
• Accept orders or enquiries over the Internet.
• Full colour - not just black and white.
• Users can print all or part of your Web page.
• We speak your language - not jargon.
• Link from the Yellow Pages site.

What you need to do

• Decide what information you want on your page.
• Type it up and put it on a floppy disc, flash memory or CD so you’re not paying us to type it again.
• Send us your brochures, photographs, company logo, letterhead, business card etc.
• Phone us if you have any questions.

Once we have told you your web page address (e.g. www.iol.co.nz/yourbusiness or www.yourbusiness.co.nz) you need to make people aware of it. Put it on your letterhead, all advertising material, business cards, brochures, email etc. Any document you send to customers or a potential customer will see should have your web page address on it.

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Questions and Answers

What are graphics?
Graphics are pictures that have been scanned and stored electronically. The scanning is similar to the way a fax machine scans a page in fine lines across the page. Computer scanning is higher in resolution (thinner scan line height) and is in colour.

What would I want made into a graphic?
Your company logo is a good example. Maybe photos of yourself and/or staff, your premises or a location map, your products, your brochures.

How can I get email without a computer and Internet connection?
Email is received by us. We convert it into a fax and send it to your fax machine. This costs the sender nothing, even if emailing it from overseas. There is a small charge to you though.

What is "The Internet"?
Two or more computers joined together (networked) is a network. Two or more networks joined is an internet. The Internet is millions of computers joined world wide. The Internet started in the late 1950’s and was used for US government use. It grew as educational and government agencies used it. Then as companies that did business needed to be connected it grew further. As telecommunication costs have dropped as technology gets cheaper more and more people can afford to connect to the Internet. The advantage is if part of the network goes down the messages on it take another route.

What is the WWW?
The World Wide Web, or simply the web, is a protocol or language invented in the early nineties. It uses a hypertext mark up language (html). This is a text only language that computers can interpret using a browser. HTML documents can have links to other pages (documents) on the web. The mark up language is translated so that a document can be displayed with complex formatting.

Why do I have to put my page’s address on my documents?
Unlike the phone system where everyone lists their number there is no index on the Internet. If you don’t advertise your page’s address no one will know it exists. There are systems that "crawl" over the web indexing its contents. Even these need to be initially told of your page’s existence. If there was an index it would quickly be out of date as the web is so dynamic.

How often should I update my web page?
That depends on how static the information is. If you have staff changes and list staff profiles. If you have specials on. If you change your product list or price list.

I have a computer. Can I get email directly?
Yes. We can set you up with an Internet connection and your own email address(you@yourname.co.nz). You can have a link to your email address on your web pages. The email account can be with any Internet service provider e.g. Xtra, Slingshot, CLEAR Net or your own domain. We can advise you on this.

How many New Zealanders can see my web page?
In June 1997 620,000 New Zealanders had Internet access. By late 2003 this was up to 2,643,000 people. That was 78% of New Zealanders (aged 10+). It is now considered to be at saturation point. Everyone who wants it now has it.

How do people find my web page?
By including the web address we give you on all your documents or by searching for you via a search site (e.g. Google).

What is a search site?
Search sites hold huge databases of information that has been gathered by programs that "crawl" the web. These search databases can also be told of your page so that people can search for your business.

How do I know if my site has been visited?
We will provide you with statistics each month if you choose the standard service. We can point you to third party tracking services also.

We look forward to hearing from you to arrange a professional image for your business on the World Wide Web. Remember, to get you started, the first two hours of development are free.