easi-Info - creating your own easisites website

Companies often choose a domain name that corresponds to their company name. For instance bbc.co.uk - which is fine because the BBC is very well known already.

If you aren't a famous company it is helpful if the name in some way reflects what you do. For example, kentishfruit.co.uk, easisites.com, books.com, office-bits.co.uk and art.com.

If you are trying to do business on the Web, a good domain name helps add credibility in the eyes of potential customers. They won't know if your site is run by a large team out of elegant offices, or by one person in a spare room.

Requesting a domain name

If you would like your easisite to have its own domain name - e.g. yourcompany.co.uk or yourcompany.com - we at Ekos can arrange this for you (subject to availability).

We will also set things up so that anyone may send mail to your new domain name - anyname@yourcompany.co.uk (whatever name they put before the @ sign) - and it will be routed to you (through your existing dial-up).

If you already have a domain name we can transfer this to your easisites web site for you.

We charge £50 (+ VAT) for the registration or transfer of domain names and that includes all the technical setting up so that it takes people to your site and routes the email to you.

If you click the Update link on your site, you'll see a message about how to request a domain name.

Note

All domain names must be renewed every two years and the fees are the same as new registrations. This is so that unwanted names get recycled for other people to register.

We at Ekos will deal with all renewals when they become due and send an invoice accordingly - you don't need to make a note in your diary.

Microsoft Outlook

After obtaining your own domain name you may want to set your Microsoft Outlook program so that people receive your mail from you@yourcompany.co.uk. Take a look at our info page about Microsoft Outlook to find out how.