Getting straight to the point – here’s what you get:
- Remarkable Support
- Unlimited Hosting
- Pro email
- Includes Google Apps set up with support
- Wordpress installed
- Support on Wordpress themes
Some frequently asked questions:
So you are selling hosting and calling it infrastructure, right?
No, not really. You do get a hosting package, and a really good one. Unlimited storage and bandwidth alone should make this great, but it also comes with the best-in-the-industry support deal. Blogstarta is called an infrastructure because apart from hosting, you get all else that is required to ’set up’ a blogging environment. You will get:
- Remarkable support: not only through email, but through personal one-on-one live chat and telephone support. And this support is not only for your hosting account, we support you on your Google Apps install and your Wordpress tweaks as well. We have made tutorial videos just for one of our customers to guide her in using the Google Apps and we love to ensure that you as blogstarta’s customer, gets to blog and communicate without the hassle.
- Email + Apps: you get an install of Google Apps for your blog. What does this mean? This means all good things come your way, that’s what it means. You get email on your domain with ~ 7 GB of space per account. You get storage space for your documents, you get presentations that you can embed in your blog (we can always support you in that, of course) and you get a great calendaring solution as well. (You can find out more about Google Apps at Google’s own site here)
- Wordpress: It is the best blogging platform, period. We install it for you. But being an ‘infrastructure’, we do not stop there. You can tinker, tweak and play with your Wordpress themes and plugins to make it look and feel just like you want it, and we will answer your questions, look things up along the way.
So yeah, we are not just a hosting provider.
But do you sell domain names? And don’t I get a free domain name if I sign up?
No and yes. No, we don’t sell domain names. And yes, you do get a domain name for free when you sign up. But a lot of customers already have a domain name when they come to us. Having said that, one domain name is yours if you sign up with us. But please note, this ‘free domain name’ is not applicable ‘during’ the sign up process, but only after you have signed up with Blogstarta. (Therefore we do not advertise it as such)
What’s with the 6-month payment cycle? Can’t I pay monthly or yearly?
No. We only offer Blogstarta’s deal in a 6 month payment period. If you do the maths, it comes to just about US $ 16 per month. Again, we do not advertise ‘pay only $16/month’. Pretty much everyone seems to be OK that when they say US $ 6.66 per month, they are asking you to pay US $ 240 for a three year commitment. At one point, we found it unethical.
