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| Domain Names: | from US$10 per year for a .com | Cost varies greatly by seller, country and suffix. For example in South AFrica a .org is free, but in Australia domain names cost about A$40 per year at least. While you can have a website without registering a domain name, it is essential for a professional image. For cost effective domain names we use GoDaddy (for .com’s) and tppinternet.com.au |
| Hosting: | Realistically about US$72 per year (www.icdsoft.com), or A$199 tppinternet.com.au R264 (www.webafrica.co.za) | Costs vary greatly by type, features, support. It is important to understand what you need and what you are getting before you sign up. Read our section on hosting for some thoughts.  Our regular host is ICDSoft - we have been with them for about 5 years after a referral from friends. During that time we have had no problems. Their response to queries via the online suresupport service has been rapid and excellent. The charges are modest and reduce with more accounts - eg: if you are associated with us or have multiple accounts yourself. |
| Editor or Content Management System: | Free if you are able to install and/or configure a CMS yourself. Alternatively a one-off cost would apply to set wordpress up for you. | There are a variety of good tools freely available with varying degrees of expertise required. Depending on your tecnhical skill level you may want to purchase an editor, or go with an installed CMS. Read the editor section to help you decide. |
| A package deal from Anmari (domain name, one years hosting, a template website with a pre-existing style:) | Initial one-off cost from A$500 for the simplest option. Usually more like starting $3000 as most folks want a custom style or have some special requirements. A custom style or custom functionality can easily drive the effort up to more like $6000 or more | I can set you up with a suitable domain name, hosting with our preferred supplier, and install a Content Management System with pre-existing template and corresponding training area for you. There are a number of templates to choose from and training guides to help you editor the system for your own website.It is likely however that you will need more unless you have all your own content ready and have some web/html experience. The following would cost more:
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