Reference: Blog City and UK News and MF and 9 Naga
To start a business related to the internet, web hosting and domains are important and become the initial capital to run a business. Web hosting is a data storage service for websites on the internet. This service is needed to store all supporting data such as photos, applications and other data that can be stored on the server. Meanwhile, the domain name is a website address that can be accessed directly by the public through a web browser. The website address has a domain .com, .co.id, etc., which can be adjusted to the needs of creating a website.
One of the providers of web hosting and domain name services is Qwords.com. The company has been led by Rendy Maulana Akbar since 2005. Rendy said, to create a website, consumers can rent hosting at prices starting from IDR 5,000-IDR 1.87 million per month, depending on the data storage capacity needed. For a package priced at IDR 5,000 per month, consumers can get a hosting capacity of 200 megabytes with a minimum contract for a year. In addition, Qwords also provides a special e-commerce package for Rp49,000 per month, or Rp490,000 for a year-long contract with a hosting capacity of 10 Gigabytes. This package also provides a free .id domain name facility.
Meanwhile, the price of domain names also varies. For example, for international domains such as .com, .net and .info, the price ranges from Rp110,000 to Rp2 million per year. Meanwhile, Indonesian domains ending in .id are priced from Rp62,000 to Rp585 million per year. “By using hosting and domain services, consumers can easily build the website they want. The website creation process can also be done by yourself because it is equipped with a website builder application,” he said. Meanwhile, the process of ordering hosting and domains also only requires three easy steps. After knowing their hosting needs, consumers can access Qwords.com and choose a domain and hosting package. After that, start entering personal data for verification and continue with payment according to the amount billed. Then, the account is immediately activated after the consumer confirms the payment. “After the account is active, the selected domain name can be accessed directly from all over the world. On average, the process only takes a few minutes,” he said. Furthermore, consumers can adjust their website through the control panel application that is integrated with the hosting service.
Through the control panel, consumers can freely organize and build websites in such a way. Rendy said that websites will become a basic need for all business actors who operate online. Because websites function as a more bona fide online presence compared to social media accounts. “If you only rely on social media or free platforms, no one knows if there will suddenly be a change in policy and it can be detrimental to online entrepreneurs,” he said.
For that, online entrepreneurs should start thinking about building a website. Starting from creating a web page for a profile, and gradually starting to build a more sophisticated e-commerce. “Now hosting is cheaper than parking fees in Jakarta, and affordable for all groups,” he explained. Until now, Qwords has served more than 25,000 customers, of which 85% are from Indonesia, and the rest are from abroad.