Aardvark Multimedia
HOME CONTACT A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing 2216 Engle Avenue Chesapeake, Va. 23320 Main Office 757-461-1080 EMAIL: Support@aaardvarkmultimedia.com LINKS SITEMAP MARKETING DEPARTMENT Do you already have a website, but are not getting the search engine results you want? Would you like to get more "Hits"? Our team of experts can analyze your website and help you come up with solutions. With ever changing search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN (plus many more), what works one month may not yield good results for your company the next month. At A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing we are aware of this. Each website is unique, and needs to be dealt with as such. There is a lot of competition, and with today’s internet market conditions a new way of thinking is needed. We design a websites from the ground up, and take pride in optimizing each page. We can design your E-Commerce website for easy “SEO” changes. E COMMERCE SOLUTIONS If your company has more than 100 products for sale, or if your stock items, price, shipping weight, descriptions, photographs, etc. are constantly changing, a DATABASE driven website may be the answer for you. If you’re Company Has 100 products or less, and the stock items, price, shipping weight, descriptions, photographs, etc. do not change very often, a STATIC website may be your answer. In most cases, both static and database driven websites can have the same look. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types. On this page, we will explain what both types of websites are, talk a little bit about the differences, and give a short list of some of the advantages and disadvantages of each one. With both types there are other factors to consider. Web hosting, Domain name and shopping cart. A VERY important part of any e-commerce website shopping cart is SECURITY. If someone is going to give you their credit card number, you have a very big responsibility to protect that customer. There are many different solutions; we will need to discuss this with you in person. We can find the best solution for you. We can also "host" your website, and aquire your domain name (if it is available). STATIC WEBSITE: Each time you wish to change a price, get rid of or add a product, add text, photographs, etc., someone must go to the particular "page" you wish to make the change to and manually make the change. If a lot of changes need to be made to many different "pages" it can become very time consuming and expensive. If this were the case you may want to consider a database driven website. ADVANTAGES OF "STATIC" WEBSITE: 1. Cost - Our E Commerce static websites start at under $1000.00, and our non e-commerce static websites start at $475.00 2. Maintenance. Most people with minimum website design experience can manage and make changes to your website, or in some cases you can do it yourself. DISADVANTAGES OF "STATIC" WEBSITE: 1. Not able to effectively manage a large inventory. 2. Multiple changes are very time consuming. 3. The "search" features on your website will not be as effective or as specific as ones designed for a database driven site. DATABASE DRIVEN WEBSITE: This type of website is designed around a database, usually in the form of a spreadsheet. Changes are made to the database (spreadsheet), then “uploaded” to the website. ADVANTAGES OF DATABASE DRIVEN WEBSITE: 1. Able to manage large inventory effectively. 2. Website / product searches can be custom designed around the database that contains product information. This allows more flexibility to make searches as narrow or all-inclusive as you need. For example; If you want to have a button on your website that someone could click to display all of your ACME products, have another button someone could click to display all of your RED COLORED products, have another button someone could click to display ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTS THAT WEIGH 25 POUNDS, it could be done. DISADVANTAGES OF DATABASE DRIVEN WEBSITE: 1. COST: Our database driven e-commerce websites start at $2750 and can get very expensive. 2. MAINTAINENCE: whenever products need updating, an upload has to be made. This can get complicated, and in some cases time consuming, especially if there is a problem. Many different things can cause upload problems, and your website can be down (not working) until the problem is resolved. If you choose to have a database driven website, A Aardvark Multimedia is the company for you. 3. WEB HOSTING: A special type of server must be used, depending on the language of the programing used. This isn't necessarily a disadvantage, but it is something you need to be aware of. WEBSITE DESIGN check the text below and add / take away any of those things like HTML, XML, etc. etc. At A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing, we have many solutions for your website design. By using tools like HTML, XML, Java Script, Flash, PHP, My SEQL, PGP, Lennox OS, Photoshop, Image Ready, Premier, PDF Professional, we can design almost anything. With custom graphics design and over 10 years experience in website design we can help with reaching your goals. We Specialize in E-Commerce Website design When it comes to having your own website, first you should decide what you wish to accomplish. Are you going to sell your products (if so, please see our E-Commerce Solutions). Do you have a brick-and-mortar store front or are you internet only? Do you want your website to give clients information about your business? Do you want to use your website to gain customers from the internet? Do you simply want a place to put all of your photographs so your friends and family can view them from the internet? Whatever the case, A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing can help you. Then on this page, we put 2 boxes like the ones that people keep stealing from my idea where they have rounded corners, and a picture with very little contrast. , the one on the left will have a custom graphic and say "static websites", the one on the right will say E-Commerce Solutions (sell your products on the internet). Then we’ll make a page for each type. CUSTOM GRAPHICS Our In House Graphics expert can help make your website a cut above the rest. We can make you look professional at an affordable price. Then show picture of rene' (sitting at her computer). WEBSITE HOSTING For a website to work it has to be on a special kind of computer. They are called "Hosts". We have our hosting computers on location. This is important in case of power of computer problems. Our "DNS" servers are Lennox based, and are very reliable. Prices vary from company to company. At A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing we will host your website for $110 per year. Please contact us if you need a place to park your website. ABOUT US A Aardvark Multimedia and Marketing was founded in 2001. Since then our company has grown by leaps and bounds, and we are very proud of our accomplishments. With in house custom graphics, custom code writing, and website designers, we have the solutions to make your company have a presence on the internet. If you need website solutions please contact us, we can help. Contact information – this will be a link to our contact page