What is a Domain Name?
A Domain Name is your web site address. Ours is akseez.com

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What is a Subdomain?
Sub Domains give you more choices in structuring your web site. Your main domain name will be something like www.yoursite.com. Subdomains could be something like shopping.yoursite.com or search.yoursite.com.

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What is Web Hosting and why do I need it?
When you have a web site, you need a computer that people can connect to and view the site. Unless you want to spend thousands of dollars on an expensive web server, a high speed Internet connection and people to keep your computer running all the time, you probably want to use a professional hosting service.

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What is the difference between a POP E-mail and a Web Mail account?
A POP e-mail account is probably the same kind of e-mail account you have from your Internet provider, where you use a program to read and send messages, like Outlook Express or Netscape Messenger. A Web Mail account is one that is accessible from a web page. Examples are Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, etc.
Akseez Design includes both types of e-mail accounts with all of our hosting packages.

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What is a Forwarding E-mail account?
All mail sent to a forwarding e-mail account automatically is sent to another e-mail account. For example, you could set up an account for support@yoursite.com and have all e-mail sent to that address be sent to bob@yoursite.com.

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What is an E-mail Auto Responder?
E-mail auto responders send an instant reply to the sender, letting them know that their e-mail was received and will be replied to shortly.

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What is a Shopping Cart and do I need one?
A shopping cart is a program used on a web site that has products to sell. It allows the customer to select the products, review what they have selected, make necessary modifications or additions, and purchase the merchandise.

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How do I setup Credit Card Processing?
If you are already setup to accept credit cards for you business, you don't need to have a separate service for your web site.
If you do need to be setup to accept credit cards, there are a number of services we can help you get setup with. PayPal is probably the least expensive option.

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What is a Secure Server and do I need it?
Using a secure server is a safer way to send information over the Internet. Secure servers encrypt the information in a secret code that is very hard to break, allowing on-line shoppers to send credit card numbers and other information safely.

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What kind of Internet Connection do I need?
Your web site and your Internet connection are totally separate things, so neither one affects the other. You don't even need an Internet connection to have a web site.

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